Members may experience blinking lights on and off due to the heavy snow loading on trees. January 23, 2023 | 12:30 pm All power has been restored. If you are experiencing an outage–not just blinking lights–please call us at 802-223-5245 or toll-free 1-800-932-5245. Remember: Do not approach or touch downed wires, poles, or trees on lines as they could still …
WEC Warns Members of Phone Scam
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 …
RESTORED – Outages – 1/16/2023
January 16, 2023 | 1 pm Outages in Plainfield, Barre, and East Montpelier have been restored. Crews are checking fuses to verify that all members’ power is on. *** January 16, 2023 | 12 pm WEC is experiencing outages in Plainfield, Barre, and East Montpelier. Approximately 125 members are without power at this time. Crews are on the way to …
Special: Winter Storm Elliott coverage and letter to members from GM Louis Porter
Dear Fellow Members of Washington Electric Cooperative, I want to thank you for your patience during the recent outage, for caring for your neighbors, and for the encouragement and kindness you showed WEC staff. WEC has recovered from experiencing one of its most destructive storms in recent history. At the start of our restoration efforts, 5,700 members were without power …
RESTORED: Outages 12/23 – 29/2022
December 29, 2022 | 3:30 pm ALL OUTAGES RESTORED. Crews completed the final scattered outages from Winter Storm Elliott this afternoon. WEC extends its sincere thanks to: And most important, thank you to our members for their patience and their care for their neighbors and community! December 29, 2022 | 10:30 am Dear WEC members, Thank you for your patience …
2023 Annual Meeting Scheduled for May 4
Board Candidacy and Bylaws Petition Deadlines Due Feb/March The 2023 Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 4. For the first time since 2019, the Annual Meeting will be in-person at WEC’s warehouse. More event details will follow in future issues of Co-op Currents. Every year, the Annual Meeting marks the election of three members to WEC’s Board of …
Financial assistance, scam awareness, Sign up for outage alerts, Board vacancies
Have your finances taken a hit? Don’t let your WEC bill go past due, or grow beyond what you can manage. Help is available: A Member Services Representative will help you put together a budget that works for you. Plus, there are state programs that may help pay down your bill. Call us today, and we’ll help you put together …
Energy Coach
Ask the Energy Coach: When will incentives resume? Dear Energy Coach: I just installed a hot water heat pump and want to take advantage of WEC’s incentives. When will they be available again? You can submit the invoices for any eligible equipment upgrades now – in fact, WEC hopes you will. All eligible equipment upgrades dated from September through December …
Concern for community: WEC maintains winter holiday and relief programs during an expensive winter
In 2022, inflation and high fuel costs combine to pose another challenging winter. Households are aware their dollars don’t cover as much. Just as worrying, the nonprofit programs that help people access basic needs – like food shelves and pantries – are finding donations are down, and their buying power is eroded. “From a service delivery standpoint, our first principles …
Members Write
To Co-op Currents: As a longtime WEC member, I was disappointed by the many negative and one-sided portrayals of solar net metering in the recent Coop Currents. Meeting the challenge that global warming presents to our safety and security requires an increase in new supplies of renewable energy like solar. New solar energy displaces polluting fossil fuels and enables a …