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FMEA Associate Member of the Month, November: Permacast Walls
FMEA Associate Member of the Month, November: Permacast Walls

FMEA’s Associate Member of the Month for November is Permacast Walls. Since 2006, Permacast Walls has manufactured ballistic-resistant walls, crash-resistant walls, noise walls, and blast-resistant walls for industrial, commercial, public works, and critical infrastructure projects... Continue Reading

Postedby Joanna White
Date posted11/1/2024


FMEA Welcomes October's New Associate Members
FMEA Welcomes October's New Associate Members

Join FMEA in welcoming our new Associate Members to the Florida public power community. Please always remember the companies who support FMEA and the Florida public power community first when you need to purchase goods or services. Icon Engineering, Inc.Icon Engineering is a full service fiber... Continue Reading

Postedby Joanna White
Date posted10/28/2024


FMEA Releases Monthly Bill Comparison Report for September 2024
FMEA Releases Monthly Bill Comparison Report for September 2024

FMEA’s Electric Bill Comparison for September 2024 shows the average bills of public power utilities across Florida are among the lowest in the state, coming in at an average of $26.89 lower than the average bills of other utilities per 1,000 kWh. Overall, out of fifteen ranked... Continue Reading

Postedby Elizabeth Bendele
Date posted10/21/2024


FMEA Sunday Statement Regarding Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton
FMEA Sunday Statement Regarding Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted10/13/2024


FMEA Statement Regarding Ongoing Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton
FMEA Statement Regarding Ongoing Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted10/11/2024


FMEA Statement Regarding Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton
FMEA Statement Regarding Power Restoration Efforts Following Hurricane Milton

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted10/10/2024


FMEA Statement Regarding Preparation Update for Hurricane Milton
FMEA Statement Regarding Preparation Update for Hurricane Milton

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted10/9/2024


FMEA Statement Regarding Preparation for Hurricane Milton
FMEA Statement Regarding Preparation for Hurricane Milton

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted10/7/2024


Deeper Dive with Dara Kam, Episode 110: (Restoring) Power to the People!
Deeper Dive with Dara Kam, Episode 110: (Restoring) Power to the People!

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

Date posted10/6/2024


FMEA Associate Member of the Month, October: Nixon Peabody, LLP
FMEA Associate Member of the Month, October: Nixon Peabody, LLP

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

Postedby Joanna White
Date posted10/1/2024


FMEA Sunday Statement Regarding Ongoing Power Restoration Following Hurricane Helene
FMEA Sunday Statement Regarding Ongoing Power Restoration Following Hurricane Helene

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted09/29/2024


FMEA Statement Regarding Ongoing Power Restoration Following Hurricane Helene
FMEA Statement Regarding Ongoing Power Restoration Following Hurricane Helene

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

Postedby Amy Zubaly
Date posted09/28/2024