Articles About AMP Ohio

• June 1 deadline for wind, bike project

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 24, 2012

  At Council’s May 7 meeting, Council members continued discussion on both issues, one a project aimed to make the village more attractive to cyclists, and the other adding more renewable energy to the Village energy portfolio.

• No-coal choice saved money

  By Megan BachmanMay 17, 2012

  The Village’s decision five years ago against investing in a 1,600-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Illinois may have spared its electric customers from decades of high utility bills.

• Opinions differ over wind power

  By Megan Bachman

  

  When Ohio’s largest wind farm comes online this summer, 300-ton turbines reaching 40 stories high will convert wind into electricity, and will help Ohioans cut carbon dioxide emissions and stem climate change. Or will it?

• AMP offers green pricing program

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 3, 2012

  At Village Council’s April 16 meeting, Eric Lloyd of AMP, the Village’s municipal power cooperative, presented information on a new green pricing program, Ecosmart Choice, that AMP is offering to its members.

• Council eyes wind power

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 26, 2012

  At their April 16 meeting, Village Council members heard a presentation from Eric Lloyd of AMP, the municipal electric cooperative, regarding the Blue Creek Wind Energy Project, a new wind farm in northwest Ohio.

• Council votes 3–2 on gas

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 30, 2011

  On Monday, June 20, Village Council in a close vote approved a contract with American Municipal Power, or AMP, to participate in a natural gas plant at Fremont, Ohio

• Village Council — Hard questions for green town

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 16, 2011

  Village Council addressed the issue whether the Village should sign a contract with American Municipal Power, or AMP, for participation in a natural gas plant in Fremont, Ohio.

• Weigh in on natural gas power plant

  By Megan BachmanJune 10, 2011

  

  Discussions on the environmental consequences of the Village’s electricity sources have heated up of late, especially since its municipal power provider AMP first asked the Village to purchase power from a new natural gas plant last month.

• Council OKs solar project

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 23, 2010

  At their Sept. 20 meeting, Village Council members voted unanimously to participate in the Village’s first solar power energy package. Council approved the final reading of a subscription package with American Municipal Power, or AMP, which has contracted with Standard Energy, Inc., to purchase up to 300 megawatts of solar energy.

• Vernay is potential solar site

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 9, 2010

  At their Sept. 7 meeting, Village Council members took their first official step toward adding solar power to the Village energy portfolio when they unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance for an AMP solar energy subscription package.