Co-op Currents is the newsletter of Washington Electric Co-op.
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- WEC Operations Crew Ready for 2022
- Bernstein & Reed Will Not Run Again, Opening Two Seats on WEC's Board of Directors
- President's & General Manager's Message - Cost Equity & Policy Evolution
- Members Write: "Our Electric Car Experience"
- World-Renowned Marriage Therapists Israel & Cathie Helfand on High Speed Internet
- Message from Efficiency Vermont: How to Lower Your Energy Bills This Winter
- WEC & Efficiency Vermont energy rebates & incentives
- Run for the WEC Board of Directors!
- Digital Co-op Currents coming to your inbox!
- WEC website now offers complete outage information
- Virtual Annual Meeting, May 5, 2022
- A Legacy of Working for the Environment & the Community - Outgoing Directors Bernstein and Reed
- President's & General Manager's Message - Influx of funding for Broadband Rollout, virtual Annual Meeting, and PowerShift updates
- Read the Personal Statements of the Seven Candidates for WEC's Board of Directors
- Apply for grants to help cover COVID-related hardship
- 2021 Service Reliability Index
- What is a Mini-Split Heat Pump?
April 2022 - Annual Report & Annual Meeting Issue
- WEC's Role in Broadband Deployment Is Changing
- Members Asked to Vote for Bylaw Amendment
- President's Report
- Manager's Report
- Treasurer's Report
- Candidates Respond to Policy Questions
- WEC's Report Card - Service Quality
- Financials
- Counting Ballots and Marking Changes at WEC's 2022 Annual Meeting
- WEC Presents on Outage Restoration to Cabot Students Studying Disaster Preparedness
- President's & General Manager's Message - WEC Welcomes New Leadership, Looks Ahead to Grid Updates
- Get to Know Your WEC Directors Susan Alexander, Betsy Allen, & Steven Farnham
- Employee Anniversaries - thanks for your dedication to our members!
- Final Phase of WEC's Rate Design Effective July 1
- "I love WGDR. And the Chickens Love It, Too." - Community Fund Grant Recipient Profile
- President's & GM's Message: Rate Redesign, Incentivizing Beneficial Electrification, Now In Full Effect
- Fall Membership Gathering - Sept. 10
- Coventry Open House - Sept. 17
- ReWire - pilot program helps Capstone-weatherized homes prepare for EVs
- GreenSavingSmart - connecting finance and energy coaching
- Right-of-Way 101: Responsibilities & Practices
- WEC to File Request for Rate Increase
- Net Metering's effects on Washington Electric Co-op
- Five Related Stories on Net Metering
- Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds
This is WEC's first theme issue of Co-op Currents on the subject of net metering. This issue includes the position of your Co-op leadership, how the solar net metering industry began in Vermont, and how it affects the Co-op's rates and ratepayers.
- Context for WEC's rate incase Filing
- Button Up incentive pause
- Co-op Month: What the Co-op means to me (by Board Director Betsy Allen)
- President's & General Manager's Message
- Members write: Responses to September 2022 issue
- New: Broadband updates from CVFiber
- An appreciation of Stanley and Elaine Fitch, stewards of land and community
- Tree on GMP-VELCO Transmission Lines....
- Now Available: Smarthub Outage Alerts by Text and Email
- President & General Manager's Message
- Statement of Democracy from WEC's Board of Directors
- and much more.....
- "It Checks Every Single Box. Except for Internet"...
- WEC's New Rate Structure: A Year in the Books
- President & General Manager's Message
- Three Incumbent Candidates Run for Re-Election to WEC's Board
- "We're Pretty Certain This Was the First Utility Damage From EAB in the State."
- Preparedness and Proactivity - GM Report
- Tune in to WEC's 82nd Annual Meeting
- President's Recap
- Treasurer's Report
- WEC's Report Card
- 2020 Member Survey
- Position Statements of the 2021 Candidates
- Board of Directors
- GM Patty Richards Plans Her Departure
- Broadband Bill - Construction Begins
- President & General Manager's Message
- 2021 Board Directors Re-elected
- Electric Vehicle Charging Tips
- WEC Seeks Solutions to Property Damage
- Energy Incentives for Members
- Rate Design: Phase 2
- Notice of Hearing: PUC Scheduling Conference
- Dave Kresock Joins WEC as Director of E&O
- Twin Valley Senior Center: Stay for Lunch!
- President & General Manager's Message
- Romulus Craft Porcelain Artists on High Speed Internet
- Board President Steve Knowlton: "Guide the Change"
- Member Essay: "At Work In High Places"
- Broadband Pole Survey Begins
- GM Patty Richards to Chair VT Community Broadband Board
- President's and General Manager's Message
- VCAAP Grants for COVID-Related Arrearages
- Record Year in Capital Credits Refunded to Current & Former Members
- Youth Farmers Lead Climate Justice Movement, Marshfield
- Members Write: A Note on EVs
- More Info on Broadband
- Louis Porter: WEC's Next General Manager
- Membership Vote to Support Broadband Fiber Grid Improvements
- President's and General Manager's Message
- Steve Knowlton, Board President: Learning to Lead - Cooperatively
- A Conversation Between WEC & Plainfield Co-op General Managers
- Capital Credits Coming to You!
- and much more....
- Board Requests Membership Vote to Support Broadband Rollout & Grid Improvements
- Capstone – Weatherization for Income-Eligible Households
- President's and General Manager's Message
- ROW Clearing
- WEC Supporting Community Nonprofits & Families
- What to Know Before Buying an EV
- Annual Meeting Info
- 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
- WEC Holds 81st Annual Meeting Virtually
- Co-op Business Proceeds in the New Normal
- Board of Director Election Results
- President and General Manager Message
- Congratulations to Mike Patterson Retiring After 28 years and much more...
- WEC's New Rate Design Takes Effect
- WEC Triples Grants to Capstone and Vermont Foodbank
- President and General Manager Message
- Jean Hamilton - Her Seat at the Table
- WEC's Public IRP Meeting
- Join Project PowerShift and much more....
- You're Entitled to a Refund
- Weatherization Helps WEC Members Save Big
- State Grants for Members in Arrears
- President and General Manager Message
- Capital Credit Undeliverable list
- It's Been a Good Ride - Cabot Mentoring
- Co-op Currents Opportunity for Student Journalist
- Cooperatives Offer Essential Services....
- Garbage Gas: The Renewable Resource
- President and General Manager Message
- Line Crews Demo New Forestry Equipment
- Get to Know Your WEC
- Bold Pursuit of Broadband
- The Right Thing to Do.....
- President and General Manager Message
- Small Co-op, Big Technology
- WEC Holiday Programs...
- 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
- WEC Celebrates 80 Years
- New Website Coming Soon
- Members Write
- President’s Report and General Manager’s Message
- Levers of Change - Sue Minter
- Farewell to Director Folsom
- WEC Community Fund Profile
- Wrightsville and WEC
- Climate Change Is the Issue
- President’s Report and General Manager’s Message
- Join Project Powershift
- The Family Business - Elizabeth Kent Gay Story
- New Energy and Cost Saving Incentives
- Sense Home Energy Monitor
- Where's WEC?
- President’s Report and General Manager’s Message
- Capital Credit - WEC Returns $750,000 - Missing Member List
- Wood Heat for the 21st Century
- Cooperatives are In My Heart
- In Cooperatives, Members Come First
- President’s Report and General Manager’s Message
- Preparedness Lesson from Hurricane Dorian in PEI
- 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