FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Dec. 7, 2015 LAST WEEK Joint Action Solar PV Project Seven FMPA member cities have expressed interest in a joint action solar photovoltaic (PV) project including Fort Pierce, Jacksonville Beach, Key West, Kissimmee, Leesburg, Ocala and Orlando. Municipals are looking at options […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 30, 2015 LAST WEEK Audit Response Report FMPA filed with the Florida Auditor General last Tuesday its voluntary, 240-day report detailing the Agency’s progress and plans for addressing the Auditor General’s 15 audit findings. The report shows that FMPA has completed […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 23, 2015 LAST WEEK Board of Directors FMPA’s Board of Directors met last Thursday and approved the municipal financial disclosure policy and procedures. The Board agreed to host a workshop Dec. 16 to discuss the qualities they will be seeking in the next […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 16, 2015 LAST WEEK ARP Executive Committee The ARP Executive Committee met last Monday via conference call and agreed to terminate oil hedges held for FMPA in Public Gas Partners. Following the approval, a timely drop in the market resulted […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 9, 2015 LAST WEEK Rep. Mayfield Files Bill Targeting FMPA Rep. Debbie Mayfield (R-Vero Beach) filed a bill last Wednesday in the Florida House of Representatives for the 2016 legislative session that would subject FMPA to several new regulatory requirements. If passed, […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 2, 2015 LAST WEEK Closing CR3 Settlement Duke Energy Florida and several municipal electric utilities successfully closed last Friday on a settlement agreement related to Crystal River Unit 3 (CR3). FMPA represented the municipal joint owners of CR3 and wholesale power […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 26, 2015 LAST WEEK Guarriello Announces Retirement Nick Guarriello announced last Thursday during the Board of Directors meeting that he will retire in 2016 as General Manager and CEO. “After considerable thought and discussion with my wife and family, it is […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 19, 2015 LAST WEEK Crisis Communication Training and Tabletop Exercise FMPA’s Crisis Communication Response Team participated in a training and tabletop exercise last Tuesday to access the Agency’s Issue Management and Crisis Communication Plan. The plan describes how FMPA would […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 12, 2015 LAST WEEK Joint Legislative Auditing Committee Bill Conrad, Howard McKinnon, Nick Guarriello, Fred Bryant, Mark McCain and Jody Finklea attended a meeting of the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee (JLAC) last Monday in Tallahassee. Committee Chair, Senator Abruzzo, requested FMPA’s attendance at the meeting where the Committee […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 5, 2015 LAST WEEK General Fund Transfer Survey FMPA published results of an annual survey of general fund transfer policies among its members. Twenty-seven members responded to the survey. The survey report shows the retail sales, total operating electric revenues and electric […]