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.