Typically, at WEC’s Annual Meetings, there is little drawn-out suspense regarding the results of the Board of Directors election. That’s true even in years when the Annual Meeting is held in-person, when the ballot box remains open during a community dinner. The quorum is established and votes are counted quickly, and results are announced shortly after the Board President opens …
Get to Know Your WEC Directors Susan Alexander, Betsy Allen, Steven Farnham
In 2022, WEC members elected one incumbent and two new Directors to the Board. Co-op Currents invited these three Directors to talk about the values and experience they bring to the role, how they’ll balance vision and fiscal responsibility, and what interests them most. The following profiles do not necessarily represent the values and policy decisions set by WEC’s Board …
Outages – 6/17/2022
June 17, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. WEC is experiencing outages in the Walden, Stannard, Greensboro, Wheelock, & Hardwick area. Approximately 455 members are without power at this time. Crews are on the way. Thank you for your patience as we work to restore power. June 17, 2022 | 12:00 pm Power has been restored.
Outages – 5/17/22
May 17, 2022 | 2:45 pm ALL POWER OUTAGES RESTORED. May 17, 2022 | 1:10 pm Update: Approx. 20 members still without power. May 17, 2022 | 11:45 am Update: Fewer than 20 members still without power. May 17, 2022 | 11:15 am Update: Approximately 20 members still without power. May 17, 2022 | 10:30 am Update: Approximately 40 members …
Annual Meeting Election Results
Special announcement May 6, 2022 Farnham, Alexander, Allen elected to WEC Board of Directors Steven Farnham of Plainfield, Susan Alexander of Cabot, and Betsy Allen of Plainfield won election to Washington Electric Cooperative’s (WEC) member-led Board of Directors. Farnham was the sole incumbent running for re-election; Alexander and Allen were newly elected to the Board. The results were announced Thursday …
WEC featured on VPR podcast
A rural Vermont utility crew confronts a surprise outage, and a changing climate Erica Heilman, producer of Rumble Strip, profiled WEC for VPR broadcast Published by Vermont Public Radio | By Erica Heilman | April 29, 2022 “Last week, there was a storm of wet heavy snow in areas throughout Vermont, with power outages all around the state. Independent producer Erica Heilman stopped …
4/28 Outages
April 28, 2022 | 5:00 pm RESTORED: Corinth & Roxbury. OUTAGES: fewer than 50 still out in Worcester April 28, 2022 | 4:15 pm OUTAGES: Worcester, Frazier Rd area Corinth, Taplin Hill area April 28, 2022 | 4:00 pm OUTAGES: WEC is experiencing outages due to high winds. WHERE: Worcester, Frazier Rd area Roxbury, Bull Run Rd area Corinth, Taplin …
RESTORED – 4/20/22 Outages
April 20, 2022 | 4:00 pm As of 4:00 pm this afternoon, the outages in Washington Electric Cooperative territory have been restored! Dedicated crews worked over the course of two days and two nights to restore power to more than 2,700 members who were out of electricity at the peak of this event. Across Vermont, roughly 20,000 people were out …
4/20 – Outage Updates
April 20, 2022 Post will be updated with timestamps, locations, & number of members without power until all power restored. 4:00 pm All outages have been restored. Thank you to our Operations crew for their hard work and to you, our members, for your patience. 1:30 pm Fewer than 10 members without power. 12:50 pm WHERE: Vershire, Middlesex# MEMBERS OUT: …
4/20 – Outages Update
April 20, 2022 | 11:30 am As of 11:30 am, there are 11 separate outages with 155 members without power on the following roads: Marshfield Hollister Hill Vershire Goose Green Rd Williamstown Boyce Rd Weir Rd Bador Rd Middlesex Dolan Rd Upper Barnet Culver Hill Rd Wood Rd