FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 6, 2017 LAST WEEK Stanton II Project Bond Refunding FMPA closed Oct. 26 on approximately $72 million in refunding bonds for the Stanton II Project’s Series 2000 and 2004 bonds through BBVA bank. The transaction netted $432,000 in gross savings for […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 30, 2017 LAST WEEK SANS Cyber Security Training Konrad Lisiewicz and Carter Manucy recently attended a cyber security training offered by the Sans Institute where they achieved the top score in a SANS Netwars event. The training included a table-top exercise […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 23, 2017 LAST WEEK Policy Makers Liaisons Committee FMPA’s Policy Makers Liaisons Committee met last Wednesday at the Treasure Coast Energy Center and heard a report from FMPA’s General Manager and three information items: 1) state legislative update, 2) FMPA solar […]
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 […]