2020 AMP Annual Awards

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September 2021

The AMP Annual Awards program provides a great opportunity to draw attention to outstanding projects and people in your community. This is one way to let your peers and community know about your hard work and dedication.

During the 2020 AMP Annual Conference, the following utilities and individuals were honored with awards for their work in 2019:

AMP Seven Hats Award

The AMP Seven Hats Award recognizes a utility manager who serves a smaller community, and whose management responsibilities extend well beyond the scope of a manager in a larger system who has a larger staff.

• Winner: Village of Lucas Village Administrator and Water/Wastewater Supervisor

Innovation Award

The AMP Innovation Award recognizes municipal utilities that have completed an innovative or unique project to better serve their customer-owners. Innovation is the introduction of something new – a new idea, device or method.

• Winner: Village of Yellow Springs Electric Distribution for the Leveraging Technology to Better Serve Citizens Project
• Winner: Dover Light & Power for the B004 Coal Combustion Upper Overfire Air System Nozzle Modification Project
• Winner: City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure for the Utility Customer Experience Improvement Project
• Honorable Mention: Cleveland Public Power for the CPP GIS Project

Electric System Sustainability Award

The AMP Electric System Sustainability Award recognizes utilities that have made significant efforts in sustainability. Sustainability can be defined as understanding the interconnections among economy, society and environment.

• Winner: Shelby Division of Electricity & Communication for the Shelby Solar Array Project
• Winner: Westerville Electric Division for the Commercial Solar Rebate Program
• Honorable Mention: City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure for the Monarch Conservation and Pollinator Health Research Project
• Honorable Mention: Napoleon Power & Light for the LED Street Light Conversion Project
• Honorable Mention: Village of Yellow Springs Electric Distribution for the Streetscape Project

System Improvement Award

The AMP System Improvement Award recognizes utilities that have made a significant improvement in electric service and reliability to their customer-owners.

• Winner: Brewster Electric Utility for the South Substation Addition Project
• Winner: Jackson Center Electric for the Jerry Drive Substation and 69-Kilovolt Pole Line Project
• Winner: City of Columbiana Electric Department for the Fiber Optic Backbone Project
• Winner: Jackson Municipal Electric Department for the Jamestown Substation Project
• Winner: City of Columbus, Division of Power for the 69-Kilovolt Line Extension Project
• Winner: Cuyahoga Falls Electric System for the Sub-transmission System 600 ampere Switch Replacement Project
• Winner: City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure for the Hamilton Enterprise Park Upgrades Project
• Honorable Mention: Berlin, Maryland, Electric Utility Department for the Power Plant #2 Engine Replacement Project
• Honorable Mention: Montpelier Electric Department for the Steuben Substation Relay Upgrades and Industrial Park Utility Easement Roads Project
• Honorable Mention: St. Clairsville Light and Power Department for the 30 Recloser Project
• Honorable Mention: Village of Yellow Springs Electric Distribution for the Overhead Primary Undergrounding Project Corry Street and Glenview Street Project
• Honorable Mention: Bowling Green Electric Division for the Dunbridge Substation Transformer Replacement Project
• Honorable Mention: City of Wadsworth Electric and Communications for the Akron Road Substation East Power Transformer Replacement Project
• Honorable Mention: Westerville Electric Division for the Hempstead Road Street Lighting Project

Public Power Promotion Award

The AMP Public Power Promotion Award recognizes utilities for their promotional efforts in marketing, consumer awareness and branding.

• Winner: DEMEC for the Public Power Awareness Campaign
• Winner: City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure for the EmPower Hamilton Round-Up Donation Feature
• Winner: Westerville Electric Division for the Holiday Light Recycling Program
• Honorable Mention: Napoleon Power & Light for the Napoleon High School Banner Project
• Honorable Mention: City of Wadsworth Electric and Communications for the Public Power Week Promotion Campaign
• Honorable Mention: Village of Yellow Springs Electric Distribution for the Making Residential Solar Equitable Program

Safety Awards

Safety awards are given to communities that had no time loss due to reportable accidents or injuries.

Safety Award for Generation

• Bryan Municipal Utilities

Safety Award for Transmission and Distribution

• Berlin, Maryland, Electric Utility Department
• Brewster Electric Utility
• Bryan Municipal Utilities
• Carey Municipal Light & Power
• City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure
• Jackson Center Electric
• Minster Electric Department
• Montpelier Electric Department
• Napoleon Power & Light
• New Martinsville Municipal Electric
• Oak Harbor Public Power
• Orrville Utilities
• Shelby Division of Electricity & Communication
• St. Clairsville Light and Power Department
• Village of Yellow Springs Electric Distribution

Safety commendations are in recognition of less than one percent time loss due to reportable accidents or injuries.

Safety Commendation for Generation

• Dover Light & Power
• City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure
• Orrville Utilities

Safety Commendation for Transmission and Distribution

• Cleveland Public Power
• Cuyahoga Falls Electric System
• City of Wadsworth Electric and Communications
• Westerville Electric Division

Hard Hat Safety Awards

The Hard Hat Safety Awards recognize a member utility employee who demonstrates safety at all times.

• Alan Parkinson – Berlin, Maryland, Electric Utility Department
• Michael Schultz – Bowling Green Electric Division
• Mike Radich – Brewster Electric Utility
• James Coressel – Bryan Municipal Utilities (Generation)
• Lee Steinke – Bryan Municipal Utilities (Transmission)
• Jeremy Traxler – Carey Municipal Light & Power
• John Stallworth – Cleveland Public Power
• Joe Crtalic – Cuyahoga Falls Electric System
• John Lehigh – Dover Light & Power (Generation)
• Dan Miller – Borough of Ephrata Electric Division
• Jeff Martin – City of Hamilton, Hydroelectric Operations
• Tom Casey – City of Hamilton Department of Infrastructure
• David Overman – Jackson Center Electric
• Devin Nemire – Montpelier Electric Department
• Ken Christman – Quakertown Electric Department
• Luke Sherman – Shelby Division of Electricity & Communication
• Nathan Teater – St. Clairsville Light and Power Department
• John Williams – City of Wadsworth Electric and Communications
• Todd VanSickle – Westerville Electric Division
• Jeff Horn – Village of Yellow Springs Electric Distribution

Mutual Aid Commendation

Mutual Aid Commendations recognize those communities that have provided mutual aid assistance to another community over the past year.

• Bowling Green Electric Division
  • For providing assistance to Bloomdale on June 10, 2020
• Village of Bradner Board of Public Affairs
  • For providing assistance to Bloomdale on June 10, 2020
• Clyde Light and Power
  • For providing assistance to Monroeville on December 30, 2019