This program was developed to encourage high school students in AMP-Ohio member communities to further their educations, and to create an awareness of careers in the municipal electric utility field.

Since 1987, AMP-Ohio has distributed more than $150,000 in scholarship awards to 103 students.

The Richard H. Gorsuch Scholarship

This one-time scholarship award of $1,500 is presented to as many as three students annually who meet criteria including:

• Applicant must be a student whose parent or guardian is an employee of an AMP-Ohio member municipal electric department or an employee of AMP-Ohio.
• Student is a graduating high school senior with cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

This one-time scholarship award of $1,500 is presented to as many as four students annually who meet criteria including:

• Applicant must be a student whose household receives electricity from an AMP Ohio member community.
• Student is a graduating high school senior with cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

• Preparation of an essay on public power
• Personal interview
• Personal achievement, school/community activities
• Knowledge of public power based on a written test
• Scholastic record