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FLORIDA KEYS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PRESS
RELEASES
August 25, 2010
FKEC Seeks 7,607 Former Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
July 22, 2010
FKEC Upgrade Project on Sombrero Boulevard to Cause Brief Outages
July 8, 2010
FKEC CEO Scott Newberry Marks 20-Year Employment Anniversary
February 17, 2010
Three Incumbents Re-elected to FKEC Board of Directors
January 2010
2010 Board of Directors Election Information
2009
November 30, 2009
Outage Report: Duck Key Outage Caused by Osprey Dropping Barracuda
October 23, 2009
FKEC Teaches Key Largo School Students About Safe Planting and Donates a Tree
August 31, 2009
FKEC Refunds $1,252,000 in Capital Credits
August 30, 2009
FKEC Board of Directors Honors Team for Tavernier Operations Center
August 21, 2009
FKEC Seeks 7,097 Former Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
July 1, 2009
Outage Report: Crawl Key to Islamorada
June 5, 2009
Tavernier Open House Friday, June 19
May 23, 2009
Power Outages in Islamorada
May 10, 2009
Mungovan Celebrates 80th Birthday
April 15, 2009
Helicopter Work Begins April 20
April 10, 2009
FKEC Annual Meeting April 18 to Feature Humorist Bill Chitwood
March 27, 2009
Fire Department to Practice Fire Fighting on Old FKEC Building
March 23, 2009
Osmose Crews Restoring Poles from Marathon to Tavernier
March 18, 2009
Frank Hawkins Re-elected to FKEC Board of Directors
March 17, 2009
Gretchen Holland Re-elected to FKEC Board of Directors
March 16, 2009
Tavernier Operations Center Opens
March 4, 2009
Board Elections March 17 & March 18
February 20, 2009
FKEC Contract Crews Digging Around Poles in Upper Keys
February 12, 2009
Outage Report: Balloon Causes Power Outage in Marathon
February 4, 2009
Dip in Natural Gas Prices Reflected in Lower Electric Bills
January 9, 2009
Keyswide Power Outage Due to Fault on 18-Mile Stretch
2008
December 1, 2008
Marathon Holiday Lights - Lighting Ceremony
November 25, 2008
Solar Energy Added to FKEC Grid Today
November 14, 2008
FKEC Installs First Solar Array in Florida Keys
October 21, 2008
Public Invited to Tree Planting Event
October 17, 2008
FKEC Donates Trees to Schools
September 10, 2008
FKEC Restores All Power & Reopens After Hurricane Ike
September 5, 2008
FKEC Plans for Hurricane Ike
August 26, 2008
FKEC Seeks 6,473 Former Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
August 26, 2008
FKEC Seeks 6,473 Former Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
August 25, 2008
FKEC Refunds $1,185,000 in Capital Credits
August 20, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay Outage Report: Only 3% Experience Outages
August 18, 2008
FKEC Remains Open During Tropical Storm Fay
August 15, 2008
FKEC Repairs Line by Barge in Whale Harbor Channel
(slideshow)
August 1, 2008
Dr. Deb Shaw Retires After 14 Years
July 21, 2008
Concrete Roof Complete for Tavernier Operations Center
June 24, 2008
FKEC Quickly Repairs Issues Found by Helicopter Inspection
June 20, 2008
Final Tilt Walls Erected for Storm Hardened Tavernier Operations Center
May 28, 2008
Helicopter Aerial Work Begins June 2
May 9, 2008
FKEC Wins Two Green Living Awards
April 30, 2008
First Walls Erected for new Tavernier Operations Center
April 5, 2008
Annual Meeting to be Held at Coral Shores April 19
March 10, 2008
House-to-House Inventory of Poles & Meters Moves to Ocean Reef
February 26, 2008
FKEC Lights Stay On During Widespread South Florida Power Outage
February 9, 2008
Four Incumbent Directors Re-elected to FKEC Board
February 4, 2008
House-to-House Inventory of Poles & Meters Moves to to mm 95-106
January 18, 2008
Notice of Elections for Four Expired Seats on Board of Directors
January 11, 2008
Carl Paul Retires After 46 Years (slideshow)
January 11, 2008
OUTAGE REPORT: Two-Hour Outage in Islamorada
January 7, 2008
House-to-House Inventory of Poles & Meters Moves to mm 95-103
2007
December 11, 2007
FKEC Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Tavernier Operations Center
December 9, 2007
House-to-House Inventory of Poles & Meters Moves to Islamorada
December 8, 2007
FKEC Holds Lighting Ceremony at Marathon Office
(slideshow)
October 19, 2007
Richard Norton Retires After 26 Years
October 3, 2007
FKEC to Build New Storm Hardened Facility in Tavernier
September 24, 2007
FKEC Welcomes Kirby at Job Training & Safety Manager
September 10, 2007
FKEC Celebrates 50 Years with Willie West (slideshow)
August 29, 2007
FKEC Seeks 6,255 Former Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
August 24, 2007
FKEC Refunds Nearly $800,000 to Members as Capital Credits
August 21, 2007
Jack Pinder Retires After 29 Years
August 13, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: 53 Minutes in Marathon
July 27, 2007
FKEC Hosts Keys Kids Playgroup for Career Exploration (slideshow)
July 20, 2007
FKEC Supports Fourth Annual Marathon Football Camp
July 13, 2007
FKEC Hosts Keyswide Sustain-Ability Conference
July 4, 2007
FKEC Participates in Marathon's Fourth of July Parade
July 4, 2007
FKEC Participates in Key Largo's Fourth of July Parade
June 27, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Downed Line Causes Outage in Marathon
June 25, 2007
House-to-House Pole and Meter Inventory Begins
June 20, 2007
FKEC Sponsors ACRE® Picnic
June 19, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Equipment Failure Causes Outage in Marathon
June 13, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Key Largo Outages Caused by Storms
June 8, 2007
FKEC Provides Free Recycling Bins to Community
June 1, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Islamorada
May 29, 2007
Helicopter Aerial Inspections & Maintenance Begin June 4
May 24, 2007
John Kornetti Honored with "Illumination Award"
May 11, 2007
FKEC Participates in Stanley Switlik Career Day
May 4, 2007
FKEC Sponsors "S" Sand Sculpture for Earth Day
April 30, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Seven Minutes in Key Largo to Repair Equipment
April 23, 2007
Storm Hardening Efforts, Fiscal Responsibility Stressed at Annual Meeting
April 15, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Weather Causes Outage in North Key Largo
March 29, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: Pelican Causes Outage in Venetian Shores
March 27, 2007
Ritz Re-elected to FKEC Board; Hertel & Wagner Unopposed
March 16, 2007
FKEC Cancels Tree Growth Regulation Program
March 15, 2007
Durnell Honored at Retirement for 34 Years of Service
February 28, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: 4-5 minutes in Tavernier, Marathon & Lower Keys
February 1, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: 11 minutes in North Key Largo
January 10, 2007
OUTAGE REPORT: 10 minutes in North Key Largo
2006
December 15th, 2006
FKEC Honors Rhash with "Illumination Award"
December 14th, 2006
FKEC Lights Up Marathon & Tavernier Offices
November 29th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: 50 Seconds in Marathon
November 26th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: 8 minutes in Marathon
November 13th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: Skydiver Causes Power Outage in Marathon
September 25th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: 45 minutes in Plantation Key & Tavernier
September 15th, 2006
FKEC's Most Senior Employee Willie West Celebrates 49 Years
August 30th, 2006
FKEC Re-opens After Ernesto; Area Unaffected
August 29th, 2006
FKEC Offices Close at Noon for Ernesto
August 25th, 2006
FKEC Retires $682,283 in Capital Credits
August 25th, 2006
FKEC Seeks 5,665 Former Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
August 10th, 2006
FKEC Appoints John Stuart as New Chief Operating Officer
July 17th, 2006
FKEC Welcomes Cris Beaty as New Chief Financial Officer
July 5th, 2006
FKEC Participates in Fourth of July Parade
June 30th, 2006
FKEC to Start Two-Week Helicopter Project July 5th
June 29th, 2006
Barbara Mungovan Honored with Illumination Award
June 20th, 2006
Key Largo Power Shut Down Due to Propane Leak
June 6th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: Contractors Setting Trees Cause Key Largo Outage
June 5th, 2006
FKEC Participates in Stanley Switlik Career Day
June 2nd, 2006
"NO OUTAGE " REPORT: Power Stays On Despite Drifting Sailboat
April 25th, 2006
FKEC Annual Meeting Attracts 500+ Members
March 31st, 2006
FKEC Promotes Randy Chaney to Manager of Human Resources
March 23rd, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: Truck Causes Marathon Outage
March 8th, 2006
FKEC Salutes American Soldiers
March 1st, 2006
FKEC Promotes Craig Rabito to Marathon General Line Foreman
February 20th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: Accident Causes Outage from Tavernier to Key West
February 19th, 2006
FKEC Welcomes New Tavernier District Director
February 10th, 2006
Holland and Hawkins Re-elected to Board of Directors
February 9th, 2006
FKEC Files Habitat Conservation Plan
January 23rd, 2006
PRE-OUTAGE REPORT: FKEC Plans Brief Outage Wednesday Morning
January 5th, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: Breaker Failure Causes Power Outage in Islamorada
January 4th, 2006
FKEC Plans For Possible New Storm Hardened Facility in Tavernie
January 3rd, 2006
OUTAGE REPORT: Equipment Failure Causes Outage in Key Largo & Tavernier
January 1st, 2006
Newberry Takes CEO Seat at FKEC
2005
December 5th, 2005
FKEC’S Marathon Facility Shines Bright for Holidays
December 1st, 2005
FKEC Helps Tavernier Community Save Rare Tree
November 18th, 2005
FKEC Receives Thanks From First State Bank
November 9th, 2005
Increased Natural Gas Prices Impact November Electric Bills
November 1st, 2005
Salt Contamination & Equipment Failure Causes Keys-Wide Power Outage
October 28th, 2005
Hurricane Wilma Update
October 27th, 2005
FKEC Loans Generator To FKAA For Keys Water
October 26th, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: Hurricane Wilma Outage Update
September 30th, 2005
Increased Fuel Cost To Impact October Electric Bills
September 29th, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: Ocean Reef Outage Report
September 21st, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: Hurricane Rita Outage Report
September 16th, 2005
FKEC Honors Maria Jones with "Illumination Award"
September 9th, 2005
FKEC Announces Retirement of CEO
September 9th, 2005
FKEC Employee Willie West Celebrates 48 Years
August 26th, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: Hurricane Katrina Outage Report
July 19th, 2005
FKEC Call Center Volunteers Weather The Storm
July 11th, 2005
Hurricane Dennis Report
June 8th, 2005
FKEC & Marathon Youth Club Sponsor Football Camp June 22-24
June 7th, 2005
FKEC Employee Celebrates 44 Years of Service
June 6th, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: Two Separate Power Outages Affect North Key Largo
June 3rd, 2005
New President and VP Elected to FKEC Board
June 1st, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: 17-Second power outage affects Tavernier area
May 23rd, 2005
OUTAGE REPORT: Saturday Power Outage Affects Islamorada Bayside
April 26th, 2005
FKEC Gives Away Refurbished Pick-Up at Meeting
April 26th, 2005
FKEC Holds 65th Annual Meeting
March 27th, 2005
Weeks Celebrates 25 Years with FKEC
March 18th, 2005
Puto re-elected to FKEC board
March 17th, 2005
Barrett re-elected to FKEC board
March 16th, 2005
Belcher wins three-year term on FKEC board
March 15th, 2005
Boilini Declared Re-Elected After Running Unopposed
March 14th, 2005
FKEC Supports Florida Keys Green Living & Energy Expo
February 21st, 2005
FKEC Achieves One Million Accident-Free Work Hours
February 7th, 2005
Island Christian School Students Visit FKEC Marathon Facility
January 15th, 2005
FKEC Adopts Coral Shores Mathematics Class
January 14th, 2005
Valles, Cushman Celebrate 20 Years of Service
2004
December 20th, 2004
FKEC Hosts Santa in First Annual Event
December 10th, 2004
FKEC Honors Jack Pinder with First "Illumination Award"
December 9th, 2004
Lee Promoted to FKEC Tavernier General Line Foreman
December 2nd, 2004
Stiger, Dudley Celebrate 15-Year Anniversaries
Novermber 24th, 2004
Cason Marks 35 Years; Arnold Celebrates 20 Years
November 18th, 2004
FKEC Welcomes Three New Employees in Tavernier
November 8th, 2004
Broken Wire Causes Outage During Final Phase of Upgrade Project
October 25th, 2004
FKEC Directors Deliver Capital Credit Checks
October 21th, 2004
Failed Cable Causes Tavernier, Islamorada Power Outage
October 11th, 2004
Corroded Line Causes Power Outage During Upgrade Project
September 17th, 2004
FKEC Scheduled to Resume Helicopter/Bucket Truck Project Sept. 22
September 9th, 2004
FKEC Office Closed for Hurricane Ivan Evacuation
September 2nd, 2004
FKEC Employee Willie West Celebrates 47 Years
August 27th, 2004
Ray Rhash Appointed to Affordable Housing Task Force
August 25th, 2004
FKEC Refunds $1.2 Million in Capital Credits
August 23rd, 2004
FKEC Seeks 6,352 Members Owed Unclaimed Funds
July 23rd, 2004
FKEC Helicopter Project Continues; No Work July 26-30
July 23th, 2004
FKEC Requests Energy Conservation Through Lobster
Mini-Season
July 20th, 2004
Equipment Failure Causes Power Outage from
Islamorada to Key West
July 13th, 2004
FKEC Begins Helicopter Project July 19
July 6th, 2004
FKEC Thanks Members for Conserving Energy
June 29th, 2004
FKEC Requests Conservation This Week & Through
July 4 Weekend
June 25th, 2004
FKEC Dedicates Charles A. Russell Marathon
Generation Facility
June 18th, 2004
Local Solar Home Produces Power Surplus
June 3rd, 2004
Jason Richards named Utility Forester; Earns
Arborist Certification
May 18th, 2004
FKEC Helps Rescue Macaw Escapee from Theater of
the Sea
May 10th, 2004
System Operator for a Day
April 30th, 2004
Local Leaders Visit FKEC Marathon
Facilities
April 30th, 2004
Green Living & Energy Expo Seeks Sponsors,
Exhibitors
April 19th, 2004
FKEC 64th Annual Meeting Draws 618 Registered
Members
April 4th, 2004
Three FKEC Employees Celebrate Milestone
Anniversaries
April 2nd, 2004
Substation Crew Catches Damaged Component Before
Failure
March 26th, 2004
FKEC Employees Visit Tallahassee for ACRE
March 18th, 2004
Hertel, Wagner Elected To FKEC Board Of Directors;
Ritz Unopposed
March 15th, 2004
FKEC Names District Managers for Tavernier & Marathon
March 10th, 2004
Three FKEC Employees Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries
March 1st, 2004
FKEC Visits Homes, Businesses To Upgrade "PowerPause" Devices
February 20th, 2004
Three FKEC Employees Earn New Responsibilities
February 16th, 2004
FKEC Expresses Deep Regret on Death of Alice Skinger
February 13th, 2004
Boilini Appointed to Fill Belcher's Seat on FKEC Board of Directors
January 31st,
2004
Power Out After Landscaper Drops Tree on Line
January 23rd,
2004
FKEC Adds Two in Tavernier
2003
December 31st,
2003
Three FKEC Tavernier Employees Celebrate Milestone
Anniversaries
December 23rd,
2003
FKEC's Tavernier Office Transformed into Santa's
Workshop
December 22nd,
2003
FKEC Names Massey Supervisor of Consumer
Accounting
December 20th,
2003
FKEC's Marathon Office Transformed into The South Pole
December 19th,
2003
Power Goes Out from Islamorada to Key West
December 11th,
2003
FKEC Hires Carte and Norrie
December 4th,
2003
FKEC Conducting Helicopter Aerial Inspections
November 27th,
2003
Four FKEC Employees Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries
November 21st,
2003
FKEC Adopts Coral Shores Math Classroom
November 13th,
2003
FKEC Employee Honored by Fire Chief
October 10th,
2003
FKEC Employee Elected to Marathon Chamber Board
October 7th,
2003
Power Goes Out for 24 Minutes in Middle Keys
October 3rd,
2003
Skinger Retires From FKEC Board; Wilson
Appointed
October 2nd,
2003
Two FKEC Employees Assume New Responsibilities
September 24th,
2003
Power Goes Out in Upper Keys
September 22nd,
2003
FKEC Promotes Joyce and Parker
September 12th,
2003
FKEC Refunds $1.2 Million in Capital Credits
September 5th,
2003
FKEC Employees Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries
August 14th
2003
High Natural Gas Prices Projected to Continue
August 8th
2003
Two Promoted in FKEC Tavernier Office
August 8th
2003
FKEC Welcomes Four in Marathon
August 1st
2003
Five FKEC Employees Celebrate
Milestone Anniversaries
July 14th
2003
FKEC Upgrades Power System in Upper Keys
July 11th
2003
FKEC Earns Mayor's Proclamation
June 27th
2003
Seven FKEC Employees Mark Milestone Anniversaries
June 23rd 2003
FKEC Recognized for Half Million Accident-Free
Hours
June 12th 2003
Electric Bills Back Down This Month
May 30th 200
Two Marathon FKEC Employees Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries
May 29th 2003
Fuel Cost Contributes to Higher Electric Bills
May 6th 2003
FKEC Hoops Showdown Ends 41-42
April 28th 2003
FKEC Holds 63rd Annual Meeting
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