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News Briefs
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T
he Federal Energy Regula-
tory Commission (FERC)
in November proposed
reforms to its rules to lay
the foundation for integrating the rapid
growth of variable energy resources into
the nation’s power grid while ensuring
reliability and bringing potential savings
to customers.
The proposed rule would reform
the Open Access Transmission Tariffs
(OATT) and the Large Generator Inter-
connection Agreements filed by public
utility transmission providers to require
them to offer services that will allow for
a more efficient integration of variable
energy resources such as wind, solar,
and hydrokinetics into the grid system.
“Most of the new power plants for
which developers are seeking access
to the grid are variable resources such
as wind and solar generators,” FERC
Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said. “This
proposal will help the commission to
cost-effectively integrate these and other
variable generators into the grid in a
way that helps maintain reliability and
operational stability.”
The Notice of Proposed Rulemak-
ing (NOPR) proposes to require public
utility transmission providers to offer all
customers the option to schedule trans-
mission service at 15-minute intervals
instead of the current hourly scheduling
procedure. The more frequent schedul-
ing intervals will provide for greater ac-
curacy in scheduling, thereby mitigating
the amount of ancillary services the cus-
tomer will need to supply or purchase.
The NOPR also proposes that intercon-
nection customers whose generating fa-
cilities include variable energy resources
provide meteorological and operational
data to transmission providers, and
it encourages transmission providers
with variable energy resources on their
systems to implement power produc-
News Briefs continued on page 16
P
CCA is saddened to report that Past President
Donald J. (DJ) Killoren passed away peacefully
at his home with his family by his side follow-
ing a short illness. Don was an entrepreneur
and inventor who held US patents, and he was
President of PCCA in 1968 and 1969.
Don was born on February 10, 1925, in Appleton, Wis., the
son of Edward and Marie (Weiss) Killoren. He was an active
lifelong member of St. Mary’s Parish in Appleton.
Don left Appleton High School at the age of 17 to join the
Navy, serving on the artillery minesweeper USS Vigilance in
the South Pacific during World War II. Returning to Appleton
after the war, Don married the love of his life, Carol Marie
Collins of Carter, Wis., in 1949. They recently celebrated their
61
st
wedding anniversary.
After several years living in North Dakota, Don returned to
Appleton to work for the family business, Killoren Company.
An entrepreneur and inventor, he was involved in multiple
business ventures with bother-in-law and business partner,
John Spalding. He was who held US patents.
With John Spalding, Don owned and operated K & S Game
Farm in Shiocton, Wis. He was an avid sportsman, enjoying
hunting and fishing all over North America. Don was President
of Poygan Land Company and a founding member of Winne-
gamie Wetlands Chapter of Ducks Unlimited as well as serving
as a National Board Trustee of Ducks Unlimited and a Board
Member of Wisconsin Wetlanders, Inc. Don worked closely
with the Appleton Trout Unlimited in sponsoring events for
disabled individuals.
Don is survived by his wife; six sons: Gene (Ann Marie)
Killoren, Tim (Nancy) Killoren, Pat (Kris) Killoren, Mike
(Marla) Killoren, Andy (LuAnn) Killoren, and Chris (Jamie)
Killoren; a daughter Kate (Steve) Luebke; 12 grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his
parents, his brothers Eugene and Kenneth, his sister Patricia
Spalding, and his grandsons Emmett and Kenny Killoren.
PCCA Mourns the Loss of Past President Don Killoren
Laura, Nancy, Tim, Carol, and Don Killoren at the 60
th
Annual PCCA Convention
FERC Proposes Rule to Integrate Variable Energy Resources