When former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn gave a presentation at the July 23 board meeting claiming that the utility was in a downward spiral, the Florida Municipal Electric Association sent him a letter disputing that characterization.
A week later, Zahn pulled JEA out of the trade association.
That spat, discussed at a City Council fact-finding meeting Monday, showed weakness in the utility’s leadership, executives with the trade association said during the meeting.
“It was a view of the world that was…