PURCELL, Okla. (April 2, 2026) — The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA), in coordination with the City of Purcell, has restored power to all customers affected by a temporary outage earlier today. The outage, caused by an equipment issue within the …
EDMOND, Okla. (February 17, 2026) — The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) is pleased to announce that Brad Hans officially begins assuming duties as General Manager on February 23, 2026, ahead of Dave Osburn’s retirement on the 26th. Osburn will …
EDMOND, Okla. (August 28, 2025) — The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) has received strong financial validation from two major credit rating agencies. Both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings have affirmed OMPA’s ‘A’ credit ratings with a …
EDMOND, Okla. (July 9, 2025) — The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) announced the commissioning of the Woodward Energy Storage project, a new 40-megawatt, four-hour battery energy storage facility designed to enhance OMPA’s power supply to its 43 …
OMPA’s Palma Lough was among 24 individuals and nine utilities who were recognized by the American Public Power Association (APPA) at its annual national conference in New Orleans on June 10. Lough was awarded the Harold Kramer-John Preston Personal …
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) officially began supplying wholesale electricity to the City of Lindsay on June 1, 2025, following the city’s recent decision to join the growing list of municipally owned utilities served by OMPA. With this …
Nine OMPA members were recently recognized by the American Public Power Association as having achieved “exceptional electric reliability” in 2024, based on results submitted through the eReliability Tracker Service. Those members were: Altus, Blackwell, …
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority has earned the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2024. More than 200 utilities entered the annual Safety Awards for 2024. The entrants are placed in …
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Board of Directors recently approved of the hiring of a new legal counsel for the Authority. William T. Denning joined OMPA at the start of 2025. He was a partner at Newbold Chapman & Geyer in Colorado at the time …
The North Fork Solar Farm was officially dedicated on June 26 at a ceremony attended by a variety of industry leaders and elected officials. Bruce Rew with the Southwest Power Pool confirmed to those in attendance that the 120-megawatt solar farm is now …
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