Alabama Municipal Electric Authority Scholarships

To be eligible for an Energy Southeast scholarship, a student’s parent and/or legal guardian must receive electric service from an Energy Southeast Member utility, and the student must attend a four-year college/university, community college, and/or vocational/trade school within the state of Alabama.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an Energy Southeast scholarship, a student’s parent and/or legal guardian must receive electric service from an Energy Southeast Member utility. Granted only to graduating high school seniors, the student must attend a four-year college/university, community college, and/or vocational/trade school within the state of Alabama.

Energy Southeast and its Member cities will make available 44, $2,500 scholarships.

Application deadline for the 2026 program is Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH YOUR APPLICATION:

1. Official High School Transcript
2. Official ACT or SAT Score Certificate (if copy, please have counselor sign it)
3. Please attach a resume’ of all school extracurricular, church, community service, work experience and/or volunteer activities that you desire to be taken into account in your application.
4. Two (2) Letters of Recommendation (No letters from relatives accepted

The application (and all attachments thereto) must be signed, completed and submitted to Energy Southeast at 80 TechnaCenter Drive, Suite 200, Montgomery, AL 36117. If an applicant fails to complete the entire application or fails to submit all the items in the format requested hereunder by the deadline date, the application will not be considered for any purposes or under any circumstances with respect to the scholarships of Energy Southeast.

Please note that the application must be signed by both the student applying for the scholarship and the parent/legal guardian of the applicant and, if either of such signatures is not on the application, the application will be considered incomplete, and not considered in the application process.

The application with all required attachments and submissions must be postmarked no later than February 9, 2026.

By submitting the application package and the attachments and submissions related to the application, the applicant and his or her parent/legal guardian signing the application are certifying that the information submitted is true and correct and the applicant and his or her parent/legal guardian agree to the scholarship conditions set forth below.

SCHOLARSHIP CONDITIONS

The terms and conditions on which the scholarships are to be made for the 2026 scholarship year are as follows:

1. The scholarship will only be granted to graduating high school seniors.
2. In order to qualify for the scholarship, the applicant must be a dependent of an electric customer of an Energy Southeast Member city/utility at the time the application is made and through graduation from high school.
3. In order to qualify for the scholarship, the student must attend a four-year college, community college, or vocational/trade school in the state of Alabama.
4. The scholarship will be paid by Energy Southeast directly to the educational institution for credit to the student’s account at the institution.
5. The scholarship must be utilized within 16 months following the student’s graduation.
6. The scholarships will be announced and awarded in the spring.
7. Incomplete applications (including all attachments) will be disqualified.