Retiring after 32 years, Board Vice President wins Aiken Award Longtime Washington Electric Co-op Vice President Roger Fox, of Walden, will step down from the Board of Directors this fall. For his service, Fox has been awarded the George Aiken Award, presented annually by the Northeast Association of Electric Cooperatives. Fox has served on the Board for 32 years, but …
Co-op Month: Cooperatives Are All Around
Avram Patt grew up with the cooperative model. The former general manager of WEC, current member, and state representative spent his youth in the Bronx, in a home surrounded by the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative: a nearly hundred year old housing co-op funded by a union, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, to be affordable housing for workers. Patt’s father, a …
Winter Storm Elliott: How does it compare to previous storms?
By Barry Bernstein Winter Storm Elliott, or the Christmas 2022 storm, will prove to be the most expensive storm in WEC’s history, but not the longest one in terms of days out. It was part of a storm front that put 200 million Americans on a winter alert: that’s two thirds of the US population. It was preceded by a …
An appreciation of Stanley and Elaine Fitch, stewards of land and community
By Barry Bernstein The lives of Stan and Elaine Fitch, who died together on August 30 in the home in Kent’s Corner where Stanley was born, run parallel with the history of the Co-op. Stanley’s family and Elaine’s family were both among the 150 families that were the first ones hooked up when Governor Aiken flipped the switch and Washington …