Boil water advisory 8/27/16

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The Water Department of the Frankfort Plant Board advises to boil the water before drinking or using it for cooking. The advisory is in effect for the following area:

 

  • Parkwood Place
  • Westwood Dr from Meadowview Dr to Harrodswood Rd. 

 

A vigorous boil for at least two minutes is recommended. This Boil Water Advisory is a precautionary measure due to a loss of pressure in the water main causedby Plant Board Crews repairing a water main break.

 

This Advisory will remain in effect until lab analysis of water samples taken confirms that the potable water supply in the effected area is safe to drink. You will receive a notice when this advisory is lifted.

If you have any questions concerning the Boil Water Advisory please call 352-4372

FPB Cable-Telecom Maintenance Begins August 29

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FPB Cable-Telecom crews will begin planned maintenance service interruptions throughout the entire service area in an effort to migrate the existing cable-telecom infrastructure from the current headend facility into the newly constructed cable-telecom headend.

The necessary service interruptions begin Monday, August 29.  Staff plans to minimize voice, video and data outages on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis for as short a time as possible but customers should plan on outages between 12:01am and 6am during the maintenance windows.

The maintenance windows are scheduled for August 29, August 30, September 1, September 6, September 7, September 9 and September 13.

The migration to the new facility will improve network reliability for customers and allow for enhanced service offerings in the future.

We appreciate patience during this migration into the new cable-telecom facility.

FPB Electric Service Interruption 12:25pm

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FPB Electric crews will be working a service interruption in the western part of the service area due to a tree in power lines. Crews will need to cut power in order to remove the tree and make repairs. The impacted area includes: Ninevah Rd., Cedar Run, Bentwoods, Old Lawrenceburg Rd., Mills Ln. and River Valley Rd. Crews hope for a quick resolution. We apologize for the inconvenience during this necessary service interruption.

X Factor UK on FPB HD Channel 611

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The world’s most popular music competition series The X Factor UK returns to the USA only on AXS TV, FPB HD channel 611! The hit show that discovered One Direction is back as judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh & Nicole Scherzinger look for music’s next superstar! Two Night Premiere - Sunday, August 28 & Monday, August 29 at 8ET|7CT only on FPB HD channel 611.

FPB Cable Maintenance Scheduled for Monday Morning 8-22-16

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FPB Cable crews will conduct system maintenance on Monday, August 22.

The maintenance window is scheduled for 1:00am until 6:00am Monday morning and will have a brief impact on all FPB Cable channels. Crews expect the entire maintenance window to be short in duration and hope to limit the service disruption to a few minutes per customer/per network.

We apologize for any inconvenience during this necessary maintenance.

FPB approved the all-requirements contract at board meeting.

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On September 23, 2013, KU filed a rate case with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to significantly modify the terms and conditions of FPB’s and the other municipals’ current power supply contracts.

As a result, the Frankfort Plant Board (FPB) as well as other Kentucky municipals gave notice to terminate their contracts with Kentucky Utilities (KU) in April 2014.  The termination of the existing contract requires FPB and the other municipals to acquire new electric service and begin taking that service as follows: June 1, 2015 for the Benham Power Board; May 1, 2017 for the City of Paris; and May 1, 2019 for the Frankfort Plant Board and the Cities of Barbourville, Bardwell, Berea, Corbin, Falmouth, Madisonville, and Providence, Kentucky.

On June 16, 2015, the Board approved the Interlocal Cooperation Resolution and Agreement which authorized and established the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KyMEA). Also at that meeting the Board appointed and approved its representative and an alternate to the KyMEA Board of Directors. This action was taken by FPB and eight other municipals in order to realize the benefits from economies of scale in planning, purchasing, selling and operating power supply resources. On November 19, 2015 the Board also conducted a televised, public forum to discuss and inform our community about KyMEA and the progress being made on a new power supply.

Since that time the KyMEA Board and its consultant team have continuously worked to acquire a new energy supply. A number of major elements must be addressed before any new service can begin. Some (but not all) of those elements are identifying and procuring power supply resources, securing transmission service and establishing power delivery contracts between the municipals and KyMEA.

By way of the Kentucky model procurement code, KyMEA has identified key portions of the power supply resources that will be used during the first few years of service. While portions of the power supply portfolio for KyMEA have been established, there are still additional resources and contracts that will need to be worked out in the coming months and years. This resource planning and procurement will be a continuous process for KyMEA as contracts of varying terms and resource types, evolve and expire.

Applications, studies, system modeling and identification of possible upgrades that may be needed are currently underway to establish transmission service to each of the KyMEA members.

In an effort to establish power delivery contracts between the municipals and KyMEA, the KyMEA Board has approved and is proposing the all-requirements contract for FPB’s consideration. Staff and our consulting team presented the details of the proposed all-requirements contract between FPB and KyMEA at the regular July 19, 2016 Plant Board meeting. Staff and the consultant group firmly believe it is in our community’s best interest to approve the resolution and contract to become an all-requirements partner in KyMEA.

The Frankfort Plant board approved the all-requirements contract at the Aug 17 regular board meeting. The presentation from the Board meeting is provided here.

View Presentation