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KENTUCKY MUNICIPAL ENERGY AGENCY WINS PUBLIC POWER COMMUNICATIONS AWARD

Posted on November 15, 2019 (April 22, 2021)

New Orleans, Louisiana, October 30, 2019 – Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA) won Awards of Excellence in both the Print/Digital and Video categories in the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Excellence in Public Power Communications Awards. The award was presented at the Association’s Customer Connections Conference in New Orleans, La. The annual awards recognize utilities […]

KYMEA and 11 Kentucky Municipals Reach a Major Milestone

Posted on May 1, 2019 (September 25, 2019)

At the stroke of midnight on May 1, a new electric power era began for eight communities that are members of the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA). After decades of purchasing electricity from Kentucky Utilities Company, the Frankfort Plant Board and the municipal electric utilities of Barbourville, Bardwell, Corbin, Falmouth, Madisonville, Paris, and Providence are […]

HISTORIC DIESEL ENGINES POWER PARIS KENTUCKY PLANT

Posted on April 9, 2019 (June 18, 2021)

Small Power, Big Story. The City of Paris is one of the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency’s (KYMEA) 11 member communities and one of our power suppliers. While their diesel engine power plant provides a relatively small amount of energy to our overall portfolio of coal, solar, natural gas, and hydroelectric, the plant has a big […]

Opening Celebration Lights Up KYMEA Headquarters

Posted on November 16, 2018 (September 25, 2019)

The excitement was electric on November 14, when more than 100 statewide officials and supporters gathered in Louisville to celebrate the official opening of the permanent offices of the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KYMEA). “We’ve arrived at a significant milestone in the evolution of KYMEA,” said Ron Herd, General Manager for the City Utilities Commission […]

Owensboro Utility signs 20-year solar deal

Posted on September 23, 2018 (March 12, 2020)

The City Utility Commission on Thursday signed an agreement that will supplement Owensboro Municipal Utilities’ energy portfolio with solar power for the first time in its history. According to a purchase power agreement OMU signed with Texas-based Open Road Renewables, about 5 percent of the city’s local energy will come from an 800-acre, 86-megawatt solar farm […]

OMU to consider KYMEA recommendation

Posted on September 20, 2018 (September 25, 2019)

Owensboro’s City Utility Commission is expected to consider a solar power supply recommendation on Thursday, Sept. 20, less than a month after the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency approved its own measure to begin purchasing power from the state’s largest planned solar field in Lyon County near Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Officials with […]

Industry Links

Posted on September 11, 2018 (April 25, 2024)

Regulatory Agencies Federal Energy Regulatory Commission North American Electric Reliability Corporation SERC Reliability Corporation Related Organizations American Public Power Association Hometown Connections Kentucky Chamber Kentucky League of Cities Other Links National Hydropower Association Southeastern Power Administration/Department of Energy Solar Power/Department of Energy Transmission Access Policy Study Group US Army Corps of Engineers MISO PJM U.S. […]

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