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    American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) is a nonprofit wholesale power and services provider for more than 130 public power communities that serve about 650,000 customers across nine states.

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    AMP was founded in 1971 when a group of municipally owned electric systems joined forces to strengthen wholesale market buying power, gain access to transmission and enhance advocacy efforts.

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    AMP is an accomplished team led by President/CEO Jolene Thompson.

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    Formed in 1962, the Ohio Municipal Electric Association (OMEA) is the legislative liaison to 80 Ohio community-owned-and-operated municipal electric systems.

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    AMP takes pride in its commitment to providing excellent service to its Members. Over the years, the dedication of the organization and its staff has earned numerous awards and honors that recognize an unwavering pursuit of public power excellence.

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    The AMP Municipal Electric Partner program provides industry vendors and consulting firms with the opportunity to present their products and services to AMP Member communities.

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    From time to time, AMP names one or more individuals to the Wall of Fame, recognizing them for their significant contributions to AMP and public power.

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    American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) and its Member communities own and operate facilities that generate power. Member communities participate in ownership of individual assets according to their unique needs and priorities.

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    AMP's hydroelectric projects on the Ohio River represent one of the largest deployments of clean, renewable* run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation in the country.

    Fossil Fuels

    American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) recognizes the important role of fossil fuel generation as a component of a balanced generation portfolio.

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    American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) continues its role as a regional leader in developing and deploying renewable* generation.

    Power Purchase Agreements

    On behalf of its Members, AMP secures long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) with power suppliers in order to secure a supply of energy at prices that will remain steady and not be subject to the volatility of the short-term market. As with other power supply projects, AMP Members have the option whether to participate in the PPAs.

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    AMP’s Mutual Aid Program is a network of municipal systems that stands ready to provide assistance to fellow municipal systems when local utility emergencies occur that are too widespread to be handled by one system alone.

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    American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) was established in 1971 to own or operate electric facilities or manage the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and energy to its Members.

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    The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Program offers public power utilities an advanced metering infrastructure solution purpose built for the unique needs.

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    AMP Transmission, LLC (AMPT) was formed in 2018 to improve reliability and provide transmission reliability to AMP’s Members comparable to what other transmission owners provide for their distribution affiliates.

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    The AMP Awards Program provides a great opportunity for AMP Members to draw attention to outstanding projects and people in their communities.

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    Through its wholly owned taxable subsidiary, AMPO, Inc., American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) provides consulting services to both electric and natural gas aggregations.

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    AMP and its Members are committed to promoting the use of renewable energy options for its Members. AMP has several projects in place to carry out this initiative.

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Environmental Stewardship

As a part of its approach to sustainability, American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) is committed to environmental stewardship.

AMP is investing in two nature-based solutions to improve the environment. First, AMP has worked with a variety of partners to reforest parts of Ohio. Second, AMP is promoting the efforts of its Members to support pollinator habitat and forestry.

AMP’s Reforestation Projects

Within the Member footprint, AMP is working with government agencies, communities and private entities to identify, evaluate and develop appropriate reforestation projects that use the natural growth process of trees to hold (or sequester) carbon dioxide in the living wood, roots and forest soils, thus preventing its escape to the atmosphere. Trees are a nature-based approach to carbon sequestration while also providing broader ecological benefits.

AMP’s Reforestation Projects

Projects on Strip-mined Lands/American Chestnut

One focus of AMP’s reforestation projects is to return former strip-mined lands to forests, which, in addition to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, can provide additional benefits to local areas. These include visual aesthetics as well as improved habitat for wildlife, water quality and recreational areas. Also, AMP worked with university scientists and foresters to reestablish the American chestnut as a key species in appropriate areas. Studies have shown that one hybrid strain of the American chestnut is particularly suited to the higher soil acidity generally found on former strip-mined lands. Once ubiquitous throughout forests in the Eastern U.S., the American chestnut nearly became extinct due to a pervasive blight in the early 1900s. The American Chestnut Foundation is a leader in efforts to re-introduce the hybrids back into the historic range of the American chestnut.

Pollinator Efforts

According to the USDA, three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce. The USDA also cites habitat loss, disease, parasites, and environmental contaminants that have contributed to the decline of many species of pollinators (https://www.usda.gov/peoples-garden/pollinators). Utilities can play a vital role in supporting pollinators due to the amount of land they manage. AMP is currently promoting efforts from our Members as well as investigating opportunities to support habitats at one of its generation locations.

City of Hamilton Pollinator Habitats

The City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure manages more than 20 miles of 138-kilovolt transmission lines that support the Greenup and Meldahl hydroelectric plants. In 2019, Hamilton partnered with ACRT, Inc., an independent national vegetation management consulting firm, to convert a number of plots within its transmission rights-of-way into pollinator friendly plots. The conversion of these plots is meant to help protect those transmission lines by removing existing woody growth while also creating conditions for the native seed bed to be released. The native seed bed is rich with milkweed, coneflower, ironweed and butterfly weed, which provide a habitat for butterflies, moths, bees, small mammals, turkey, deer and neotropical songbirds. These native plants also help to combat the encroachment of trees in an environmentally sound and cost-effective way, thereby reducing the maintenance costs in the transmission rights-of-way.

Since converting the plots, the Hamilton Department of Infrastructure has been working with ACRT, Inc., to study the area and determine how well it is supporting monarch and pollinator species. Monitoring of the pollinator sites will continue through 2029.

The City of Hamilton also has multiple pollinator gardens throughout the city.

Other Member Highlights

City of Columbus Pollinator Gardens

Borough of Kutztown Pollinator Garden

Pollinator Meadow at Darrow Road Park, Hudson

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