The IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that focuses on the "development of power electronics technology".
The society was founded on January 1, 1983 by establishing the "IEEE Power Electronics Council". On February 2, 1988 the council changed its name to "IEEE Power Electronics Society".
The IEEE PELS publishes a peer-reviewed publication known as the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics that focuses on its field of interest.
The IEEE PELS sponsors a number of annual conferences around that world that focus on its field of Interest.