The IEEE PES General Meeting in Portland, Oregon this year was quite a success.  Attendance at each of the Committee’s sessions were popular and yielded significant interest from many other stakeholders across IEEE.  Once significant outcome impacting the committee regards our consolidating Smart Buildings & Customer Systems subcommittees into a single entity to promote additional collaboration between stakeholders in the industry.  For more information, contact alexander.micallef@um.edu.mt Chair of the Subcommittee.