The Pacific Coast Electric Transmission Association was an American engineering institute founded in 1884 in response to the East coast establishment of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. [1] It published its proceedings in the journalist George P. Low's journal The Electrical Journal, [2] later titled The Journal of Electricity and then The Journal of Electricity, Power, and Gas, and began annual meetings in 1898. [3] The annual meeting acted as both an electrical industry conference and an academic conference in electrical engineering. [4] [5] It disbanded with the continuation of the AIEE to the West coast in or shortly after 1905. [5]
The Pacific Coast Electric Transmission Association was an American engineering institute founded in 1884 in response to the East coast establishment of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. [1] It published its proceedings in the journalist George P. Low's journal The Electrical Journal, [2] later titled The Journal of Electricity and then The Journal of Electricity, Power, and Gas, and began annual meetings in 1898. [3] The annual meeting acted as both an electrical industry conference and an academic conference in electrical engineering. [4] [5] It disbanded with the continuation of the AIEE to the West coast in or shortly after 1905. [5]