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 […]
In 2016, KMEA contracted SEGA Engineering to complete Distribution System Assessments for the cities of Girard and Garnett in order to determine the value of the Assessments. After reviewing the results, it was determined that these assessments were indeed valuable and could assist cities in determining problem areas, future projects and funding needs. KMEA […]
The February EMP 3 Meeting was held in Neodesha. Along with the normal agenda items, EMP 3 member cities listened to a presentation by William Hiller, Maurice Moss and Aiden Smith from the Southwestern Power Administration providing information on 15 year contract renewals.
In the history of the natural gas industry, 2016 will be remembered as an eventful and record setting year. Excess natural gas at the end of 2015 and warm winter temperatures kept prices low at the start of 2016. The summer of 2016 reversed the trend as natural gas-generated electricity hit record levels and by […]
Dixie Riedel was the target of K.C. Wolf on Valentines Day! Dixie’s husband Phil had a little something to do with K.C. Wolf delivering Flowers and Chocolates to her at the KMEA offices. Of course, the entire staff knew about the surprise and anxiously awaited his arrival.
