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Florida public power utilities provided the lowest rates in all 15 reported categories, including residential, commercial and industrial customers, on average for the year 2020. Overall, out of fifteen ranked categories, the City of Mount Dora reported the lowest bills in eight categories,... Continue Reading

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. The... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Electric Bill Comparison for December 2020 shows the average bills of public power utilities across Florida are $11.83 less than the average bills for investor-owned utilities per 1,000 kWh. Overall, out of fifteen ranked categories, the City of Mount Dora reported the lowest bills... Continue Reading

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) will be conducting a customer survey beginning Wednesday, January 27th, 2021, through Sunday, February 28th, 2021. The purpose of this survey is to measure our customer’s opinions and levels of satisfaction regarding a variety of topics including... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Electric Bill Comparison for November 2020 shows the average bills of public power utilities across Florida are $11.04 less than the average bills for investor-owned utilities per 1,000 kWh. Overall, out of fifteen ranked categories, the City of Mount Dora reported the lowest bills... Continue Reading

FMEA’s Associate Member of the month for December is Interactive Utility Communications. Interactive Utility Communications was created to support the unique business requirements for the utility industry. Whether working with an investor-owned, municipality, or city government run utility... Continue Reading

RELAY Magazine Winter 2020 • Cyber & Physical Threats to the Grid Continue Reading

The 5th annual Utility Scam Awareness Day is Wednesday, Nov. 18, supported by a weeklong advocacy and awareness campaign—Utility Scam Awareness Week—focused on exposing the tactics scammers use to steal money from utility customers and on educating customers on how to protect... Continue Reading

Next week, November 16-20, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) is joining with Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) and public power utilities across the state to recognize Utility Scam Awareness Week, an advocacy and awareness campaign focused on educating customers and exposing the tactics... Continue Reading

OUC’s Meter Data Operations (MDO) unit is in the running for the 2020 UAI Excellence Award for Best Innovative Utility Analytics Team. Part of the Meter Services department, the MDO team led by Dawn Frye, Manager, gained a finalist spot based on its planning and deployment of the Meter Data... Continue Reading

The JEA board of directors selected Jay Stowe to be the utility’s new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Contract negotiations between Stowe and JEA will now commence. Stowe’s selection is the culmination of a five-month search process led by the board, which... 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. Safe Zone Flagging Safe Zone Flagging Inc. is a full-service traffic control company, providing vehicle and pedestrian control to various industries... Continue Reading