Co-op Currents is the newsletter of the Washington Electric Co-op.
Below you will find the PDF version of the newsletter with the highlights for each month. Click the month name to view the newsletter.
- PUC Approves WEC Rate Redesign, With Conditions
- Siting Lines and Striking A Balance - Line Relocation
- Go Green, Go Electric, Go WEC!
- Retroactive Tax Credits
- Run for a Seat on WEC's Board of Directors
- Hey Patty, How Does This Affect My Bill?
- An Ample Quarter Acre - Annie Reed
- Statements from Candidates
- President and General Manager's Message
- 2019 Operations Index... and much more
- No In Person Gathering for 81st Annual Member Meeting due to COVID-19
- President and General Manager Message
- Treasurer's Report
- WEC's 2019 Report Card
- Triple Storms
- Whose Woods These Are
- Co-op Meets State Renewable Energy Standard Goals
- President’s Message: Capital Credit Refunds Mitigate Rate Increases……
- Annual Meeting Call For Photos and Contest
- And much more…….
- Staying Safe in an Electrified World
- Stan & Elaine Fitch Remember Co-op and Community History
- President and General Manager’s Message
- Two Incumbents, Two New Candidates Run for Three Board Seats
- WEC Takes Action Against A Destructive Bug
- Dinner Reservation for 80th Annual Membership Meeting
- WEC’S 80th Annual Meeting Celebrates Community Action
- President’s Report and General Manager’s Message
- Position Statements of the 2018 Candidates for Co-op Board of Directors
- Treasurer’s Report
- 2018 Service and Quality and Reliability Results
- Halloween Storm
- Rate Increase January 1, 2020
- Redesigning Rates
- President’s Report and General Manager’s Message
- Community Meeting 2019
- WEC Holiday Programs and much more....
- Public Power to the Rescue
- Meter Reading Memories
- Listening Group Results – Rate Design
- President and Manager’s Message
- The Wildlife Philosophers – Theresa & Rodney Elmer
- Order of Operations – WEC’s Operation Team Triages
- Three Incumbents Seek Re-Election to WEC Board
- Get to Know Your WEC
- 79th Annual Member Meeting Reservation Form
- 79th Annual Meeting Notice and Agenda
- Annual Meeting Guest Speaker – Charlie Nardozzi
- President, Treasurer and Manager Reports
- Director Candidates’ Position Statements
- 2017 Financials
- WEC’s Service, Quality and Reliability results for 2017
- Resilience and Innovation at WEC’s 79th Annual Meeting
- Heart in the Highlands – Ray Shatney & Janet Steward gift WEC
- Net Metering Reimbursement Changes Under New PUC Order
- President’s & General Manager’s Joint Message
- Health, Wealth and Wisdom in the Garden with Charlie Nardozzi
- Get to Know Your WEC
- And much more………….
- New Rate Design Structure
- Community Fund Recipient: Turning Point Center of Central VT
- Blowin in the Wind with Meteorologist Roger Hill
- PUC Approves 3.72% Rate Increase
- President’s & General Manager’s Joint Message
- Community Fund 2017 Report
- Reliability is About to Get a Whole Lot Better in Northfield
- Weaving Self-Reliance – Nancy and Jim Clark in Zienzele
- Rate Design Community Conversation September 19
- President’s & General Manager’s Joint Message
- Capital Credit Former Member Search
- WEC Community Meeting October 25
- Get to Know Your WEC and much more...
- Members Speak Up at Public Forum on Rate Design
- Engineered for Efficiency – Sugar Mountain Farm – Walter Jeffries
- FEMA Reimburses Co-op
- President’s & General Manager’s Joint Message
- Feeling the Burn – Coventry Landfill Open House
- Cooperative Community Service
- WEC Announces Rate Increase for 2019 and 2019 Groton Community Meeting
- Two Major Snow Storms Hit Vermont In November
- Space Heaters: Low Maintenance, High Cost
- WEC Brings Comfort and Joy to Central Vermont Neighbors
- Board Candidate and Bylaws Petition Deadline Announcements and much more…
- Election Deadlines Near as WEC Prepares for 78th Annual Meeting
- The Saga of A Charging Station
- President’s Message – New Faces in Montpelier and Farewells to Valued WEC Employees
- Money Now Available for Weatherization and Other Energy Improvements
- Eyes Wide Open – Money is Available, But Let’s Do Things Right Under “Tier III”
- President’s Message – We’re All In This Together – A Vermont Tradition, And a WEC Tradition
- Safety For Co-op Members: A Particular Concern in Winter
- Three Candidates for WEC’s Board of Directors
- Manager’s Report – A Modified Rate Increase, And Proactive Planning For Renewables
- 78th Annual Meeting Notice and Agenda
- Annual Meeting Speaker Susan Morse from “Keeping Track”
- Director Candidates’ Position Statements
- President, Treasurer and Manager Reports
- WEC’s Service, Quality and Reliability Results for 2016
- 2016 Financial
- 78th Annual Meeting – An Encouraging Turnout
- WEC Eyes Changes To Its Rate Structure
- Button-Up, For Saving Money and Cutting Carbon
- Construction Work Plans – One ends and one begins
- Sue Morse (Keeping Track) A Beautiful Planet Presentation
- Middlesex Family Taps Into WEC’s Incentives
- PUC Workshop to Review Regulation and Rates
- President’s Message and Manager’s Report
- When, Where, And How Much?…… Power Predictions
- $10,000 Discount for WEC Members and Employees from Freedom Nissan
- WEC’s “Community Fund” Keeps Growing
- Fare Thee Well, Will (Will Lindner, 22 year editor retires)
- President’s Message and Manager’s Report
- Co-op Seeks Former Members For Capital Credits
- What’s It Really Like to Drive An Electric Vehicle
- Fall Events – Community Meeting – October 12 & Coventry Open House – October 17
- Right of Way Crews Keep 1,250 Miles of Line Clear By Hand
- President’s Message and Manager’s Report – Culture of Safety
- Cyber Security, WEC, and the Grid
- Member Writes: On Driving an Electric Car
- Nissan Leaf $10,000 Discount Extended for WEC Members
- 2017 Toy Joy, Toys-For-Tots and Warmth Contributions
- Massive, Historic Windstorm Hits Northeast, 7,930 WEC Members Lose Power
- Members Write: Storm Edition
- A Letter from the President and General Manager
- 2017 Herbicide Notice
- Windstorm An Index
- Reflecting on the New Reality – 2017 Community Meeting in Worcester
- Net Metering–WEC and Others Weigh in on Proposed PSB Rules
- Third-Party Payment Services are NOT WEC
- Imagining Improvements, Through a Pickup Truck’s Window
- It is Your Co-op–How About Running for the WEC Board?
- Moving Power Lines Across an Owned, Regulated Landscape
- VERMOD Designs New “Mobile” Home Replacement
- Three Candidates Run for WEC Board
- 2015 WEC Community Fund with a Feature on Good Beginnings
- Make Your Dinner Reservation for 2016 Annual Meeting
- Recycle Your Batteries at WEC
- 77th Annual Membership Meeting Notice and Agenda
- 2015 Service Quality and Reliability Report
- Report of the 2016 Committee on Candidates
- WEC Avoids Rate Increase In 2015
- Profiles of Candidates Seeking Election to the Board of Directors
- Solaflect Trackers a ‘Match’ for WEC Net Metering
- WEC Supports Net Metering
- Manager’s Report
- Fire-Safety Session Enlivens Annual Meeting
- Right-of-Way Re-clearing schedule for Summer and Fall 2016
- Dozer Work Pays Off
- President’s Message – July Weather
- The Graduates
- Encroaching on Bear Territory
- Tech Students Tour Wrightsville Hydro Plan
- A Wall Comes To Life – Mural at WEC’s Warehouse
- WEC’s New Member Services Representative
- Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds
- Cure for the ‘Siloxane’ Problem
- WEC Community Meeting October 5th
- Visit to Small Hamlet – Co-op Community Meeting
- Rate Increase on the Horizon
- Net Metering Changes Coming for Everyone
- State Confers ‘Outstanding Safety Award’
- Responding to the Harwood Tragedy through the Five Families Fund
- Act 56 and WEC’s ‘Energy Transformation’ Plan for 2017
- Rates To Rise on WEC’s Power Bills In January
- Living Below 200 kWh A Month Not Much of a Sacrifice for the Reeds and Their Menagerie
- The Factors Behind Vermont’s New Net Metering Rules
- Board Of Director Elections Coming Up With One Director Not Running for Re-election
- President’s Message – Holiday Cheer and Winter Preparedness
- Four-Day December Storm Causes Unprecedented Outages
- Generators and UPS Systems – What You Need to Know
- Precautions for the Winter-Outage Season – Ways to Stay Safe if You Lose Your Power
- Stephen Knowlton Appointed to Fill Interim Board Seat
- Three Squares: WEC Staff, Family and Friends Join The Effort
- 2014 System Reliability Report
- A ‘Renewable Portfolio’ for Vermont Utilities?
- Four Candidates Petition for WEC’s Board of Directors
- WEC Weaves Wellness into its Corporate Culture
- A Community Fund Profile–VCIL: More About ‘Ability’ Than Disability
- 76th Annual Membership Meeting Notice and Agenda
- 2014 Service Quality and Reliability Report
- Report of the 2015 Committee on Candidates
- 2014 Treasurer’s Report
- Profiles of Candidates Seeking Election to the Board of Directors
- Robust Turnout at WEC’s 76th Annual Meeting
- Co-op President Bernstein Receives Prestigious Aiken Award
- Green Thumbs Sprouting at Washington Electric
- 2015 Right-of-Way Reclearing Projects
- WEC Staff Discusses Energy Issues with Craftsbury Students
- Contending with Act 148 & a Changing Waste Stream
- Members Could Receive Calls in August/September for Member Satisfaction Survey
- The Bees’ Needs–Hope & Beauty in a Small Gesture
- October 8 Community Meeting Will Include Tour of Co-op’s Office
- Coventry Open House on September 9 Includes Tour of Landfill
- Tunbridge Rebuild Sidelined by December Storm
- What Are These Things Called Capital Credits?
- WEC Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds
- Confronting Our Energy Challenges Honestly and Openly
- CVABE–Helping People Help Themselves
- WEC Drops Hydro Quebec Power for a Year–Will Reclaim as Needed
- WEC Community Meeting Features New Laws & Challenges
- WEC’s ‘100%’ Renewable Logo Makes a Statement
- Adamant Food Cooperative Leads the Way
- The Annual ‘Space Heater’ Gambit
- WEC Debuts Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- Members Rate WEC’s Performance
- Cabot Joins WEC’s EV Campaign
- Positive Effects of RECs
- Thinking About Board Elections and Bylaw Proposals