Private company

Cleveland Public Power

Logo: Cleveland Public Power, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Publicly-owned electricity generation and distribution company in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Cleveland Public Power (also known as CPP) is a publicly owned electricity generation and distribution company in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1907 by then-Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson. Prior to 1983, it was known as Municipal Light (or "Muny Light" for short).2 It is part of City of Cleveland.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1907Founded1

Cleveland Public Power (also known as CPP) is a publicly owned electricity generation and distribution company in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1907 by then-Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson. Prior to 1983, it was known as Municipal Light (or "Muny Light" for short). CPP does not have sufficient capacity to compete across the entire Greater Cleveland area. Rather, it is intended to create additional capacity and to create a benchmark price in order to prevent price gouging by local private utilities and prevent the private market from controlling the city's electricity supply for municipal services such as streetlights and buildings. It also supplies electricity to the Cleveland Browns Stadium.2

Corporate structure

Cleveland Public Power is part of a group headed by City of Cleveland. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • City of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States
    • Cleveland Public Power Cleveland
    • Cleveland Division of Fire Subsidiary · United States
    • Cleveland Division of Police Subsidiary · Cuyahoga County, United States
    • Cleveland Stadium Owned · Cleveland, United States
    • Huntington Bank Field Owned · Cleveland, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

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Timeline

  1. 1907Founded Founded1

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