Archive for 2012

FMPA Weekly | Dec. 26, 2012 | Member Editio

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Dec. 26, 2012       LAST WEEK   State Legislator Visit The first meeting for FMPA’s new state legislator visitation program was held last Monday in Orange Park, Fla. In order to build relationships with state elected officials, FMPA’s Policy Makers Liaisons Committee (PMLC) is […]

FMPA Weekly | Dec. 17, 2012 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Dec. 17, 2012       LAST WEEK     Audit and Risk Oversight Committee FMPA’s Audit and Risk Oversight Committee met last Thursday and approved the risk inventory update. The Committee also heard information items including: 1) 2012 power generation performance, 2) information technology […]

FMPA Weekly | Dec. 10, 2012 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Dec. 10, 2012       LAST WEEK   Annual Insurance Meeting Nick Guarriello, Rich Popp, Tom Reedy and David Schumann met last week with representatives from FM Global Insurance for the Agency’s annual stewardship meeting. Discussion topics included a review of FMPA’s account and property […]

FMPA Weekly | Dec. 3, 2012 | Staff Edition

FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Dec. 3, 2012       LAST WEEK   HVAC Upgrade FMPA received Statements of Qualifications last Wednesday from 10 engineering firms for services related to replacing the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) at FMPA’s Orlando office. An FMPA inteal work group is […]

FMPA Weekly | Nov. 26, 2012 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Nov. 26, 2012       LAST WEEK   Oxidation Catalyst Project FMPA reviewed bids last week for the Oxidation Catalyst Project at the Stock Island Generating Facility in Key West and ranked the responses based on 1) contract exceptions, 2) technical aspects, 3) scope of […]

FMPA Weekly | Nov. 19, 2012 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Nov. 19, 2012     LAST WEEK   Policy Makers Liaisons Committee FMPA’s Policy Makers Liaisons Committee met last Wednesday and discussed: 1) 2012 election results, 2) a legislative outreach project, 3) Ten-Year Site Plans for Florida’s electric utilities, and 4) electric issues in committee […]

FMPA Weekly | Nov. 12, 2012 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Nov. 12, 2012 __________________________________________________________   LAST WEEK   Mike McCleary Resigns from ECG FMPA was notified last week that Electric Cities of Georgia’s (ECG) Training and Safety Specialist Mike McCleary has accepted a position with Ocala Utility Services. Mike worked at ECG for three years, traveling […]

FMPA Weekly | Nov. 5, 2012 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 5, 2012       LAST WEEK   Hurricane Sandy Power Restoration Storm restoration workers from nine of Florida’s municipal electric utilities traveled to the Northeast last week to help states affected by Hurricane Sandy. Crews from JEA and Gainesville Regional Utilities are helping Baltimore […]

FMPA Weekly | Oct. 29, 2012 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Oct. 29, 2012       LAST WEEK   APPA Customer Connections Conference Mark McCain gave a 75-minute presentation last Monday on crisis communications at the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Customer Connections Conference in Indianapolis, Ind. The conference was held Monday through Wednesday […]

FMPA Weekly | Oct. 22, 2012 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Oct. 22, 2012       LAST WEEK   Cane Island Power Park Cane Island Unit 2 came back online last Monday after a routine outage for painting and maintenance. Unit 1 was briefly taken offline last Wednesday to perform a borescope inspection of […]