FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 22, 2010 LAST WEEK Cane Island Unit 4 The final heavy haul transports to Cane Island Unit 4 were completed last week, and site teams continue to make excellent progress on the new unit. The 230 kV transmission lines, which were relocated and […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 15, 2010 LAST WEEK Fort Meade Workshop The Fort Meade City Commission agreed last Tuesday to reschedule a workshop with FMPA and All-Requirements representatives to discuss conces raised by the city in a Sept. 8, 2009, letter. The workshop has been […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 8, 2010 LAST WEEK Member Services Advisory Committee FMPA’s Member Services Advisory Committee met last Tuesday. A motion to modify funding for the lineman’s safety training program died for lack of a second. The Committee also discussed the development of a […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 1, 2010 LAST WEEK APPA Legislative Rally Nick Guarriello, Fred Bryant, Mark McCain and nearly 40 representatives from 16 municipal electric utilities attended the APPA Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C., last Monday through Wednesday. While in the nation’s capitol, they attended 16 […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 22, 2010 LAST WEEK ARP Executive Committee FMPA’s ARP Executive Committee met last Thursday. The Committee approved a revision to FMPA’s Asset Management and Operations Policy and tabled a short-term hedging strategy for six months to monitor how the proposed strategy would operate. The […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 15, 2010 LAST WEEK Member Relations Survey Now Underway FMPA launched its 2010 Member Relations Survey last week. The Member Relations Survey was previously known as FMPA’s Member Satisfaction Survey, but it was renamed this year to more accurately reflect its focus on measuring […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 8, 2010 LAST WEEK 2011 Budget Season Budget season officially began last Monday. Ellen Lindsay is preparing a draft budget calendar detailing events leading up to approval of the fiscal 2011 budget in July. Agency budget inputs are due from FMPA staff by […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 1, 2010 LAST WEEK Meeting with Rep. Troutman Representatives from FMPA, Florida Municipal Electric Association and the city of Fort Meade met last Monday with state Rep. Baxter Troutman to discuss a draft bill in the Florida House of Representatives that would place […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Jan. 25, 2010 LAST WEEK Regulatory Victory FMPA successfully challenged last week the interpretation of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Standard EOP-005-1 regarding system restoration plan requirements. The existing interpretation was unclear about a requirement for small transmission operators to perform power […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Jan. 19, 2010 LAST WEEK Cane Island Unit 4 Owners Update Jim Hay attended a workshop last Wednesday hosted by Zachry Holdings, Inc., which provided an update on the Cane Island Unit 4 construction project. The construction company reported that the project […]