FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 12, 2012 __________________________________________________________ LAST WEEK Mike McCleary Resigns from ECG FMPA was notified last week that Electric Cities of Georgia’s (ECG) Training and Safety Specialist Mike McCleary has accepted a position with Ocala Utility Services. Mike worked at ECG for three years, traveling […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Nov. 5, 2012 LAST WEEK Hurricane Sandy Power Restoration Storm restoration workers from nine of Florida’s municipal electric utilities traveled to the Northeast last week to help states affected by Hurricane Sandy. Crews from JEA and Gainesville Regional Utilities are helping Baltimore […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 29, 2012 LAST WEEK APPA Customer Connections Conference Mark McCain gave a 75-minute presentation last Monday on crisis communications at the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Customer Connections Conference in Indianapolis, Ind. The conference was held Monday through Wednesday […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 22, 2012 LAST WEEK Cane Island Power Park Cane Island Unit 2 came back online last Monday after a routine outage for painting and maintenance. Unit 1 was briefly taken offline last Wednesday to perform a borescope inspection of […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 15, 2012 LAST WEEK Public Power Week FMPA and its members joined other public power utilities across the United States last week in celebrating Public Power Week. New Smya Beach Utilities Commission hosted an energy exposition in downtown New Smya Beach. […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 8, 2012 LAST WEEK Energy Oxidation Catalyst Project FMPA issued a Request for Bids last Wednesday for the Oxidation Catalyst Project at the Stock Island Generating Facility in Key West. The project is required for environmental regulation and will include: […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Oct. 1, 2012 LAST WEEK AROC Meeting FMPA’s Audit and Risk Oversight Committee met last Thursday and approved statement of financial accounting standards #71 transactions. The Committee also recommended modifications to ISDA agreements and associated amendments and swap contracts to FMPA’s Board […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Sept. 24, 2012 LAST WEEK Finance Team FMPA’s Finance Team met last Monday via conference call with Nat Singer, FMPA’s swap advisor. Discussion topics included: 1) whether or not to proceed with public tender offers for St. Lucie and Stanton II project […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Sept. 17, 2012 LAST WEEK Debt Restructuring FMPA closed last Wednesday on the sale of $136 million of St. Lucie and Stanton II bonds. FMPA’s Board of Directors approved the refinancing at its August meeting to secure an economical interest rate […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Sept. 10, 2012 LAST WEEK Maximo Workshop FMPA hosted a workshop last week to discuss Maximo, the enterprise asset management system used by its power plants. A representative from Maximo met with FMPA staff and plant personnel from Cane Island Power Park, […]