American Municipal Power, Inc.

Happy West Virginia Day to the AMP Member communities of New Martinsville Municipal Electric and City of Philippi, WV.

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💡 The first major land battle of the Civil War was fought in Philippi.
💡 Chuck Yeager, who was born and raised in West Virginia, became the first person in the world to break the sound barrier.
💡 The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia is home to the longest single-span, steel arch bridge in the United States and was named the country’s 63rd national park in 2020.

Last week, a line of storms with severe straight line winds moved across much of the AMP Member footprint, and the cities of Amherst and Celina requested mutual aid after experiencing large outage events.

In Amherst, there were numerous downed poles and power lines, and crews from Oberlin and Wellington assisted in restoration. In Celina, there were eight poles, several transmission poles, and six 50-foot distribution feeder poles knocked down, causing widespread outages. Electric crews from Bryan and Hamilton quickly responded, with Minster and Wapakoneta providing additional poles and materials needed for restoration.

Thank you for the teamwork and support from all the responding communities.

Learn more about AMP’s Mutual Aid Program and other technical services here: https://www.amppartners.org/services/engineering-and-technical-services -Aid

📷: Provided by Bryan Municipal Utilities

This week, AMP conducted an Advanced Lineworker Training course at AMP headquarters in Columbus. Apprentice lineworkers had the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills on the topics of installation, simulated energized work and hot stick work. Twenty-three lineworkers attended this training, which focuses on advanced trouble investigation, crew leadership, communications and automation.

Lineworkers in attendance were from the AMP Member communities of Amherst, Bryan, Celina, Chambersburg, Cuyahoga Falls, Edgerton, Elmore, Hudson, Kutztown, Lodi, Monroeville, Napoleon, New Martinsville, Oak Harbor, Orrville, Piqua, St. Clairsville, St. Marys, Yellow Springs and Zelienople.

Learn more about AMP’s technical services here: https://www.amppartners.org/services/technical-services

AMP updated its Annual Awards Program, creating more ways for Members of all sizes to recognize leadership, showcase community impact and highlight system improvements.

This year, the Safety Award has been renamed the Member System Safety Award, reinforcing its focus on Members’ safety performance and time loss statistics. In 2025, 17 Members received Safety Awards for no time loss, and four Members received Safety Commendations for less than 1 percent time loss.

Learn more and apply on our website: https://www.amppartners.org/services/amp-awards-program/

On Saturday, AMP celebrated the lineworkers who recently received their U.S. Department of Labor Certification. In total, 23 lineworkers from 11 Member communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania received their certification through AMP’s Lineworker Apprentice Training Program, which is a Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor. Congratulations to all the lineworkers who earned their certification!

Columbus Water & Power City Government of Westerville, Ohio

MeiLi Gupta joined AMP as a Finance and Compliance Analyst. In this role, MeiLi will be responsible for transmission accounting, revenue analysis, vendor maintenance and accounts payable support, sales/use tax administration, credit card administration, grant compliance, and more.

Prior to joining AMP, MeiLi served as a Financial Analyst Intern with the Natural Gas Liquids Export team at Marathon Petroleum Corporation, where she developed a processing plant economics model and power dashboard to support short- and long-term business planning. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus in finance and a minor in social psychology and personality from The Ohio State University.

The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

AMP updated its Annual Awards Program, creating more ways for Members of all sizes to recognize leadership, showcase community impact and highlight system improvements.

The AMP Hard Hat Safety Award will continue in 2026 to recognize Member employees who set the standard for safety in public power. In 2025, 21 individuals from 17 Member communities were honored for their commitment to on-the-job safety, adherence to safety procedures, and promotion of electrical safety within their departments and communities.

Learn more and apply on our website: https://www.amppartners.org/services/amp-awards-program/

Last week, four lineworkers from the City of Cuyahoga Falls traveled to Navajo Nation to participate in , an ongoing initiative of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) in coordination with the American Public Power Association (APPA) to extend electric service to some of the homes in Navajo Nation for the first time.

Thank you to NTUA and APPA for continuing this ongoing annual effort to bring power to Navajo Nation households, and thank you to the Cuyahoga Falls crew for making the trip and participating in this important effort.

Sophia Puleo recently joined AMP as a Power Supply Analyst. In this role, Sophia will assist in power supply resource portfolio planning, modeling and market analysis for Member electric systems. This includes analyzing and evaluating power supply options and generation projects, including wind, solar, storage, diesel, natural gas and hydro.

Prior to joining AMP, Sophia served as an Environmental and Sustainability Intern for Columbus Water & Power, placed through the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission Summer Internship Program, where she worked on the regulatory compliance team. She holds a Bachelor of Science in environment, economy, development and sustainability from The Ohio State University.

School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University

AMP is pleased to feature East Conemaugh and its 113-year-old utility in our Member spotlight. Located in southwestern Pennsylvania, East Conemaugh is situated in Cambria County and has been an AMP Member since 2005.

Located on the banks of the Little Conemaugh River, the borough was incorporated in 1868 and is about 0.27 square miles in size. East Conemaugh served as a Pennsylvania Railroad marshaling site, where helper engines were added to trains heading up the mountain.

On May 31, 1889, the borough was in the path of the catastrophic Johnstown Flood. A railroad engineer, John Hess, warned residents by rushing a locomotive into town and sounding the whistle, which likely saved many lives. Despite his efforts, 22 passengers on waiting trains lost their lives and 40 homes were destroyed.

Today, East Conemaugh is home to about 1,200 residents. The borough has an abiding love of baseball and has had thriving youth baseball and softball leagues since the 1960s; local funding helped those leagues add night games in 2010.

Learn more about East Conemaugh here: https://eastconemaughpa.gov/