After 32 years of service for the City of Hoisington, Randy Miller is retiring February 1, 2016. Randy started working for the city in 1979 as a lineman, where he continued to serve until 1982. After a four year hiatus, Randy returned to the city, and in April 1991, he was appointed Electric Distribution Supervisor. […]
This has been a busy but very productive week. On Tuesday staff attended the KMU Day at the Capitol along with the staff of KMU, KPP, and other city representatives. It was a great opportunity to learn about the issues affecting public utilities that will be considered during this year’s legislative session. The most prominent […]
We have four KMEA Staff members celebrating milestone anniversaries including, and pictured left to right: Jennifer Moore, Tom Saitta, Paula Campbell and David Rosenthal. Recently, we featured a special recognition piece on Senior Electric Energy Controller, Paula Campbell, who hit the granddaddy of all anniversaries – 25 years! In addition to Paula, Jennifer Moore, Director […]
Paula Campbell, Senior Energy Controller for KMEA is celebrating her 25 year anniversary with the Agency and we would like to take this opportunity to recognize her contributions. Paula plays an integral part in managing the loads and generators of the KMEA member cities. Yet much of what she does […]
Tom and I visited Kiowa on Tuesday for the new city orientation. We went over the monthly billing and then had a demonstration of the dashboard and showed them how they could monitor their load and SPP prices. KMEA will start serving the City of Kiowa on January 1st. We welcome Kiowa as the newest […]
Wow how things have changed in the electric generation industry. In years past natural gas was not looked at as a baseload product, but rather a supplement, when it came to electric generation. Today all that has changed. Natural gas has not only become a strong force in the energy industry, the Energy Information Administration […]
We wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate Glenn Rodden who is set to become Baldwin City’s next city administrator after a unanimous vote by the city council. Both sides found the opportunity to be an ideal fit with Glenn’s 16 years of experience as a city administrator in cities of similar size. Additionally, Baldwin […]
After suddenly being kicked off the grid in the wee hours of Monday morning, December 14th, the City of Jetmore saw firsthand the value of having behind the meter generation. According to City Administrator, Michael Ort, the city’s newly installed generator picked up the city load, running from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. “We completed the testing […]
The City of Erie is the second city to achieve a historic milestone this year. 2015 marks the city’s 100 year anniversary of providing electric power to the residents of Erie. Only 45 member cities have reached the centennial milestone since KMEA began keeping records. KMEA was privileged to honor the city with the presentation […]
Even with the EIA reporting on Thursday a larger than expected withdraw volume from storage, natural gas prices continue to fall. US gas in storage fell 76 Bcf to 3,880 Bcf for the week ending December 4th. The withdrawal from storage was above consensus expectations of a pull between 59 Bcf and 63 Bcf. Weather forecasts continue to […]
