About Utility Campus
A publisher dedicated to making invisible systems understandable.
Our mission
Utility Campus, LLC publishes K–12 STEM curriculum focused on the systems that students depend on every day but rarely learn about in school — how electricity reaches their homes, how water moves through their communities, how rates are set, what their rights are as consumers, and how the people who build, run, and regulate these systems do their jobs.
Most students graduate from high school having never read a utility bill, never seen a rate case, never met an electric lineman, and never thought about the critical infrastructure that every career they are considering relies on every day. We think that’s a gap worth closing, because the systems behind everyday life shouldn’t be invisible to the people who depend on them.
What we publish
Our catalog focuses on educational materials that build foundational literacy in infrastructure and public-services topics: energy, water, telecommunications, transportation, and the policy systems that shape them.
Current and forthcoming publications:
- How Public Utilities Work — a 34-lesson K–12 STEM curriculum on energy, rates, consumer rights, and careers. Available now.
- How Public Utilities Work: Student Edition – the same 34 lessons without the instructor resources bundled inside the workbook. Perfect for students who will learn in a classroom or guided lesson setting.
- Additional titles in development.
Our approach
Standards-aligned, not standards-driven. It is our intention to publish curriculum that can map to recognized national standards, but we start from the systems students need to understand, not from the standards we need to satisfy. The alignment work happens after the curriculum exists, not before.
Three reading levels, one book. Our K–12 curriculum is designed to scaffold for both younger and older readers in the same volume. A fifth-grade reader and an eleventh-grade reader can use the same material, with the instructor guide providing tiered facilitation for each grade band. This means schools can adopt across multiple grades without managing multiple editions.
Real systems, narrative scaffolding. We teach utility systems through scenario-based narrative using actual industry terminology and concepts. It is supported by real life discussion questions and activities designed to mimic actual scenarios and experiences faced daily by regulated utility industry personnel and decision makers.
Recognition
How Public Utilities Work and Utility Campus, LLC have been recognized by STEM.org Educational Research™ with the following trustmarks:
STEM.org Accredited™ Educational Experience — issued to Utility Campus, LLC as an organization. STEM ID 182238837. Verify at stem.education/Utility-Campus.
STEM.org Reviewed™ Educational Media — issued to How Public Utilities Work as a publication. STEM ID 182239421. Verify at stem.education/UC-HPUW.
Best In STEM™ distinction (top 5%) — issued to How Public Utilities Work in recognition of innovation in K–12 STEM education. STEM ID 182239526. Verify at stem.education/UC-HPUW-Best-In-STEM.
STEM.org Educational Research™ is an independent credentialing organization for STEM education. Their review is independent of any government agency, regulatory body, or industry association. For more information on the trustmarks and the review process, visit stem.org.
About the publisher
Utility Campus, LLC is a Maryland limited liability company. The company was founded in 2026 and is independently owned. We have not received funding, grants, sponsorship, or in-kind support from any regulated utility, utility-affiliated entity, or regulatory body.
Our publications are written and edited in-house. Our products are printed and distributed through KDP (Amazon’s print-on-demand service) and IngramSpark (for institutional and library distribution). We do not maintain our own warehouse or shipping operation.
About the founder
Utility Campus, LLC was founded by Odogwu Linton, a Maryland-admitted attorney and energy professional. Mr. Linton is the author of How Public Utilities Work and serves as the company’s managing member.