The Stresscrete Group of Atchison, Kansas title sponsored the “KMEA Annual Golf Outing”. Thirty two Golfers enjoyed the Falcon Ridge Golf Course on Thursday June 8th. The Golf Outing rounded out a two day KMEA event in Overland Park. Thanks to Stresscrete and all of the sponsors for making this outing possible.
Attendees of the Executive Committee Meetings and Joint EMP Meetings held Wednesday June 7th were treated to a night at Kauffman Stadium. Sega Inc. sponsored the event with access to the Pepsi Porch and a Cheeseburger and Hot Dog buffet.
At the Joint EMP meetings last Wednesday, June 7th, members heard presentation from multiple agencies. The meeting began with a presentation from Jeff Haas, Vice President, Membership and Strategic Planning for the American Public Power Association (APPA) explaining the benefits of membership in his organization. Jeff was followed by Lanny Nickell, Vice President of Engineering for […]
17 representatives from 7 cities visited the GRDA Pensacola Dam Facility. They were welcomed by Cameron Philpott, Manager of Business Development and Dan Sullivan, CEO of the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA). Mr. Sullivan presented information to the group about GRDA and took the time to answer questions. After the presentation the group toured the […]
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 […]
