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October 2011

< WEC to Launch AMI "Smart Meters"

< 2011 Rate Case Resolved

< Community Meeting Discussions Vital

< 'Sheffield Wind' Welcomes Town Visitors

September 2011

< WEC & DPS Agree to A Lower Rate Increase

< Hurricane Irene Largely Spares WEC

< Moretown & Williamstown--Sites for Community Meetings

< Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds

July 2011

< Work Gets Underway on East Montpelier Substation

< Do-It-Yourself Power

< Plans Begin for Building Renovations

< WEC Members Reveal Their Impressions of the Co-op

June 2011

< WEC's Office Flooded in May Storm

< Too Much Water for Wrightsville

< CVPS Sale Demands a Close Look by Vermont Regulators

< DPS Commissioner Miller Speaks at Annual Meeting

April 2011

< Members to Vote on Hydro-Quebec Contract

< 72nd Annual Meeting Notice and Agenda

< WEC's 2010 SQRP Results

< Officers' Annual Reports

March 2011

< The Realities of WEC's Rate Increase

< Members May Vote on New Hydro Quebec Contract

< 2010 Community Fund Report

< Meet the Candidates Running for the Board

January 2011

< Dealines Approaching for Candidates & Bylaw Changes

< Rate Increase: Why All at Once?

< WEC's Rate Case Under Review at PSB

< Safety, Survival, and Comfort During the Winter

December 2010

< WEC Files for 1st Rate Increase in 11 Years

< 2010: An Especially Busy Year for WEC

< A New Focus on Energy

< Employees Make Christmas a Little Brighter

October 2010

< Co-op Prepares to File for a Rate Increase

< Food for Thought at WEC Community Meetings

< WEC Adopts a New Rate Design

< Jacques and Anderson Take Early Retirement

September 2010

< Heading Toward a Rate Increase

< Former Members Sought for Capital Credit Refunds

< State Archives Move into WEC Territory

< 'Vermont Wind' Permit Upheld

July 2010

< Heat Wave--How High Temps Affect Your Co-op

< Securing WEC's Long Term Energy Supply

< Two Newly Elected Directors to Serve With Incumbents Bernstein & Folsom

< The "Barrel Man" of West Topsham

June 2010

< Energy Forum Highlight of 71st Annual Membership Meeting

< WEC & Efficiency Vermont Co-host Open House

< Two Newly Elected Directors to Serve With Incumbents Bernstein & Folsom

< 495 Insulators Replaced on Transmission Line from East Montpelier to Maple Corner

April 2010

< 71st Annual Membership Meeting Notice

< Officers' Annual Reports

< Gubernatorial Candidates to Attend Annual Meeting

< 2009 Service Quality and Reliability Performance Report (SQRP)

March 2010

< WEC Community Fund--A Cause Worth Joining

< WEC's Yankee Resolution

< Five Running for Board of Directors

< Rural Electric Co-ops in the Empire State

January 2010

< Panel Addresses WEC Board on Vermont Yankee

< Billing Has Gone Full Circle

< A 'Virtual' Tour of WEC's Coventry Methane Plant Now Available

< Take Advantage of Rebate Programs and a Tax Holiday

December 2009

< A Rate Increase in the Offing

< 'Goodbye' Standard Light Bulb

< President Bernstein Reviews 2009 and Previews 2010

< Wind-Caused Outages Follow Thanksgiving

October/November 2009

< Scores Turn Out for Coventry Open House

< Let's Get Ready Now for What Lies Ahead

< Vermont Utilities Capture $69 Million Federal Grant

< Community Meetings Bring Members Out in Cabot and Chelsea

September 2009

< New Rate Design to be Filed with PSB

< WEC Co-hosts NRECA Regional Meeting

< Co-op Invests in a Sustainability Study

< Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds

July 2009

< Air Conditioning Has Grown Hotter in Vermont

< A Brave New Electronic World

< The NEAEC Co-ops

< West Fairlee's King of Honeybee Queens

June 2009

< A Rousing Discussion of Power at WEC's 70th Annual Meeting

< Seventy Years of Commitment and Courage

< WEC Treasurer Douglas Sees No Rate Hike for Now

< Wendell Cilley and WEC Employees Recognized

April 2009

< 70th Annual Membership Meeting Notice

< Profiles of the Candidates Running for the Board of Directors

< 2008 SQRP

< WEC Officers' Reports for 2008

March 2009

< Five Members Run for the Board

< How to Benefit From the Federal Stimulus Bill

< 2008 WEC Community Fund Report

< Vt. Supreme Court Supports Sheffield Wind Farm

January 2009

< "A Christmas Carol" in Co-op Land

< Now is the Time to Invest in Our Future

< Meet the Member Services Department

< WEC Wants YOU to Consider Running for the Board of Directors

December 2008

< Community Meetings Draw Record Attendance

< President Bernstein Recaps 2008

< Members Urged to Look Out for Each Other This Winter

< Andrea Colnes Appointed to WEC Board of Directors

October 2008

< Co-op Members Approve Second Coventry Expansion

< October is National Co-op Month

< A Worrisome Start to Winter

< New Faces Ensure Continuity

September 2008

< Remembering Wendell Cilley (1951-2008)

< PSB Approves Coventry Expansion

< Co-op Seeks Former Members

< Getting Down and Dirty at Summer Energy Camp

July 2008

á WEC Files for PSB Certificate

á Vermont's Conservation Dilemma: Rural Transportation

á 'First Wind' Awaiting Supreme Court Ruling on Sheffield Proposal

á Meet the Energy Coach

June 2008

á Proposed Rate Design Goes to PSB

á 2007 System Reliability Report

á WEC Employees Recognized

á WEC Recommends the "Pledge"

May 2008

á 69th Annual Meeting Notice

á WEC's Officers Report

á 2007 Service Quality & Reliability Report (SQRP)

á Board of Director Candidates Profiled

March-April 2008

á Cycle Billing Conversion Complete

á WEC Goes Biodiesel

á Four Candidates Run for WEC's Board of Directors

á 2007 WEC Community Fund Report

January 2008

á WEC to Institute Cycle Billing

á Methane Production Justifies Need for Fifth Engine at Coventry Generation Plant

á Co-op's Power Lines Are Getting Smarter Every Day

á Deadlines Approaching for Candidates and Bylaw Changes

December 2007

á Members Provide Direction at Community Meetings

á Deadlines Approaching for Petitions and Bylaw Amendments

á A Successful Past Year and an Exciting Future

á A Cold Day at Coventry Beckons the Co-op's Past

October 2007

á WEC to Submit Revised Rate Design to the PSB

á October is National Co-op Month

á Light at the End of the Tunnel

á Sands and Singleton Join WEC's Line Crew

September 2007

á Wind Project Approved by PSB

á Co-op Board Renewing Vision of WEC's Future

á Former Members Sought for Capital Credit Refunds

á Public Engagement Process Launched by DPS

July 2007

á A Look at WEC's ROW Workers

á Thermal Efficiency: The Low-Hanging Fruit of Energy Conservation

á Michael Dworkin on Power, Alternatives, and Co-operation

á A Visit to the Coventry Generation Facility

June 2007

á "Affordable Energy"--A Focus at WEC's 68th Annual Membership Meeting

á "The Pledge" --A New Conservation Program Previewed

á Rate Design Adjustment in the Works

á Message to Property Owners: "Don't Do It!"

May 2007

á Notice of the 68th Annual Membership Meeting

á President and Treasurer Report to the Membership

á 2006 Service Quality and Reliability Report

á Director Candidates Respond

March/April 2007

á Annual WEC Community Fund Report

á Incumbents Run for Re-election

á 2006 System Reliability Report

á "No Way! Well, Maybe..."

January 2007

á WEC Boosts Power from Methane Plant

á Judge Rules on WEC Property Tax Appeal

á Lost Your Power? CALL!

á Line Crew Takes on a New Look

December 2006

á Members Approve Coventry Expansion

á Coventry Generation Plant Back on Line

á REV Conference in Review

á EVT and WEC Advise Potato Farmer

October 2006

á Coventry Expansion Goes to the Voters

á Efficiency Campaign Previewed at Community Meetings

á Political Candidates Consider Energy

á Dean Shattuck Remembered

September 2006

á Maple Corner Substation Energized

á Community Meetings to be Held in Groton & West Danville

á Inside WEC's Board of Directors

á What's Behind WEC's Pole Inspection Program?

August 2006

á Fire Sidelines Coventry Facility

á Co-op Coventry Plant to Expand

á Former Members Sought for Capital Credit Refunds

á Wind Power--Up Close and Personal

June 2006

á Certifying ROW Skills

á Getting Serious About Energy Efficiency

á Highlights of WEC's 67th Annual Meeting

á Waste Not Finds a Place in Co-op Currents

May 2006

á Official Notice of 67th Annual Meeting

á Officers' Annual Reports Include 2005 Revenue/Expenses

á WEC's 2005 Service Quality Report

á Meet the Candidates Running for the Board of Directors

March/April 2006

á Maple Corner Substation Replacement & Proposed Bylaw Amendments on Annual Ballot

á Members Participate in Professional Survey

á 2005 Community Fund Report

á Three Candidates Run for Board of Directors

January/February 2006

á Improving Service Through System Upgrades

á Coventry. . .Six Months Later

á Members Asked to Make Their Voices Heard

á Tax Credits and Incentives are Back

December 2005

á Wireless Broadband Comes to the Countryside

á Surviving a Prolonged Power Outages

á Voters Approve Sheffield Wind Project

á Foliage Left Trees Vulnerable in October Storm

October 2005

á Community Meetings Discuss Energy Future & Reliability

á Rep. Bernie Sanders Reads Statement into Congressional Record

á Cooperative Principles Guide Co-ops Around the World

á Vt. Energy Leaders Gather for REV Conference

September 2005

á WEC Workers Depart for Louisiana

á A Day to Remember in Coventry

á Fuel Buyers Clubs See Climb in Membership and Costs

á Report Trouble When You See It

August 2005

á WEC Celebrates Opening of Methane Generation Facility

á Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds

á Public Invited to Renewable Energy Conference

á Wind Power--Myths, Apprehensions and Certainties

June 2005

á WEC to Assist UPC Vermont Wind

á WEC Sells Joe's Pond Beach

á John Bellefeuille Honored

á Annual Meeting Highlights

April 2005

á 66th Annual Meeting Features Ornithologist Bryan Pfeiffer

á WEC's 2004 Revenues/Expenses--Power Costs Up But RECs Hold Rates

á Position Statements of the 2005 Director Candidates

á President's and Manager's Annual Report to the Membership

March 2005

á Three Candidates Run for WEC Board

á 2004 Community Fund Summary

á Co-op Member Tours Construction Site for Nuclear Dump

á Outage Report Looks Back at 2004

January 2005

á Billing Tips to Serve You and Your Co-op

á Co-op's Perspective on Legislative Issues

á Energy Policy Should Be on Vermont's 'Short List'

á 'Telezappers' Can Keep You in the Dark

December 2004

á Coventry Generating Plant and Transmission Line Construction Begins

á WEC Renews New Milford Contract

á How Rural Electric Co-ops Transformed the Countryside--Part II

á WEC's Founder, E. Harmon Kelley, Remembered

October 2004

á Energy Issues Addressed by Political Candidates

á Public Hearing Notice Re: Integrated Resource Plan

á How Rural Electric Co-ops Transformed the Countryside--Part I

á October is National Co-op Month

September 2004

á South Walden Substation Now on Board

á WEC Contracts with Pizzagalli and VEC Re: Coventry Project

á Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds

á Cost Effective Ways to Conserve

July/August 2004

á Members Approve Coventry Landfill Gas to Energy Project

á WEC Highlights the Operation Crew

á Connections Between Coventry, Montpelier, and Nevada

á Community Fund Helps Woodbury Foodshelf

June 2004

á Coventry Project Goes to WEC Voters

á Outage Analysis

á Four-Way Contest for WEC Board Settled

á Waste Management District Has Ambitious Mission Statement

April/May 2004

á 65th Annual Meeting: Tradition with an Eye Toward Tomorrow

á WEC's Revenues, Expenses Kept Close in 2003

á Position Statements of the 2004 Director Candidates

á President's and Manager's Annual Report to the Membership

March 2004

á Four Candidates Vie for Three Board Seats

á Bylaw Amendment Addresses 'Bad Debt'

á Co-op Area Meetings Well Attended

á WEC Requires Registration of Emergency Generators

January/February 2004

á Vermont's Progress Toward Wind-Powered Generation

á Proposing a Vermont Energy Plan

á WEC's Community Fund Success

á Upcoming Board Vacancies

December 2003

á Big Blow Whacks WEC's System

á Stable Rates / System Reliability

á The Latest in Coventry, Generation Project

á Janet LaRochelle Retires

October 2003

á Recalling When Co-op Power Reached the Brainerd Farm in '46

á WEC Promotes Energy Star Homes

á WEC's Technicians are Masters of All Trades

á New 5-Star Home Featured

September 2003

á Coventry Clean Energy Project to Secure Stable Energy Future

á WEC Holds Local Gatherings to Discuss Coventry, Other Issues

á Co-op Seeks Former Members for Capital Credit Refunds

á Vermont Electric Co-op to Buy Citizens Utilities

August 2003

á WEC Announces Plans to Generate Power from Methane

á A Profile of Vermont Filmmaker and WEC Member John O'Brien

á New South Walden Substation Under Construction

á Miscellaneous Outages Caused by Faulty Equipment

June 2003

á Capital Credit Refunds May Support New Community Fund Program

á Two Energy-Related Bills Pass at End of Legislative Session

á Member Marion Button of Chelsea Remembered

á North Fayston Road Members Affected By Northern Power Expansion

April 2003

á 64th Annual Meeting Looks to WEC's Future With Renewable Energy

á Increased Power Sales Resulted in Greater Revenues in 2002

á Position Statements of the 2003 Director Candidates

á President's and Manager's Annual Report to the Membership

March 2003

á Introduction to WEC's Accounting Department and Other Staffing Changes

á Three Candidates Run for the Board of Directors

á WEC's "Wardrobe" of Surge Suppressors

á Proposed Bylaw Changes to Streamline Co-op Membership

February 2003

á Meeting the Staff of WEC's Engineering Department

á The Vision of the New Department of Public Service Commissioner

á Annual Outage Report Identifies Problems and Successes on WEC's System

á Tracking the Development of Fuel Cell Technology

December 2002

á New Long Distance Calling Service Offered

á WEC Reluctantly Takes Towns to Court Over Tax Issues

á Operations System Improvements Scheduled for 2003

á Viewpoint: The Economies of Residential Solar Energy

October 2002

á WEC Gets A Checkup

á VT Political Candidates Address WEC Members on Energy Issues

á Deciding When to Upgrade Home Appliances

á October is National Co-op Month

September 2002

á Vermont Struggles with Renewable Energy Policy

á WEC's Strategy for Summer Power Costs

á First 9/11 Anniversary Turns Thoughts to Community

á WEC's 2002 Capital Credit Equity Distribution Plan

July 2002

á Co-op Business Profile: GP's Auto Service

á WEC Adopts State-Approved Service Quality and Reliability Plan

á Home Generators Needed as Back-Up Power to Regional Grid

á WEC Working with Other Utilities to Curb Outages

June 2002

á Damaged Transmission Lines Idle WEC Substations

á Members Approve New Substation, Bylaws at Annual Meeting

á Internet Access Now Available Through WEC

á WEC's Perspective on Enron's Rise and Fall

April 2002

á Annual Meeting Speaker from the Frontiers of Renewable Energy

á Annual Officers' Reports: President, Manager, Treasurer

á Four Candidates Seek Member Support

á Amendments Would Bring Bylaws in Line with State Statute

March 2002

á WEC Replaces Nuclear Power with Landfill Gas

á Introduction to 2002 Director Candidates

á Membership Approval Needed for New Substation

á Winter Storms Spike Outages in 2001

January/February 2002

á WEC Sells its Shares or Vermont Yankee Power Corp.

á Waits River 5th Graders are Wired

á Board to Propose Two Bylaw Revisions in 2002

á Strong Interest Revealed in Board Vacancy

December 2001

á WEC Receives $1 Million Grant for Wind Power Generation

á WEC's Average Bills in Line with Other Utilities

á Co-op Drains Reservoir for Police Investigation

á Governor's Energy Plan Advances Efficiencies, Renewables

October 2001

á Getting Ready for Winter

á Winter Power Outages a Fact of Life

á Manager's Report "Security Now On Everyone's Mind"

á What You Can Do to Protect the Right-of-way

September 2001

á 2001 Capital Credit Program Returns $200,000

á Energy Efficiency and Hydro Quebec Costs

á Pioneering Co-op Household Wins Solar Prize

á So How's Renewable Energy Doing in Vermont?

July 2001

á Growth in Rural America Means Growth for Electric Co-ops

á Hydro-Quebec Ice Storm Settlement

á Fuel Cell Technology Brings Freedom from the Electric Grid

á WEC Board Member Writes About Experiences in the Field with WEC Crews

June 2001

á WEC Energizes New Moretown Substation

á Annual Meeting Election Results

á Surge Suppressors, Uninterruptible Power Supply Devices
Now Available Through the Co-op

á Co-op's Telephone Receptionist Jan Cochran Retires

April 2001

á Notice of 62nd Annual Membership Meeting, May 8, 2001

á Annual Reports from the President, General Manager and Treasurer

á Position Statements of Four Candidates to the Board of Directors

á Proposed Bylaw Amendments Now Go to the Members

March 2001

á A Visit with Weather Forecaster and WEC Member Roger Hill

á USDA Program Provides Money for Rural Home Repairs

á Bylaw Proposals Hold Key to Co-op's Future

á Four Candidates Vie for Seats on WEC's Board

January/February 2001

á Co-op Crews Pull All Nighters in February Storms

á Marshfield "School House" Common Making Its Mark

á Market Competition: Are the Price Swings Worth It?

á 2000 Outage Report Shows Reduced Outages Per Member

December 2000

á Ruling Allows Co-op to Discontinue Winter Rates

á Board Proposes Adjustments in Wake of New Vermont Co-op Law

á Your Co-op and the Sale of Vermont Yankee

á Metal Works Brings Whimsy to Walden

October 2000

á WEC's Position Statement on Retail Competition in the Electric Utility Industry

á Co-op Seeks Early Regulatory Approval on Ending Seasonal Rates

á Candidates for the Offices of U.S. Senate and House Offer Positions on Restructuring

á 3 Veteran Employees Retire; 2 New Employees Hired

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