FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Aug. 6, 2012 LAST WEEK Audit and Risk Oversight Committee ARP Executive Committee Chairman Howard McKinnon appointed Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) Director of Utilities Bill Thiess to FMPA’s Audit and Risk Oversight Committee. Bill replaces Tom Richards, who retired from FPUA […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 30, 2012 LAST WEEK FMPA Reunion Records Public Power History Founders and early leaders of FMPA re-united last week to share their stories about the history of FMPA. The 24 reunion participants were interviewed on videotape last Wednesday. The resulting footage […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 23, 2012 LAST WEEK Cane Island Unit 4 Cane Island Unit 4 completed performance testing last Wednesday after being offline for warranty repairs to the unit’s steam turbine. The unit was taken offline to remove testing instrumentation and is scheduled to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 16, 2012 LAST WEEK Energy Oxidation Catalyst Project FMPA received statements of qualification last Tuesday from three contractors for an energy oxidation catalyst project at the Stock Island Generating Facility in Key West. FMPA is reviewing these qualifications and plans to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 9, 2012 LAST WEEK Lake Worth Litigation Settlement The Leon County Circuit Court last Monday approved the stipulation and settlement of the lawsuit with Lake Worth. The dispute was over who should pay for certain natural gas transportation for the city’s […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 2, 2012 LAST WEEK BP Contract Expires FMPA’s four-year gas supply contract with British Petroleum (BP) expired Saturday, ending FMPA’s obligation to purchase 10,000 MMBtus per day. FMPA’s blended cost of natural gas is predicted to decrease by 17% from an estimated […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 25, 2012 LAST WEEK NERC Meeting Frank Gaffney and representatives from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Regional Entities, American Public Power Association, Edison Electric Institute, Large Public Power Council, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the Transmission Access […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 18, 2012 LAST WEEK Energy Oxidation Catalyst Project FMPA issued a FMEA’s” rel=”nofollow”>http://publicpower.com/fmea-fmpa-annual-conference/>FMEA’s website for conference and scholarship information. Electrical Safety Workshop FMPA will host an Electrical Safety workshop Aug. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Board room. The training, […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 11, 2012 LAST WEEK Email Conversion to Outlook FMPA converted its email software last Friday from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook. The process seems to have been successful. If members encounter any email-related communication problems with FMPA, they are encouraged to notify […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 4, 2012 LAST WEEK Business Planning and Budget Committee FMPA’s Business Planning and Budget Committee met last Thursday via conference call and finalized work on the proposed fiscal 2013 budgets. The Committee approved and recommended the Agency and All-Requirements Project budgets […]