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POSITION SUMMARY This position has overall responsibility for the development, implementation and successful operation of a portfolio of JEA customer programs. This position articulates a program's strategy and objectives and assesses how it will impact the business by defining and overseeing a... Continue Reading

Within six days of Hurricane Ian making landfall in Florida, Florida’s public power utilities have restored power to 99.99 percent of all customers capable of accepting electric service. One of the most disastrous hurricanes in Florida’s history, Hurricane Ian impacted two-thirds of... Continue Reading

Less than a week after Hurricane Ian knocked out power to large swaths of Florida, state regulators Tuesday approved utilities’ long-term plans to try to bolster the electric system. The state Public Service Commission approved, with some changes, plans submitted by Florida Power &... Continue Reading

The City of Tallahassee – Electric & Gas Utility has an immediate engineering opening within its Electric Utility – Power Delivery division. Applications are being sought for engineering candidates at any level, with a preference for a candidate with a background in Substation or... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Electric Bill Comparison for August 2022 shows the average bills of public power utilities across Florida are $6.44 more than the average bills for investor-owned utilities per 1,000 kWh. Overall, out of fifteen ranked categories, New Smyrna Beach Utilities reported the lowest bills... Continue Reading

Please always remember the companies who support FMEA and the Florida Public Power community first when you need to purchase goods or services! Electrical Consultants, Inc. ECI was incorporated in 1985 as a result of the purchase of the telephone engineering division of its predecessor,... Continue Reading

Gov. Ron DeSantis has reappointed Gary Clark and Gabriella Passidomo to four-year terms on the Florida Public Service Commission. DeSantis’ office announced the decisions Friday without comment. The appointments will take effect Jan. 2, when the current terms of Clark and Passidomo are... Continue Reading

In less than five days since the extremely powerful and massive Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida and then cut across the state, Florida’s public power utilities have restored power to 98 percent of customers who experienced outages following the hurricane. More... Continue Reading

Devastation caused by Hurricane Ian left more than 2.6 million homes and businesses in Florida without power. Twenty-two of Florida’s 33 public power utilities were impacted with peak outages reaching 212,344 customers. As of 3 p.m. today, and within 48 hours of Hurricane Ian’s... Continue Reading

Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) made substantial progress Thursday as crews restored power to more than 90 % of customers and continue restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. As strong winds suspended restoration efforts in bucket trucks around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, crews were... Continue Reading

Currently, there are 304 FPUA customers without power due to damage caused by Hurricane Ian. FPUA crews were actively deployed to the areas impacted by Hurricane Ian as of 7:30am this morning and are still in the field to restore the remaining outages. “The quick and safe restoration of... Continue Reading

General Definition of Work Customer Service Representative IPerforms responsible duties related to customer service and the preparation and/or maintenance of related records in the utility industry. Work is performed under regular supervision. Does related work as required. The scope of daily... Continue Reading