FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 29, 2013 LAST WEEK Bushnell City Manager The Bushnell City Council recently named Utilities Director Bruce Hickle as the next City Manager effective Aug. 1. He will replace Vince Ruano, who is retiring after more than three decades of service to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 22, 2013 LAST WEEK Policy Makers Liaisons Committee The Policy Makers Liaisons Committee met last Wednesday in Gainesville for its quarterly business meeting and to tour the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass power plant. The full agenda package is available […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 15, 2013 LAST WEEK Financing Discussions Members of FMPA’s Finance Department met last Wednesday with representatives from Morgan Stanley to discuss financial market conditions and FMPA’s upcoming finance transactions. Contact: Mark Larson Public Gas Partners Public Gas Partners (PGP) met […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 8, 2013 LAST WEEK APPA Public Communications Roundtable Diane Nelson attended the American Public Power Association’s Public Communications Committee meeting last Friday in Washington, D.C. Participants at this annual roundtable discussed issues common to communications and marketing departments at community-owned electric […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 1, 2013 LAST WEEK Conservation and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee FMPA’s Conservation and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee met last Thursday via conference call and approved renewing the All-Requirements Project’s Conservation Program for fiscal 2014. The Committee decided and will recommend to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 25, 2013 LAST WEEK 2013 ARP Load Forecast FMPA recently published the 2013 ARP Load Forecast for a 20-year period from 2013 through 2032. The report forecasts the peak load and net energy for load of the All-Requirements Project (ARP), […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 18, 2013 LAST WEEK APPA Legislative Rally Nick Guarriello, Fred Bryant, Mark McCain and 32 representatives from 15 Florida municipal electric utilities attended the APPA Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C., last week. While in the nation’s capital, they met with 18 […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 11, 2013 LAST WEEK Board of Directors The Board of Directors met via conference call last Wednesday for a special-called meeting and approved: 1) Amendment 5 to the General Manager and CEO’s employment contract, and 2) a strategic planning session to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 4, 2013 LAST WEEK Twitter Analysis FMPA’s Public Relations Department recently met to discuss whether there is a business justification for creating an FMPA Twitter account. Diane Nelson performed research and analysis into how other electric utilities and joint action […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 25, 2013 LAST WEEK PSC Regulation of Municipal Utilities Bill Rep. Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, recently filed House Bill 733, which would subject municipal electric, water, wastewater and natural gas utilities that serve any customers outside their city limits to regulation […]