november/december 2013 IEEE power & energy magazine 1 Volume 11 • Number 6 • November/December 2013 www.ieee.org/power contents IMAGE LICENSED BY INGRAM PUBLISHING magazine features 20 Finding Flexibility By Debra Lew, Greg Brinkman, Nikhil Kumar, Steve Lefton, Gary Jordan, and Sundar Venkataraman 33 Catching Some Rays By Matt Schuerger, Harjeet Johal, Leon Roose, Marc Matsuura, and Richard Piwko 45 Knowledge Is Power By Mark Ahlstrom, Drake Bartlett, Craig Collier, Jacques Duchesne, David Edelson, Alejandro Gesino, Marc Keyser, David Maggio, Michael Milligan, Corinna Möhrlen, Jonathan O’Sullivan, Justin Sharp, Pascal Storck, and Miguel de la Torre Rodríguez 53 The Flexibility Workout By Hannele Holttinen, Aidan Tuohy, Michael Milligan, Eamonn Lannoye, Vera Silva, Simon Müller, and Lennart Söder 63 Emergency Response By Nicholas Miller, Clyde Loutan, Miaolei Shao, and Kara Clark 72 Code Shift By Thomas Ackermann, Abraham Ellis, Jens Fortmann, Julia Matevosyan, Ed Muljadi, Richard Piwko, Pouyan Pourbeik, Eckard Quitmann, Poul Sorensen, Helge Urdal, and Bob Zavadil 83 Connecting the Dots By Antje Orths, Janusz Bialek, Magnus Callavik, Jan De Decker, Guro Grøtterud, Andrew Hiorns, Frans van Hulle, Søren Klinge, Walter Musial, and Krzysztof Rudion 96 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2013.2276205 63 columns & departments 4 From the Editor 8 Leader’s Corner 16 Guest Editorial 96 History 106 Book Review 108 Calendar 112 In My View on the cover PHOTO COURTESY OF NREL/MOE VETTER.