Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) is a member-owned electric distribution utility established in 1938 to bring electricity to rural Vermonters. Today, VEC is Vermont's third largest electric utility serving consumers in 74 towns in northern Vermont. As a cooperative, members democratically elect local representatives to serve on our Board of Directors. We're proud that by 2009, 80% of our members had Smart Meters integrated with our Outage Management System putting VEC in the top 1% of utilities in the country.  Today, nearly 97% of VEC’s meters are automated, smart meters and by the end of 2012 VEC’s automated meter deployment project is expected to be complete.

Tom Bailey, president of the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) Board of Directors, announced on December 1, 2011 that George Lague will join the board as an eastern zone director. Lague was appointed by the board to fill a vacancy caused by the death in July of long-time director, Bert Lague. He will serve by appointment until the term expires in May 2012.