Public Power in Florida Mutual Aid and Storm Readiness

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Public Power in FloridaMutual Aid and Storm
Readiness

• Barry Moline, Executive Director
• Florida Municipal Electric Association
• [phone], ext. 1
• bmoline_at_publicpower.com
• www.publicpower.com
• May 2007

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Profile

• 34 municipal electric utilities
• 1.3 million customer meters
• 14 of Floridas population
• Large Utilities
• JEA (Jacksonville) 385,000 customers
• OUC (Orlando) 192,000 customers
• Tallahassee 107,000 customers
• Small Utilities
• Bushnell 1,130 customers
• Combined, 3rd largest utility behind FPL and
  Progress Energy

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Floridas Public Power Utilities



Winter Park
Reedy Creek
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Power Supply

• How do the small utilities generate power?
• They dont
• Only 13 of 34 generate electricity
• Others purchase power from
• Florida Municipal Power Agency
• 15 purchase all, 8 purchase some
• Progress Energy
• TECO Energy
• Florida Power Light
• Gulf Power
• Glades Co-op

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Mutual Aid Many Options

• Florida mutual aid
• Southeastern mutual aid
• National mutual aid

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Mutual Aid Agreements and Procedures
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Mutual Aid Has Come from Near Far
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Today

• Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA)
• Fort Pierce Utility Authority (FPUA)
• Public power utilities may be small, but together
  we have a strong state and national network

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Wind Monitoring

• Utilities working together on storm hardening
  research
• Undergrounding
• Vegetation Management
• Wind Data
• Wind monitoring project
• PSC staff specifically asked the utilities to
  consider
• Benefits
• Accurate information about wind conditions during
  adverse weather
• Correlate actual wind conditions with actual
  damage
• 4 party agreement
• Utilities, University of Florida's Engineering
  Department, WeatherFlow, Inc., and the Public
  Utility Research Center
• Establish a network of wind monitoring systems
  throughout the state to monitor the effects of
  hurricanes on utility infrastructure.
• Monitoring stations
• 12 will be operating by June 1st
• Expect to have as many as 40 stations across the
  state by October 1st

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Thank You!