WEC Advises Members to Prepare for Potential Outages

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Friday, January 12, 2024 – 3:30 pm A severe weather event will impact our region tonight and tomorrow (Jan 12-13). Wind gusts up to 40 – 60 mph have been forecast for WEC territory. Therefore, WEC expects power outages to occur throughout our service territory overnight tonight and tomorrow. Given the severity and scope predicted for this storm, some outages …

WEC Advises Members to Prepare for Potential Outages

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024 – 12:30 pm A severe weather event will impact our region tonight and tomorrow (Jan 9-10). Wind gusts up to 40 – 60 mph have been forecast for WEC territory. Therefore, WEC expects power outages to occur throughout our service territory overnight tonight and tomorrow. Given the severity and scope predicted for this storm, some outages …

WEC Advises Members to Prepare for Potential Outages

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Friday, December 8, 2023 – 3:30 pm The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Watch for an incoming storm expected to impact our region beginning the evening of Sunday, December 10 through the evening of Monday, December 11. The storm will begin with heavy rain throughout the day on Sunday, accompanied by winds gusting 25-35 mph. Minor flooding …

Outages- 8/23/2023

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WEC is experiencing momentary outages in the towns served by the Jackson Corners Substation. These towns include Berlin, Brookfield, Barre, Chelsea, Northfield, Orange, Roxbury, Washington, and Williamstown. On Friday, 8/18, late afternoon, members served by the Jackson Corners substation experienced several instances of momentary outages. These momentary outages have continued, including today, August 23. While investigating the issue, WEC crews …

WEC Warns Members of Phone Scam

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June 19, 2023 Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.PO Box 840 Church StreetEast Montpelier, VT 05651 Contact: Susan Golden – 802-223-5245 (toll free: 1-800-932-5245) / susan.golden@wec.coop East Montpelier, Vt – At least one member of Washington Electric Cooperative (WEC) has received telephone calls from someone fraudulently representing themselves as a representative of an unnamed utility. The caller claimed the member had overpaid …

WEC Warns Members of Phone Scam

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January 20, 2023 Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.PO Box 840 Church StreetEast Montpelier, VT 05651 Contact: Susan Golden – 802-223-5245 (toll free: 1-800-932-5245) / susan.golden@wec.coop East Montpelier, Vt – At least one member of Washington Electric Cooperative (WEC)  has received a telephone call from someone fraudulently representing themselves as a representative of an unnamed utility. The message stated that if the …

Notice: Supply chain interruptions

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By Dave Kresock Like many other utilities across the nation, WEC is experiencing unprecedented challenges in procuring a wide variety of electric distribution equipment. The result is that there now may be significant delays in completing some member-requested electric services. This particularly affects new or enhanced service to members’ properties, as transformers are in short supply. In many cases, our …

Shift the Power and Conserve: WEC Asks Members to Reduce Energy Use Tonight

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August, 2022 Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.P.O. Box 840 Church StreetEast Montpelier, VT 05651 East Montpelier, VT—Washington Electric Cooperative encourages its members to reduce energy consumption this evening, Thursday, August 4, 2022. With such high temperatures, the demand for electricity may rise dramatically this evening. Increased demand on the electrical grid means higher costs to you on your monthly bill and …

Shift the Power and Conserve: WEC Asks Members to Reduce Energy Use 4 – 8 pm Tonight

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July 20, 2022 Washington Electric Cooperative, Inc.P.O. Box 840 Church StreetEast Montpelier, VT 05651 East Montpelier, VT—Washington Electric Cooperative encourages its members to reduce energy consumption this evening, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. With such high temperatures, the demand for electricity is expected to rise dramatically between 4 pm and 8 pm. Increased demand on the electrical grid means higher costs …

Winter Storm Warning

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March 11, 2022 NOTICE TO WEC MEMBERS Washington Electric Cooperative is warning members of a winter storm beginning Friday, March 11, 2022 and lasting through Saturday, March 12, 2022. CLICK HERE for guidance on how to prepare for power outages. Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies. If you need other help, call 211 to find any emergency resource you need: fuel, food, shelter, mental health, and anything else. …