Celebrating Public Power
For over 125 years, Owensboro Municipal Utilities has proudly served our community, delivering reliable quality utility services.
OMU is a publicly owned utility that provides water, electric, and internet services.
As the largest municipally owned electric and water system in Kentucky, OMU currently serves over 27,000 electric customers, 26,000 water customers and approximately 6,100 internet customers.
While OMU has served its community for over 125 years, it has remained a reliable provider by using technology, strategic initiatives and innovative approaches. We remain committed to our mission and value our history as we continue to provide quality service.
Celebrate Public Power With Us
Customer Appreciation Giveaway
Every Monday and Friday in October, customers can stop by the OMU Customer Service Center for a customer appreciation giveaway. While supplies last.
Free Shredding Service
On Wednesday, October 21 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. OMU will offer free document shredding to the public. This will take place outside of our Customer Service Center at 2070 Tamarack Road. This is a great opportunity for customers to safely get rid of those old documents and sensitive papers that tend to pile up around the house.
The Advantages of Public Power
Public power utilities are not for profit, community-owned, and locally controlled
As a resident of Owensboro you live in a public power community, which means you own your electric, water, and telecommunications utility. It means you benefit from affordable and reliable services, a customer-focused philosophy, and a utility that cares about the overall well-being and growth of your community.
For 125 years, OMU has provided quality and reliable utility services to our community. Being local means we are always just a phone-call away.
Local Decisions
OMU is community-owned, keeping decisions close to home.
The Utility Commission is comprised of OMU customers representing you, and makes decisions in the interest of customers and our community. Utility Commission meetings are open to the public.
Reliable Service
Our focus is providing safe, reliable power to our community.
Customer Oriented
As a customer-owned utility, OMU is customer oriented. We seek customer input and use that information to consider and develop policies and practices. We collect valuable feedback through monthly telephone surveys. As a result, OMU received a 95% satisfaction rating from our community last year.
Community Focus
OMU reinvests in Owensboro through 160+ local jobs, infrastructure maintenance and improvements, and community support. As a public power utility, we invest in our community through payments in lieu of taxes, offering free or reduced-cost electric services, and supporting local causes and charities.
Providing City Services
Each year, OMU provides a dividend and services totaling around $11.2 million to the City of Owensboro. These services include street and traffic light maintenance, fire hydrant maintenance, and utility services for city-owned facilities.
OMU installs and maintains more than 10,000 street lights throughout our community; provides electricity and water for public facilities including local parks and fountains; installs and maintains 115 traffic signals and 33 school crossing signals throughout our service area; and provides electricity, water, and telecom services to municipal buildings in the City of Owensboro.
Invested in Community
Because we are your local utility and our employees live here, OMU is deeply involved in our community. We provide support to numerous local agencies and organizations, including United Way. We are proud of OMU’s culture of serving.
Focused on Safety
The safety of our community and our employees is our number one priority. Most recently we celebrated safety milestones including:
- Our production department celebrated five years without a lost time injury.
- OMU received the Kentucky Governor’s Health and Safety Award for 2025-2026
- The American Public Power Association Diamond Safety Award