New deal ensures Blue Creek will continue to deliver reliable energy and economically support rural Ohio communities with jobs, landowner payments, and tax revenue
Avangrid contracts directly with 15 Midwest utilities and municipalities to supply reliable and cost-effective energy, enough to power about 330,000 homes and businesses
PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the signing of a short-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) for a portion of the energy produced from Avangrid’s Blue Creek project located in Ohio. The new PPA will ensure Blue Creek continues to supply reliable energy for the region and economically support rural Ohio communities with jobs, lease payments and tax revenue.
“Blue Creek is one of Avangrid’s largest operating assets and remains a fixture in the local community. It has delivered significant economic benefits in the 13 years since the project became operational, and I look forward to seeing that carry forward,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “We are happy to work with AMP on this deal, a trusted and longstanding customer, and to see Blue Creek continue to power homes and businesses throughout the region.”
“At AMP, we aim to provide our Members with a cost-effective, diversified power supply resource mix,” said Pam Sullivan, AMP COO and AMP Transmission President. “This agreement with Avangrid helps to diversify our power supply portfolio and insulate our participating Member utilities from the volatility of the wholesale energy market. We are pleased to have reached this agreement and look forward to a continued productive relationship with Avangrid.”
AMP is the nonprofit wholesale power supplier and services provider for 130-plus members in nine states. AMP members receive their power supply from a diversified resource mix that includes wholesale power purchases through AMP and energy produced at AMP and member-owned generating facilities. Combined, AMP’s members serve approximately 650,000 customers.
Avangrid works closely with utilities and municipalities across the Midwest to deliver domestically produced power to the people and families who need it. Combined, Avangrid partners with 15 Midwest utilities and municipalities supplying 1.3 GW of contracted electricity from 17 Midwest energy projects. That is enough electricity to power about 330,000 homes. These partnerships not only secure reliable energy for customers, but support over 100 local jobs for the technicians who keep these projects running year-round.
Blue Creek is a 304 Megawatt (MW) wind power project located in Van Wert and Paulding Counties in Northwest Ohio. The project created over 500 construction jobs and reached commercial operation in 2012. Most of the equipment was manufactured and assembled in Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota. Blue Creek generates enough energy each year to power the equivalent of about 76,000 homes.
Blue Creek has been an important economic resource in the region for over a decade. The project currently supports 18 full-time jobs for ongoing operations and maintenance, and it pays about $3 million per year in annual lease payments to local landowners. Since the project was built, Blue Creek has paid over $30 million in property taxes, which support a variety of public services in the community.
The project was recently featured as a part of Avangrid’s EMPOWERED video series, which showcased how Blue Creek has helped local landowners and supported the Van Wert community rebuild an historic opera house.
Blue Creek is currently Avangrid’s sole energy generation facility in Ohio; however, the Company continues construction on the Powell Creek solar farm about 30 miles to the east. Avangrid has over 75 projects and over 9 Gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity across 22 states.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generations projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon, including operations in 24 states with approximately $47 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England and in 2024. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 75 energy generation facilities across the United States producing over 9GW of power for over 2.2 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
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