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PCCA Journal|1

st

Quarter 2011

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News Briefs

Continued from page 13

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