Innovation Focus

It's not news to anyone that the electric utility industry is evolving quickly and utilities are continually testing new technologies, experimenting, and learning. 

VEC's innovation focus is multi-faceted. Below are relevant  resources.

Sweet Watts Podcast. Our goal with our Sweet Watts podcast is to offer detailed strategies and lessons learned from Virtual Power Plant experiments. We believe there is so much value in sharing what we have learned and seeking out what others have learned. Our posts dive into the "how" with practical insights and a hopefully also a sprinkle some humor on what are often quite dry topics. Importantly, we hope these articles spur additional conversations and they are not meant to be a definite guide. (And finally, our goal audience is primarily energy nerds so we do expect this will be super geeky, akin to Star Wars Clone Wars Season 8.)

VEC Webinar Series. VEC's Innovation Webinar Series offers a look the technologies and strategies the co-op is utilizing to assure our system serves our members with safe, affordable and reliable energy services well into the future.

Adding Value Through Flexible Load: VEC's Strategies for Optimizing the Grid. (October 2024) 

Behind the Scenes: A Look at VEC's Control Center. (July 2024) 

Keeping the Lights on: Strategies for the Future. (March 2024)

VEC and the Modern Electric Grid- What You Need to Know.  (Nov. 2023)