The City of Osawatomie is in the process of adding 12 MW of generation to their system. At this time, they have install three of the six 2 MW Caterpillar Gen Sets to accomplish this. Osawatomie’s Power Plant Superintendent Stewart Kasper took KMEA staff on a tour of the new facilities. The three Gen Sets pictured are […]
There are many things to consider when building sustainable, predictable rates for your customers. But, one thing is for certain—reducing diversity increases risk to your consumers. Diversity in a power supply portfolio can mean a multitude of things, but let’s break it down into the 3 T’s—technology, type, & term: • Technology—natural gas, coal, hydro, […]
Did you ever think that you may not need to own a car or even need a driver’s license? At some point in the future you will most likely be able to simply summon a driverless car on your phone or other device and it will appear in front of you to take you where […]
Last year, the City of Wamego celebrated 150 years of history, that all began in 1866 when the Wamego townsite was founded. At that time, the Kansas River valley was already known as a rich agricultural area. The neighboring communities of Wabaunsee, Louisville and St. George were well established, and construction of the Kansas Pacific […]
Jack Davis Leader moved city utilities forward in positive way By GREG MAST Herald Senior Writer Apr 6, 2017 Ottawa’s power plant is a much larger participant in the electricity market today because of the work of former city utilities director Jack Davis. Davis, 88, who was the city’s utilities director from […]
Can you spare some change? I know I can! I have change all around me, and I will be happy to share it with you. Unfortunately it is not the type of change that jingles in your pocket, but the inevitable “things never stay the same” type of change. The electric Utility industry is always […]
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Representatives of the Cities of Colby and Goodland toured the Goodland Power Plant and discussed the possibilities of pooling labor services for plant operators. The cities continue to research the pros and cons of pooling and how it could impact each city and the region.
Charlie Herr, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. explained the benefits of Pooling insurance coverage as well as stop loss self insurance to representatives of the Cities of Russell, Colby, Goodland, Moundridge and Burlingame. The meeting was hosted by the City of Russell on March 8th.
As you know, the electric utility industry is and has been changing for some time. The transformation as it is called by some is being driven by a number of key factors. A recent online survey conducted by Utility Dive revealed many of the same issues that we discuss regularly. An aging workforce, regulations, aging […]
