The 2016 KMEA Golf Outing was held at Falcon Ridge Golf Club on September 14. After an evening of rain, 32 golfers took to a soggy course for a very good time. Our generous sponsors made it possible for all the attendees to walk away with prizes and smiles. This annual event is sure to […]
We would like to introduce you to D.J. Smith and Garrett Higgins. They are KMEA’s most recent additions to the staff. D.J. and Garrett together with Paula Campbell, David Rosenthal and Kent Balkenbusch will operate the 24-hour system operations desk. Welcome D.J. and Garrett.
Beginning August 31st Gerry Bieker will join the KMEA Staff as your new Manager, Member Services. Gerry comes to KMEA with a background of public service in Kansas dating back to 1991. Gerry was the Director of Public Utilities for the City of Colby before moving on to Paola in 2004 to serve as Director […]
Staff left Overland Park Wednesday morning to visit six KMGA member cities over the next two days. The first stop was at the City of Howard, where they met with Becky Oakleaf, Ernest Tousley, and Kevin Mitchell. The next destination was the City of Winfield. At Winfield staff met with Gus Collins and James Ging. […]
The Executive Committee had its monthly meeting at the beautiful City of Lindsborg on Wednesday. Lindsborg was settled in 1869 by a group of Swedish immigrants. The City kept the Swedish culture and today you can see the Dala Horses displayed throughout Main Street. The Dala Horse is a wooden carved and painted horse […]
Yesterday KMEA sponsored a solar energy symposium in Lindsborg, Kansas. The event included presenters from Cornerstone Energy and MC Power both solar energy developers. Also, Allen Mosher, Vice President of Policy Analysis for the American Public Power Association presented on distributed resources and APPAs Public Power Forward. It was a great event with more than […]
Yesterday we visited the City of Coffeyville and had a great time. We discussed a number of items and after lunch we took a tour of their new power plant currently under construction. Coffeyville has teamed with the Grand River Dam Authority to install three 18 megawatt Wartsila generator sets. Groundbreaking took place on the […]
Energy Management Project No. 1 (EMP1) is celebrating 10 years of existence. It was officially created in 2006, by a set of agreements between KMEA and five member cities: Baldwin City, Gardner, Garnett, Osawatomie and Ottawa. Under the EMP1 agreement, project cities operationally combined their municipal electric systems to purchase electric power and transmission as a […]
On June 21st, the KMGA Executive Committee met in the City of Hesston for their monthly meeting. The meeting was held at El Cerrito Mexican restaurant and was led by J.R. Hatfield, KMGA President. Located in south central Kansas, the City of Hesston was established in 1886 and it is located in Harvey County. The […]
KMEA Staff members attended the American Public Power Association National Conference and Public Power Expo in Phoenix last week. The weather “cooperated” as it hovered just over 100 degrees each afternoon and we can tell you that dry heat is still hot. The national conference is an opportunity to catch up on the latest happenings […]
