Entries by KMEA Staff

KMGA Board Recertification Underway

It’s that time again!  One-half of KMGA’s Board of Directors must be recertified.  If you have Board members whose terms expire August 31st, you should have received an email from us with instructions for recertification.  For your convenience, we have placed copies of your current Board Certificates in ShareFile, which can be accessed at https://kansasmunicipalenergyagency.sharefile.com.  […]

Visits to our Member Cities

This week staff visited a few of KMEA’S Member Cities on the Northwest and Northcentral part of Kansas. Among the cities visited were the City of Sharon Springs, City of Colby, City of Stockton, City of Osborne and the City of Beloit. At the City of Sharon Springs staff visited the Power Plant and met […]

Natural Gas Prices Moving Higher

Since the first of the month natural gas prices have been on the increase.  Southern Star Central daily index posted price for June 8th was $2.135 per MMBtu, up twenty-three cents from the posted price of $1.905 on June 1st.  Enable Gas Transmission daily index is also on the rise as prices are up 17.5 […]

Visit to the Cities of Ellinwood and Hoisington

On Tuesday, June 7th, KMGA staff traveled to the City of Ellinwood where we met with Jim McMullen.  Jim provided a tour of the City’s power plant facility as well as some history of the plant.  The next stop was Hoisington where we met with Barney Kruse, Darren Delzeit and Shane Andereck.  Darren and Shane […]

Career Opportunity

KMEA is currently looking to fill the Manager of Member Services position. This position is responsible for managing the member services and communications aspects of the business of the Agency, one of the most important elements of our Agency. Click HERE for more information.

The City of Anthony joins EMP2

    On Wednesday, KMEA Staff visited the City of Anthony to provide “onboarding” to familiarize the City with invoicing, the MCG dashboard, and other details to prepare the City of Anthony to receive power from KMEA. On June 1st, the City of Anthony will officially start receiving power from KMEA and at the same […]

Visiting Spearville

  On Thursday, May 5th, KMGA staff visited the City of Spearville.  Staff met with Tammy Konrade, city clerk, Rakel Halling, clerk assistant, and Mayor Kevin Heeke. Staff reviewed historical monthly and daily measurement data.  Additional information and services provided by KMGA, such as calculating rates, system line losses, reviewing city ordinances, and reporting data to […]

Board Meetings

KMEA and KMGA Board of Directors meetings were held on Wednesday, May 4th in Wichita, KS in conjunction with KMU Conference.  There were 22 KMGA Cities represented during the KMGA Board meeting and 39 KMEA Cities during the KMEA Board meeting. The preliminary 2017 Budget was reviewed for both KMEA and KMGA. New elections were […]

City Visits and Meetings

    It was a very busy week!  On Tuesday, the EMP1 meeting and KMEA Executive Committee meeting were held in the City of Ottawa at the City Hall. A visit to the Ottawa’s Power Plant concluded the afternoon. KMEA staff traveled to the City of Garden City on Wednesday. On the way to Garden […]

A Day of Meetings

Last Wednesday, April 20th KMEA staff traveled to McPherson, Kansas. The City is centrally located and makes a great meeting point for our members. The meetings were held at the McPherson Board of Public Utilities building. The day started with a Finance Committee Meeting followed by KMEA and KMGA Executive Committee meetings. In all of […]