Public officials and utility managers to lead wholesale power provider for 2020-2021

ORLANDO, Fla., July 29, 2020 – Managers and public officials from public power utilities throughout Florida elected five officers to lead a statewide wholesale power agency in 2020-2021. Elections for the Florida Municipal Power Agency’s (FMPA) Board of Directors and All-Requirements Executive Committee took place today at a public meeting in Orlando.

Four Officers Re-Elected for Board of Directors
Members of FMPA re-elected Barbara Quiñones, Director of Electric Utilities for Homestead Public Services, as Chair of the Board of Directors for 2020-2021. This is her second term as Chair. Quiñones previously served as FMPA’s Vice Chair and has been a member of FMPA’s Board since 2009. She is also a board member and past president of the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA), a trade association representing Florida’s public power utilities.

Lynne Tejeda, General Manager and CEO of Keys Energy Services, was re-elected Vice Chair. This is her second term. She was appointed as her utility’s alternate to FMPA’s Board of Directors in 2005 and as a member of the Board in 2013. She is also Chair of FMPA’s Conservation and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee, of which she is a founding member. Tejeda is a past president of FMEA.

Larry Mattern, Vice President of Operations for Kissimmee Utility Authority, was re-elected as Secretary. This is his second term. Previously, he served as FMPA’s Treasurer for four years. Mattern was appointed as his utility’s alternate to FMPA’s Board of Directors in 2007 and as a member of the Board in 2014. He has served on the Executive Committee since 2011.

Allen Putnam, Director of Beaches Energy Services, was re-elected as Treasurer. This is his second term. Putnam has 31 years of experience in the electric utility industry. He has been with Beaches Energy for five years, where he manages the utility’s daily operations and long-term planning. Putnam is a member of FMPA’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He also serves as President of FMEA.

FMPA’s Board of Directors makes policy decisions for the power supply projects of FMPA, except the All-Requirements Project. Each of FMPA’s 31 members appoints one representative to the Board of Directors. A Nominating Committee recommends a slate of officers to the Board, and officers are elected by popular vote of the members.

Two Officers Re-Elected for Executive Committee

FMPA members also re-elected Howard McKinnon, retired Town Manager of the Town of Havana, as Chair of the All-Requirements Project Executive Committee for 2020-2021. This is his 10th term as Chair. McKinnon has served on the All-Requirements Project Executive Committee and FMPA’s Board of Directors since 2006.

Lynne Tejeda was re-elected as Vice Chair. She was first elected to fill an unexpired term as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee in December 2014. Tejeda has served on the Executive Committee since 2005.

The elected Secretary and Treasurer of FMPA’s Board of Directors, Larry Mattern and Allen Putnam, also serve as Secretary and Treasurer for the Executive Committee.

FMPA’s Executive Committee includes one appointed representative from each member of FMPA’s All-Requirements Project. The Executive Committee governs and manages the business affairs of the All-Requirements Project.

FMPA’s All-Requirements Project provides all the wholesale power needs of 13 Florida cities, including Bushnell, Clewiston, Fort Meade, Fort Pierce, Green Cove Springs, Havana, Jacksonville Beach, Key West, Kissimmee, Leesburg, Newberry, Ocala and Starke.