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STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “Beginning Wednesday night through Thursday morning, Hurricane Milton dealt a devastating blow to the state leaving more than 3.4 million Floridians without power. In the days leading up to Hurricane Milton,... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “Florida public power and mutual aid crews are in the field working 24/7 to restore power. Thousands of personnel have been working tirelessly to survey and assess damage and restore power as quickly and... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, just south of Tampa Bay, around 8:30 p.m. last night and continued its trail of destruction across the state into this morning. Milton... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) and public power communities across Florida are preparing for Hurricane Milton, anticipated to make landfall late Wednesday into Thursday morning along the... Continue Reading

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) is continuing to actively monitor Hurricane Milton, now a Category 5 storm, for anticipated impacts to Florida’s public power communities. According to the... Continue Reading

Article reposted with permission from The News Service of Florida.Hosted by Dara KamListen to the podcast here. Deadly Hurricane Helene slammed into storm-torn Taylor County and caused widespread damage in Tampa Bay and inland. In today's episode of Deeper Dive, Florida Municipal Electric... 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

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

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

STATEMENT BY:Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association “The Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) has been closely monitoring what is currently Tropical Storm Helene, which is expected to bring significant damaging winds, storm surge and rainfall as it... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Electric Bill Comparison for August 2024 shows the average bills of public power utilities across Florida are among the lowest in the state, coming in at an average of $25.72 lower than the average bills of other utilities per 1,000 kWh. Overall, out of fifteen ranked categories,... Continue Reading