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News Release
Orlando Utilities Commission
January 25, 2007 |
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Grant J. Heston, Communications Manager
Sheridan Becht | Erika Hodges |
BELL,
KSIONEK REAPPOINTED TO POSITIONS
OUC Leadership Team Ready to Build on Award-Winning Past Year
ORLANDO - OUC—The Reliable One’s
Commission unanimously elected Lonnie Bell to a second term as Board
president at its meeting Tuesday. The Commission also unanimously
reappointed Ken Ksionek as General Manager and CEO.
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Lonnie Bell
Board President |
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Ken Ksionek
CEO & GM |
“I continue to be honored to represent the
ratepayers by my association with this Commission,” Bell said. “OUC is an
incredibly well-run organization and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my experience
here.”
Ksionek said: “I thank the Commission for the
vote of confidence in my staff and in me that this reappointment
represents.”
OUC’s award-winning electric and water
operations continued to thrive in the past year under the leadership of Bell
and Ksionek. In 2006, PA Consulting Group named OUC the most reliable
electric utility in the southeastern United States for the third time in
five years.
OUC also won several other prestigious industry
and community awards, including: Reliable Public Power ProviderTM
recognition from the American Public Power Association; Gold Award from the
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; Florida Municipal Electric
Association's 2006 Community Service Award; and a Top 25 finish in the
Orlando Sentinel’s “Top 100 Companies for Working Families.”
Bell, who is retired from Agere Systems, is a
former executive board member and past chairman of the Orlando Regional
Chamber of Commerce and also serves on the boards of the Preserve Eatonville
Community, Orlando/Orange County COMPACT and Red Cross of Central Florida.
He is a graduate of Leadership Orlando and Leadership Florida.
A 22-year OUC employee,
Ksionek has served in many leadership positions, including: Vice President
of Energy Delivery; Managing Director of Transmission and Distribution;
Director of Construction for the Stanton Energy Center; and Director of
Capital Projects for Electric Operations.
In its annual election of
officers, OUC's governing board also named Katie Porta first vice president
and Tommy Boroughs second vice president.
Established in 1923 by a special act of the Florida Legislature, OUC—The
Reliable One is the second largest municipal utility in Florida. OUC
provides electric and water services to more than 196,000 customers in
Orlando, St. Cloud and parts of unincorporated Orange and Osceola counties.
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