VELCO
Bethany Bride is an experienced professional in project management and accounting, currently serving as a Project Manager and formerly as a Project Financial Analyst at Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) since August 2014. Prior to this role, Bethany worked as a Senior Accountant at A.M. Peisch & Company, LLP CPAs from October 2008 to August 2014. Bethany holds a Certificate in Project Management from Champlain College and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting and Management from Castleton State College.
VELCO
Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) is Vermont’s statewide electric transmission provider whose sights are set on creating a sustainable Vermont through our people, assets, relationships and operating model. Formed in 1956 when local Vermont utilities established the nation’s first “transmission only” company to access clean hydro power from New York, VELCO remains unique in two important ways: 1. our ownership comprises the state’s 17 distribution utilities and a public benefits corporation; and, 2. our for-profit status is structured to return cooperative-like value to our owners, their customers, and every Vermonter. VELCO’s system now includes: 740 miles of transmission lines; 55 substations, switching stations and terminal facilities; 13,000 acres of rights-of-way; a statewide emergency service radio system; and, a 1,600-mile fiber optic network that monitors and controls the electric system and helps to deliver broadband services to Vermonters. Headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, VELCO employees strive to give Vermont’s utilities and their customers a reliable high-voltage grid, a strong unified voice on regional energy issues, and continued access to safe, reliable, cost-effective electricity.