Entries by KMEA

Do Your Supervisors and Managers Have the Skills They Need?

Strong frontline employees often get tapped for supervisory positions, and from there some will move into management. But not all staff who make these transitions get the training they need to thrive in their new roles. Which is a shame—because investing in skills development for supervisors and managers has real payoffs for organizations in both […]

Welcome To The Future

It wasn’t that long ago when we thought wind energy was such a small amount of the overall generation mix that it would never prove to be a game changer. Well, today we know that over the years the incremental installation of wind generation has done just that. The next question might be – Is […]

Public Power Week October 1 – 7, 2017

Public power utilities across the U.S. celebrate Public Power Week the first full week of October every year to help customers and stakeholders understand how they can better engage with their community-owned utility and benefit from all its offerings. American Public Power Association member utilities can use sample resources and templates to spread the word […]

Got Wind?

The clock continues to tick to be eligible for a full value Production Tax Credit (PTC) wind project.  With the PTC’s, especially full value, wind developers are able to offer very competitive pricing terms.  The phase-down schedule is as follows:   Wind projects that started construction in 2015 and 2016 receive a full value PTC […]

City of Lincoln Installs New Generation

Out with the old and in with the new!  The new Cummins power unit is in place and operational, according to Jeff Ahring, City of Lincoln Power Plant Foreman. “The engine is now in place and operable, however there are some final adjustments that need to be made before the job is considered complete” he […]

Moundridge along with other Kansas Municipalities Dispatched to Florida

City of Moundridge Linemen and equipment along with several other municipal utilities have been dispatched to Orlando Florida to pre-stage in preparation of hurricane Irma. The city of Orlando like Moundridge has municipal owned utilities and Moundridge crews are being dispatched by American Public Power Association and FEMA region VII. Keep Moundridge Linemen Bill Greenfield, Logan Marcus, Quincy […]