OMLPS

Welcome to the Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System (OMLPS) website. OMLPS is a community-owned, not-for-profit electric utility created by the local residents in 1934 to provide high quality, affordable services tailored to the unique needs of the Oberlin Area.

Links listed at the top of this page will provide you access to all of OMLPS's value-added services and electric conservation, efficiency and safety information.

Background Information on OMLPS:

OMLPS distributes, transmits, and generates electric power to its over 3000 residential and commercial customers. The system maximum demand is 21,000 kilowatts and the sales for the year 2009 were 103,125,103 kilowatt-hours. OMLPS is operated by 18 employees.

Annual utility expenses for 2009 were $10,318,810 of which $7,075,454 was used to purchase wholesale power supply for the community. Annual revenues for 2009 were $9,881,106 of which $1,150,000 was contributed to the City in lieu of taxes to further support the community.

OMLPS also owns and operates 20 megawatts of diesel/natural gas generation capacity that is used for peak-shaving for 21 municipally-owned electric utilities in the northeast Ohio area.