Company Profile
American Municipal Power, Inc.
Company Overview
American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) is a nonprofit association organized in Ohio in 1971 for the purpose of owning and operating electric facilities or otherwise providing for the generation, transmission and distribution of eclectic power and energy to its members. Today, this purpose is served by coordinating and managing generation projects, coordinating, negotiating and developing power-supply options and interconnection agreements. AMP is also increasingly involved in design and maintenance projects for member eclectic systems.
Company History
Municipal and other power systems came into being soon after electricity was first harnessed for humanity’s use. Business and government leaders formed the first municipal electric systems before the turn of the century. Their actions were based on the need and on a strong belief that local government could provide local customers with better electric service, and at lower cost, than investor-owned utilities.
Today, more than 2000 local, municipally owned electric systems serve more than a 43 million Americans, or about 14 percent of the people and businesses in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa. In the six states that AMP-Ohio serves, there are 86 municipally owned electric utilities in Ohio, 43 in Michigan, 35 in Pennsylvania, 30 in Kentucky, 15 in Virginia and 2 in West Virginia.