Archive for 2017

FMPA Weekly | Oct. 16, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Oct. 16, 2017   LAST WEEK   Stanton Unit 2 Stanton Unit 2 came back online Saturday after an outage to repair damage caused by Hurricane Irma and completing regular maintenance. A routine maintenance outage was originally scheduled for fall, so it was moved […]

FMPA Weekly | Oct. 9, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Oct. 9, 2017   LAST WEEK   Mount Dora Board Representative Mount Dora appointed Deputy Electric Utility Director Steve Langley as its alteate representative to FMPA’s Board of Directors. Electric Utility Manager Charles Revell will continue to serve as the city’s primary representative.   […]

FMPA Weekly | Oct. 2, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Oct. 2, 2017   LAST WEEK   OPPAGA Study Sen. Debbie Mayfield informed Jacob Williams last week that she asked the Florida Legislature’s Joint Legislative Auditing Committee to defer the study of FMPA by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Govement Accountability (OPPAGA). The […]

FMPA Weekly | Sept. 25, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Sept. 25, 2017   LAST WEEK   Hurricane Irma Recovery Hurricane Irma’s widespread damage inspired the largest storm-recovery effort in the nation’s history in order to retu electric service to nearly 6.7 million homes and businesses in Florida, or two-thirds of the state. More […]

FMPA Weekly | Sept. 18, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Sept. 18, 2017   LAST WEEK   Hurricane Irma Restoration FMPA staff members traveled to some of the member cities hardest hit by Hurricane Irma last week to provide assistance. Ian Beason and Chris Gowder went to Bartow. Carl Tuer and Cairo Vanegas assisted […]

FMPA Weekly | Sept. 12, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Sept. 12, 2017   LAST WEEK   Text Alert System FMPA implemented a new text alert system last week to notify Board members of important information during an emergency. The first test messages were sent last Wednesday at 10 p.m. If Board members did […]

FMPA Weekly | Sept. 5, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Sept. 5, 2017     LAST WEEK   Substation and Generating Station Maintenance FMPA received six proposals last Thursday in response to the Invitation to Bid for Substation and Generating Station Maintenance. The Member Services team plans to issue an award by the end […]

FMPA Weekly | Aug. 28, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Aug. 28, 2017   LAST WEEK   Bartow Contract  FMPA’s Executive Committee and Bartow City Commission last week approved the power purchase agreement awarded to FMPA in June. Beginning Jan. 1, FMPA will supply 20 MW or more of peaking electricity to Bartow through […]

FMPA Weekly | Aug. 21, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Aug. 21, 2017   LAST WEEK   FMPA Weekly Readership Survey We need your feedback on FMPA Weekly. Take less than five minutes right now to complete the short https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XCP9G7Z>online reader survey so that we can make sure the newsletter is meeting your information […]

FMPA Weekly | Aug. 14, 2017 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   Aug. 14, 2017   LAST WEEK   Vero Beach Meetings Jacob Williams attended the Vero Beach City Council Meeting last Tuesday and will meet with state Sen. Debbie Mayfield on Monday to provide an update on FMPA’s activities related to the proposed sale of […]