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VELCO’s works with Vermont’s 17 local utilities and the New England regional grid operator to meet high national and regional standards of reliability designed to ensure that electricity, the lifeblood of our homes, economy and society, is always available, even Electric transmission is part of the electrical system that carries power at high voltage from where it is generated to substations where it can be transformed to lower voltage to supply local customers through their electric distribution companies. Roughly, you can think Vermont Electric Power Company—VELCO—was founded in 1956 when local utilities joined together to create the nation’s first “transmission only” electric company. Forming VELCO enabled Vermonters to build a more reliable, interconnected transmission grid capable of sharing access to clean hydro power from across our borders. The 150 employees of VELCO bring de*p know-how, pas*ion and creativity to ensuring the reliability of Vermont's power grid today and finding In 2017, VELCO joined with Governor Scott, Burlington Mayor Weinberger in forming the Vermont Climate Pledge Coalition, made up of more than 30 businesses, non-profits, municipalities, and educational institutions dedicated to the Paris Climate Agreement and Vermont’s goal of 90% renewable energy by 2050. Check out the Community Energy Dashboard for VELCO’s climate pledge actions and ways you can VELCO is one of 7 utilities accredited as a Right-of-Way Steward for our integrated vegetation management practices. Recently, the Utility Arborist As*ociation (UAA) produced a video to highlight the work of utility environmental stewards, including our VELCO team. Come take a journey through compatible, biodiverse, pollinator rich, stable, plant communities across the nation in UAA’s first Environmental Vermont Electric Power Company will help continue the second phase of the Rutland Creek Path project through its pledge of $10,000 to the Rutland Creative Economy and Rutland Regional Planning Commission, leaders of this project. The Rutland Creek Path will be a three-mile