May 22, 2015 – Owensboro Municipal Utilities has taken action to join with as many as ten other Kentucky municipal electric utilities to form a new power supply agency to provide wholesale electric supply and services to its members.  The new agency will be called the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KyMEA). The other municipal electric systems considering membership are:  Barbourville Utility Commission, Bardwell City Utilities, Benham Power Board, City of…

Arlington, VA., May 18, 2015—OMU is one of 191 of the nation’s more than 2,000 public power utilities to earn the Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3®)[1] designation from the American Public Power Association for providing consumers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service.  Kenneth Stone, energy services and accounting manager at Braintree Electric Light Department of Braintree, Mass., and executive committee member of APPA’s RP3 Review Panel,…

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At its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 19, the Owensboro Utility Commission approved the launching of a pilot program to test the feasibility of fiber to the home internet services for residential customers. The pilot area, generally defined, will include the Town & Country subdivision and will begin in fall 2015. Learn more about the Fiber to the Home Pilot or call (270) 926-3200.