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June 2, 2025 |
Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season began yesterday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting another above-average year, predicting 13 to 19 named storms between now and November 30. Of these storms, NOAA expects six to 10 of these storms to become hurricanes, meaning they have winds of 74 mph or higher, and expects three to five to become meaning major hurricanes, meaning they have winds of 111 mph or higher. The NOAA advises the season is likely to be affected by warmer temperatures – especially warmer water temperatures – and effects of storms may have a greater inland impact, particularly from flooding. Now is the time to prepare, and there are a variety of resources available, such as those from the Florida Department of Health, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and FMEA.
Homestead Regional Safety Training
The session of the Regional Training Series: Developing an Effective Safety Culture scheduled to take place in Homestead has been rescheduled to August 27. Learn more about this series as well as the other available sessions here. Contact: MacKayla Cross
APPA Utility Salary Survey
APPA is conducting its annual Utility Salary Survey and is seeking responses by July 17. Public power utilities who are at least 50 percent retail sales, with some exceptions, are eligible to participate in this survey. The survey focuses on annual base pay information for 34 salaried positions and 26 hourly positions. Each participating Member utility will receive a complimentary copy of the full final report, which includes a breakdown of salaries by revenue and customer class and regional salary summaries.
Anniversaries
Manny Reyes | June 6 | 3 years
FMEA Vegetation Management Roundtable – Summer
June 4 | 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. | City of Starke – Fire and Rescue Training Room
APPA National Conference
June 6-11 | New Orleans, Louisiana
ARP Rate Workshop
June 11 | 2 p.m. | FMPA
Finance Committee Meeting
June 12 | 2 p.m. | FMPA
HAZWOPER Training: 8-Hour Refresher Course
June 18 | 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. | City of Ocala Utility Services Complex
Finance Committee Meeting
June 25 | 2 p.m. | FMPA
Board of Directors Meeting
June 26 | 9 a.m. | FMPA
Executive Committee Meeting
June 26 | 9:15 a.m. | FMPA
Lineman Apprenticeship Lab 2: Construction
July 7-11 | KUA Training Facility
Florida PSC to hold Commission Conference and hearings tomorrow
Department of Energy issues LNG export authorization for Port Arthur Phase II
Department of Energy issues emergency order to safeguard grid reliability in PJM Interconnection
Solar and wind power curtailments increasing in California
Hybrid vehicle sales continue to rise as electric and plug-in vehicle shares remain flat
Analysis reports $14 billion in clean energy projects canceled so far this year in the U.S.
Trump signs executive orders to speed development of U.S. nuclear power
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