American Municipal Power (AMP) scholarship opportunity

Since 1988, American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) has distributed $408,000 in scholarship awards in communities it serves with electrical power.

Lyle B. Wright Scholarship ($3,000) – must be a student whose household receives electricity from the Town of Front Royal.

Lyle B. Wright was a strong public power advocate on both state and local levels. He served on the boards of both American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc. and the Ohio Municipal Electric Association. The scholarship was created and named in his honor in 1989.

Purpose: To establish an educational program encouraging high school students to further their education, and to create an awareness of careers in the municipal electric utility field.

Awards: There are up to five (5), one-time scholarship awards of $3,000each. Each municipality in the AMP member community (Town of Front Royal is a member) is to send AMP one nominee per scholarship.

Rules and Eligibility: The following provisions will govern the acceptance of an applicant:

1) Applicant must be a graduating high school senior who has met all of the basic requirements for college or technical school entrance and has a cumulative, unweighted grade-point average based on an unweighted 4.0 scale for six (6) semesters

2) Applicant must send a completed application with a short essay on Electricity or Green Initiatives and attach their high school transcript with a cumulative grade-point average based on a 4.0 scale for six (6) semesters, to the Town of Front Royal by Wednesday, December 15, 2021. A committee will review all nominations and one nominee will be selected for each scholarship. The Department of Energy Services will submit a letter to all nominees advising them of their status after December 17, 2021.

3) Winners of the award will be determined through personal achievement, school/community activities, knowledge of public power based on a written test, and scholastic record.

Click here for the application.

American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) is the nonprofit wholesale power supplier and services provider for 134 members in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Maryland, and Delaware.