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FMPA Weekly | June 14, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 14, 2010     LAST WEEK   Member City Visits Bud Boudreaux visited Vero Beach and St. Cloud last Wednesday and Thursday. He will visit Gainesville and Williston with Fred Bryant this Tuesday and is scheduled to visit Alachua later this week.   Joint Purchase Project […]

FMPA Weekly | June 7, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 7, 2010   LAST WEEK   EECBG Recipient Planning MeetingFMPA and the Florida Municipal Electric Association hosted a conference call last Thursday for recipients of the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) to discuss opportunities for members to collaborate. The group discussed five potential projects, including: […]

FMPA Weekly | June 1, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 1, 2010     LAST WEEK   ARP Executive Committee FMPA’s ARP Executive Committee met last Thursday and approved action items, including: 1) renewal of the ARP conservation program and its fiscal 2011 budget, 2) development of a travel expense reimbursement policy for members to attend […]

FMPA Weekly | May 24, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members May 24, 2010       LAST WEEK   Treasure Coast Warranty Status Steve Carroll, Jim Hay and David Schumann visited Treasure Coast Energy Center last week to meet with Fort Pierce Utility Authority’s Ed Leongomez and representatives from the unit’s engineering procurement and construction contractor to […]

FMPA Weekly | May 17, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members May 17, 2010       LAST WEEK Business Planning and Budget Committee FMPA’s Business Planning and Budget Committee met last Friday and approved action items, including: 1) the fiscal 2011 Agency Fund Budget for recommendation to the ARP Executive Committee, 2) the fiscal 2011 amended Agency […]

FMPA Weekly | May 10, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members May 10, 2010   LAST WEEK ARP Business Model Working Group The All-Requirements Project Business Model Working Group (BMWG) met last Friday to discuss: 1) FMPA’s wholesale power rates, 2) FMPA’s response to Ocala’s suggestion to develop an energy conservation advisory system, and 3) other joint action […]

FMPA Weekly | May 3, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members May 3, 2010     LAST WEEK Florida Legislature The Florida Legislative session ended last Friday successfully for municipal electric utilities. No new laws adverse to municipal electric utilities were approved, including no bill subjecting FMPA to state-level regulation.   Lake Worth Gas Lateral Representatives from Lake […]

FMPA Weekly | April 26, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 26, 2010 LAST WEEK   Circuit Court Upholds FERC Orders The Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals denied on April 16 FMPA’s request for a reversal of two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders regarding the rate base for network transmission service using Florida Power and […]

FMPA Weekly | April 19, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 19, 2010 LAST WEEK   Cane Island Unit 4 Participants in the Cane Island Unit 4 construction project met last Wednesday for a monthly owner’s update. Steve Bauer, president of Zachry Construction Corporation, met with Steve Carroll, Nick Guarriello and Tom Reedy after the owner’s meeting […]

FMPA Weekly | April 12, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 12, 2010   LAST WEEK   EECBG Grant Recipients The Register” rel=”nofollow”>http://fmpa.com/index.php/component/registrationpro/?view=event&did=21>Register online before April 27 to attend. Contact: Mike Siefert   Lineman’s Roundtable FMPA hosts a lineman’s roundtable May 5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Center in the city […]