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This week staff visited a few of KMEA’S Member Cities on the Northwest and Northcentral part of Kansas. Among the cities visited were the City of Sharon Springs, City of Colby, City of Stockton, City of Osborne and the City of Beloit.

At the City of Sharon Springs staff visited the Power Plant and met with Brad Hatfield, Patsy Miller, and Kriss Wahlmeier. Staff met with Tyson McGreer at the Colby. At the City of Stockton, staff met with Jeff Scott, Kim Thomas, Keith Schlaegel, and Cory Carlson and also visited the City’s Power Plant. Staff visited the Power Plant and met with Scott Nuzum at the City of Osborne. The last stop was at the City of Beloit where staff met with Manny Milbers, Ron Sporleder, and Jay Newton and visited the City’s Power Plant.

As always,  we appreciate our members for taking the time out of their busy schedule to meet with us.

 

On Tuesday, June 7th, KMGA staff traveled to the City of Ellinwood where we met with Jim McMullen.  Jim provided a tour of the City’s power plant facility as well as some history of the plant.  The next stop was Hoisington where we met with Barney Kruse, Darren Delzeit and Shane Andereck.  Darren and Shane are new to the city as they began their duties the end of April.  Barney and “Kilowatt” (the plant watch dog) provided a walk-through of Hoisington’s power plant.

The City of Russell was next to meet with Duane Banks and attend the city commission work session.  During the work session, information about KMGA was presented and discussed for the opportunity of KMGA providing natural gas to the city for their generation facility.

Thanks to everyone for their hospitality and taking time to meet with Staff.

 

 

On Wednesday, KMEA Staff visited the City of Anthony to provide “onboarding” to familiarize the City with invoicing, the MCG dashboard, and other details to prepare the City of Anthony to receive power from KMEA.

On June 1st, the City of Anthony will officially start receiving power from KMEA and at the same time become the newest member of the EMP2 group.

The City of Anthony is located in the Harper County with a population of 2,269. The City distributes power to approximately 1,580 customers inside the City limits and approximately 400 rural customers.

We all welcome the City of Anthony to EMP2 and thank Amber Kummer, Larry Berry, Sherri Miller, and Carol Anderson for taking the time out of their busy schedule for meeting with KMEA Staff.

 

  On Thursday, May 5th, KMGA staff visited the City of Spearville.  Staff met with Tammy Konrade, city clerk, Rakel Halling, clerk assistant, and Mayor Kevin Heeke. Staff reviewed historical monthly and daily measurement data.  Additional information and services provided by KMGA, such as calculating rates, system line losses, reviewing city ordinances, and reporting data to […]

 

 

It was a very busy week!  On Tuesday, the EMP1 meeting and KMEA Executive Committee meeting were held in the City of Ottawa at the City Hall. A visit to the Ottawa’s Power Plant concluded the afternoon.

KMEA staff traveled to the City of Garden City on Wednesday. On the way to Garden City staff visited the Cities of Ashland and Meade. Thursday morning there was a tour of Jameson Energy Center. Following the tour, the EMP2 meeting was held at the Garden City Utility Service Center.

KMEA staff took the opportunity to visit the City of Jetmore on Thursday and the Cities of Hoisington and Russell on Friday.