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March 3, 2004
American Municipal Power-Ohio To Sell Hometown Connections Products and Services
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Hometown Connections
Tim Blodgett, 303-526-4515
tblodgett@hometownconnections.com
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American Municipal Power-Ohio
Kent Carson, 614-337-6222
jcarson@amp-ohio.org
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AMP-Ohio Takes On Sales Duties
EVERGREEN, Colo.—American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., (AMP-Ohio) is taking on direct sales responsibilities for the products and services offered by Hometown Connections, the organizations announced today. Since 2000, AMP-Ohio has been affiliated with Hometown Connections in an advertising and marketing capacity. Now, the organization will dedicate staff time to selling the Hometown Connections offerings to member public power systems in the states of Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, AMP-Ohio supplies wholesale power and provides technical and other services to its 89 member communities. Hometown Connections is the utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA), negotiating lower purchase prices from industry suppliers on behalf of all APPA members across the U.S. The products and services offered through Hometown Connections include meter reading systems/AMR, customer information software, broadband Internet over power lines, green energy programs, power plant engineering and construction, customer & employee research, and consulting in the areas of cyber security, energy risk management, broadband communications, and business strategy development.
Marc Gerken, President, AMP-Ohio, said, “Through our marketing affiliation, we saw first-hand the value Hometown Connections brings to the AMP-Ohio membership. Now, as sales representatives, our staff will be trained to help AMP-Ohio members obtain valuable products and services at pricing negotiated for all public power communities.”
Tim Blodgett, President and CEO of Hometown Connections, said, “We’re very pleased to have AMP-Ohio expand its relationship with Hometown Connections to a sales role. We know that local sales representatives are in the best position to identify the needs of a specific community and to make sure our product and service suppliers meet those needs successfully.”
At present, a network of 15 public power entities across the U.S. serve as Hometown Connections local sales or marketing representatives. The local sales representatives work directly with the suppliers and the public power utilities in their state or region throughout the product inquiry, sale and delivery process. The local marketing representatives help advertise and promote the products and services offered by Hometown Connections. The 7 public power local sales representatives are: American Municipal Power-Ohio, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, Energy Northwest, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Crawfordsville, Ind., Electric Light & Power, Walter McGrath (New England), and Bill Moss (Tennessee). The 8 public power local marketing representatives are: Florida Municipal Electric Association, Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities, Indiana Municipal Electric Association, Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, Illinois Municipal Utilities Association, Texas Public Power Association, Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association, and Gila (Ariz.) Resources.
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About Hometown Connections International, LLC, Evergreen, CO
Hometown Connections is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA). APPA is the national service organization representing the nation’s more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities. It owns 65% of Hometown Connections through its Public Power Inc. subsidiary. Alabama Municipal Electric Authority owns the other 35% of Hometown Connections. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from leading industry suppliers. Please visit http://www.hometownconnections.com.
About AMP-Ohio
AMP-Ohio is the Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit wholesale power supplier and services provider for 81 municipal electric systems in Ohio, five in Pennsylvania, two in West Virginia and one in Michigan. Formed in 1971, the organization is owned and governed by its member communities, dedicated to providing member assistance and low-cost power supply. In addition, AMP-Ohio serves as the project manager for groups of municipal electric communities participating in joint ventures to share ownership of generation and related facilities. For more information, visit http://www.amp-ohio.org.
Visit the Hometown Connections and AMP-Ohio web sites.
• Hometown Connections
• www.amp-ohio.org
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