Monthly Archives: May 2018

Utility Offices Closed for Memorial Day

Posted May 23, 2018 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., May 23, 2018 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s customer service center and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 28. Regular utility business hours will resume on Tuesday, May 29. Customers wishing to make a bill payment over the holiday weekend can do so through the utility’s automated… Read more »

KUA Ranked Among Top 100 Fleets in the Americas

Posted May 16, 2018 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., May 16, 2018 – Kissimmee Utility Authority’s fleet service division has been ranked among the 100 Best Fleets in the Americas for 2018. The awards program, currently in its 16th year, recognizes and rewards peak performing fleet operations that incorporate accountability, technology deployment, collaboration, use of creativity to address challenges, quick repair turnaround,… Read more »

Ribbit! Foraging Tree Frog Knocks Out Power to 800 in Kissimmee

Posted May 11, 2018 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., May 11, 2018 – At 4:04 a.m. this morning, while most residents were sleeping, a lone Cuban tree frog made its way up a utility pole outside a Kissimmee Utility Authority electrical substation, adjacent to Kissimmee’s Rose Hill Cemetery. The frog came in contact with high voltage electrical equipment which resulted in a… Read more »

KUA Participating in One of the Largest Municipal Solar Projects in the Nation

Posted May 4, 2018 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., May 4, 2018 – Kissimmee Utility Authority today announced its participation in the Florida Municipal Solar Project, a large-scale solar energy project that will enable the utility to provide renewable energy to its customers in the most cost-effective way. Designed to generate 223.5-megawatts of solar energy, the planned project will be one of… Read more »

Finalists Named for KUA Board

Posted May 3, 2018 at by & filed under News.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., May 3, 2018 – The Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors on Wednesday interviewed five applicants to fill an upcoming vacancy on the five-member volunteer utility board. A sixth candidate was not able to participate in a scheduled interview. The outgoing director, Ethel Urbina, has served one term on the board and is… Read more »