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June Meeting

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Sponsored by the Power Engineering Society, Kansas City Chapter

Menu: (Note your choice when you register.)

  • Cobb Salad. Crisp Romaine Striped With Grilled Chicken, Avocado, Tomato, Green Onion, Boiled Egg and Bleu Cheese
  • Vegetarian option: Cobb salad without grilled chicken
  • Gluten-free option: Same as entrée

Program: The Gordian Knot of The Grid: FERC, NERC, ERO, RRO, RTO, and hosts of others. How in the world does something this complicated actually work so that our lights stay on? Come to the June meeting and find out.

Don Taylor, Director of System Planning at Westar Energy, Inc. in Topeka, will try to provide illumination to the inner workings of the whole grid. Don Taylor graduated with BSEE in 1973 from UMR. After attending graduate school, he worked at Burns & McDonnell in a variety of positions for 8 years before joining the Kansas Power and Light Company in 1981. Don has worked in system planning Westar Energy for 26 years and serves as their representative to the Southwest Power Pool Transmission Working Group, Generation Interconnection Task Force, and Base Plan Guidelines Task Force.

Location: Wyndham Garden Hotel, I-435 & Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.
Ph: (913) 383-2550.
Dir: Exit I-435 Metcalf Ave N. Go 1/4 km to 107th St. Turn right. Take immed. right @ BP. Go 100 meters; hotel is on your left.


Times: No-Host Social Hour: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
Dinner Hour: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Program: 7:30 - 8:30PM

Charge: Dinner $25/20* for members & guests, students $15. No charge for presentation.
*The second price reflects your registration discount, if you register by the deadline.
Dinner reservation deadline is noon on June 18.

The cash bar at mealtime now offers added variety to your beverage options:

  • House Wine $4.00
  • Domestic Beer $3.50
  • Imported Beer $4.00
  • Bottled Water $2.50
  • Soft Drinks $2.00

Register: june @ ieee-kc.org.
Note your name, daytime phone #, meal selection, and the names of those in your party.

Each meeting provides one hour of professional development.

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