Smart Grid Readiness Vermont Electric Cooperative has recently launched Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Advanced AMI deployment, signaling a readiness and ongoing investment in modern grid technology. This creates opportunities to offer cybersecurity, data analytics, and cloud-scale infrastructure services to support meter data handling, analytics, and system integration.

EV Grid Collaboration The development of a residential Vehicle-to-Grid program model indicates interest in distributed energy resources and flexible load management. Sales opportunities exist for energy storage, V2G integration platforms, vehicle-to-grid software services, and related DER optimization solutions.

Field Operations Enablement Recent partnerships with drone services for inspections suggest a need for field data capture, remote sensing, asset management, and wireless connectivity solutions. Potential offerings include drone-enabled inspection platforms, asset lifecycle analytics, and GIS-enabled field operations tools.

Cybersecurity & Compliance The technology stack includes web and CMS platforms (WordPress, Joomla) and security tools (Sucuri), underscoring ongoing concerns with cybersecurity for a member-owned utility. Opportunity to expand with robust OT/ICS security, threat monitoring, and secure software supply chain services.

Growth & Community Focus As the largest locally owned distribution utility in Vermont with a sizable member base and a strong well-being award history, there is potential to position services around member engagement analytics, scalable customer communications, and community-focused programs leveraging the cooperative’s trust and local presence.