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, […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Sept. 4, 2012 LAST WEEK Audit and Risk Oversight Committee FMPA’s Audit and Risk Oversight Committee met last Thursday to discuss informational items including: 1) the status of the fiscal 2011 management letter comments, 2) the audit of fiscal 2010 and fiscal […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Aug. 27, 2012 LAST WEEK Storm Recovery Services Available The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season heated up last week with the threat from Tropical Storm Isaac. FMPA would like to remind members about two storm-related service contracts available through the Member Services Department. […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Aug. 20, 2012 LAST WEEK Winter Park Approves Interlocal Agreement Winter Park City Commissioners approved joining FMPA last Monday and authorized Mayor Kenneth Bradley to sign the Interlocal Agreement. Winter Park established its own municipal utility and began serving customers […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Aug. 13, 2012 LAST WEEK Distribution Reliability Measurement Program Newberry recently joined FMPA’s Distribution Reliability Measurement Program becoming the 24th participant. The program collects reliability data monthly from municipal utilities. Participating utilities submit data and receive a monthly report that […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members Aug. 6, 2012 LAST WEEK Audit and Risk Oversight Committee ARP Executive Committee Chairman Howard McKinnon appointed Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) Director of Utilities Bill Thiess to FMPA’s Audit and Risk Oversight Committee. Bill replaces Tom Richards, who retired from FPUA […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members June 30, 2012 LAST WEEK FMPA Reunion Records Public Power History Founders and early leaders of FMPA re-united last week to share their stories about the history of FMPA. The 24 reunion participants were interviewed on videotape last Wednesday. The resulting footage […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 23, 2012 LAST WEEK Cane Island Unit 4 Cane Island Unit 4 completed performance testing last Wednesday after being offline for warranty repairs to the unit’s steam turbine. The unit was taken offline to remove testing instrumentation and is scheduled to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 16, 2012 LAST WEEK Energy Oxidation Catalyst Project FMPA received statements of qualification last Tuesday from three contractors for an energy oxidation catalyst project at the Stock Island Generating Facility in Key West. FMPA is reviewing these qualifications and plans to […]
FMPA Weekly A weekly e-newsletter for FMPA members July 9, 2012 LAST WEEK Lake Worth Litigation Settlement The Leon County Circuit Court last Monday approved the stipulation and settlement of the lawsuit with Lake Worth. The dispute was over who should pay for certain natural gas transportation for the city’s […]