The West Oregon Electric Co-op offices in Vernonia. Photo: Chas Hundley Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for listening to Oregon’s electric cooperatives and fighting tirelessly to add important legislation to the 2020 spending bill. The bill included a provision known as the RURAL Act, which protects electric cooperatives from[Read More…]

The West Oregon Electric Co-op offices in Vernonia. Photo: Chas Hundley For the past 75 years Oregon’s electric cooperatives like West Oregon Electric Cooperative have provided our members affordable, reliable electricity. Sometimes that’s not easy. WOEC experienced four FEMA events in the last 6 years, leaving consumers without power, causing[Read More…]

The West Oregon Electric Co-op offices in Vernonia. Photo: Chas Hundley Dear Fellow WOEC Member/Owners, long power outages are dangers to our health, livelihoods and quality of life. Board of Directors’ policy and priorities are crucial aspects of how this is managed. I am running for the District 5 Board of[Read More…]