Monthly Archives: August 2008

KUA Offices Closed for Labor Day

Posted August 28, 2008 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., August 26, 2008 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s customer service center and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1. Regular utility business hours – 7 a.m.-6 p.m. – will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Customers wishing to make a bill payment over the holiday weekend can do… Read more »

Hostetler Earns Top Finance Award

Posted August 27, 2008 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., August 28, 2008 – Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) vice president of finance and risk management Joseph Hostetler has been named one of the nation’s top 500 professionals in treasury and finance by the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP). Hostetler was hand-picked by senior AFP staff from among 100,000 finance professionals nationwide. Selection was… Read more »

Police Search for Suspect Forces Closure of KUA Customer Service Center

Posted August 24, 2008 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., August 25, 2008 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s customer service center is closed until further notice. Law enforcement officials have blocked access to the facility in an attempt to locate an armed stalking suspect who is hiding in the woods near the intersection of Thacker Avenue and Carroll Street, adjacent to the utility facilities… Read more »

KUA Customer Service Center Reopens

Posted August 24, 2008 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., August 25, 2008 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s customer service center has reopened for business this morning, following a law enforcement search for an armed suspect near the intersection of Thacker Avenue and Carroll Street. The facility, which normally opens at 7 a.m., was opened to customer traffic at 8:30 a.m. Founded in 1901,… Read more »

KUA Crews Tackle First Tropical Storm Fay Outage

Posted August 18, 2008 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., August 19, 2008 – Blustery winds from Tropical Storm Fay on Tuesday afternoon knocked out power to 153 of Kissimmee Utility Authority’s 63,000 customers in Osceola County. Electric service has been restored to all customers. At 2:56 p.m., a broken palm tree limb blew into an overhead power line, resulting in the outage…. Read more »