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FMPA Weekly | April 5, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members April 5, 2010   LAST WEEK   Fort Meade Workshop Representatives from FMPA attended a workshop in Fort Meade last Wednesday to address conces raised by the City Commission. On hand for FMPA were Board Chairman Vince Ruano from Bushnell, Executive Committee member Matt Brower from Ocala, […]

FMPA Weekly | March 29, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 29, 2010   LAST WEEK   Member Relations Survey Closed Thank you to everyone who participated in FMPA’s 2010 Member Relations Survey, which was closed last Monday. We received an excellent 94% response rate. The survey is a strategic action item to achieve FMPA’s goal of […]

FMPA Weekly | March 22, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members March 22, 2010   LAST WEEK   Cane Island Unit 4 The final heavy haul transports to Cane Island Unit 4 were completed last week, and site teams continue to make excellent progress on the new unit. The 230 kV transmission lines, which were relocated and […]

FMPA Weekly | March 15, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly     A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   March 15, 2010   LAST WEEK   Fort Meade Workshop The Fort Meade City Commission agreed last Tuesday to reschedule a workshop with FMPA and All-Requirements representatives to discuss conces raised by the city in a Sept. 8, 2009, letter. The workshop has been […]

FMPA Weekly | March 8, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly   A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   March 8, 2010     LAST WEEK   Member Services Advisory Committee FMPA’s Member Services Advisory Committee met last Tuesday. A motion to modify funding for the lineman’s safety training program died for lack of a second. The Committee also discussed the development of a […]

FMPA Weekly | March 1, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members   March 1, 2010     LAST WEEK   APPA Legislative Rally Nick Guarriello, Fred Bryant, Mark McCain and nearly 40 representatives from 16 municipal electric utilities attended the APPA Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C., last Monday through Wednesday. While in the nation’s capitol, they attended 16 […]

FMPA Weekly | Feb. 22, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 22, 2010   LAST WEEK   ARP Executive Committee FMPA’s ARP Executive Committee met last Thursday. The Committee approved a revision to FMPA’s Asset Management and Operations Policy and tabled a short-term hedging strategy for six months to monitor how the proposed strategy would operate. The […]

FMPA Weekly | Feb. 15, 2010 | Member Edition

FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 15, 2010   LAST WEEK   Member Relations Survey Now Underway FMPA launched its 2010 Member Relations Survey last week. The Member Relations Survey was previously known as FMPA’s Member Satisfaction Survey, but it was renamed this year to more accurately reflect its focus on measuring […]

FMPA Weekly | Feb. 8, 2010 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 8, 2010   LAST WEEK   2011 Budget Season Budget season officially began last Monday. Ellen Lindsay is preparing a draft budget calendar detailing events leading up to approval of the fiscal 2011 budget in July. Agency budget inputs are due from FMPA staff by […]

FMPA Weekly | Feb. 1, 2010 | Member Edition

  FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Feb. 1, 2010   LAST WEEK   Meeting with Rep. Troutman Representatives from FMPA, Florida Municipal Electric Association and the city of Fort Meade met last Monday with state Rep. Baxter Troutman to discuss a draft bill in the Florida House of Representatives that would place […]