Scholarships are available yearly to those starting or continuing their college or trade school education and adults seeking second career training. Starting in 2024, Emerald People’s Utility District (EPUD) will increase the scholarship amount to $5,000. Up to five scholarships totaling $25,000 will be awarded to students interested in pursuing utility industry careers.
The electric utility industry employs a broad range of people with widely varying skills and trades, including line work, tree trimming, engineering, energy efficiency, accounting, communications, graphic design, customer service, human resources, and many others. An EmPOWERing Scholarship can help you further your education and learn the skills that may lead to a utility career in the future.
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2024 scholarship program. Watch for the winners to be announced soon!
Rules and Eligibility
- Must be an EPUD customer or family member of an EPUD customer.
- Must be attending or planning to attend a college, university, or trade school and pursue a career that could be of value to the electric utility industry.
- Must be a graduating high school senior or adult who has graduated high school or received a GED from an accredited educational institution.
- High school or college transcript must show an accumulated 2.0 GPA at minimum.
- Scholarship monies are distributed to the institution selected by the scholarship recipient.
- If scholarship monies cannot be applied to the institution during the same calendar year that the scholarship is awarded, student must forfeit the scholarship. Student may reapply in the following year(s); however, there is no guarantee the student will be selected to receive the scholarship a second time.