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Ocala Electric Utility (OEU) will host a Customer Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 11, at Citizens’ Circle (151 SE Osceola Ave.) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Customer Appreciation Day is celebrated and held in conjunction with Public Power Week, which runs from Sunday, Oct. 6, through Saturday,... Continue Reading

During its monthly meeting held Wednesday, the Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors welcomed a new board member and held its annual election of officers. Melissa Thacker, a Sr. Project Manager at Balfour Beatty US and a Kissimmee native of 30 years, took the oath of office to begin a... Continue Reading

Designation for reliability, safety, workforce development and grid improvements. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority has earned a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3)® Platinum designation from the American Public Power Association for providing reliable and safe electric service. The RP3... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Associate Member of the Month for October is Nixon Peabody, LLP. Nixon Peabody is one of the preeminent public finance firms in the country in the public power sector. They regularly serve as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters' counsel and special tax counsel on public... Continue Reading

Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. A federal judge Friday dismissed a securities-fraud lawsuit that alleged Florida Power & Light and its parent company made misleading statements about involvement in funding "ghost" candidates to influence elections. U.S.... Continue Reading

Kissimmee Utility Authority received a 2024 Top Workplaces award by the Orlando Sentinel’s Top Workplaces program. KUA joined the area’s top 129 dynamic companies, which made the list based on achieving high employee satisfaction and being committed to making their company a great... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “Since the outset of Hurricane Helene, Florida public power utilities have restored more than 500,000 outages. As of noon today, 11,079 Florida public power customers remain without power. Within 48... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “As of 9 a.m. this morning, Florida’s public power utilities have restored more than 430,000 outages since the onset of Hurricane Helene. There remain 44,586 public power outages across the state from... Continue Reading

Kissimmee Utility Authority crews deployed to Gainesville this morning to assist with restoring power after the severe weather caused by Hurricane Helene. The crews departed Kissimmee just after 8:30 a.m. As part of KUA’s mutual-aid agreement with utilities across the nation, the utility... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “Dangerous Hurricane Helene made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend as a strong Category 4 hurricane around 11 p.m. Thursday night. Well before landfall, Florida communities began experiencing... Continue Reading

Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that “time is running out” for Gulf Coast residents, particularly in North Florida’s Big Bend region, to finalize preparations as powerful Hurricane Helene is poised to slam into... Continue Reading

Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida. The Florida Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved utilities collecting more than $1.1 billion from customers for projects aimed at bolstering electric systems to better withstand storms. Utilities seek approval each year... Continue Reading