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Wellsboro Electric Company is an investor-owned electric utility and consequentially falls under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC). To date, Wellsboro service area encompasses 178 square miles and entails approximately 570 miles of power lines, both overhead and underground. Wellsboro Electric operates two 34,500-volt substations. Consumer density averages 10 customers per mile of line. Wellsboro Electric Company serves over 6200 accounts in Wellsboro Borough and surrounding areas.
The customer base breaks down as follows:
Residential……….. 5100
Industrial…………. 12
We're members of:
Energy Association of Pennsylvania (EAPA)
Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
About Our Management Team
WECO's management team has extensive utility experience
Rachel Hauser
Scot Boyce
Vice President of Finance & Administration
Barney Farnsworth
Craig Eccher
Company FactsWECo TodayBoard of DirectorsHow We Started
Wellsboro Electric Company has been an electric service provider since 1894
Office hours are from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday
Our service area is about 178 square miles
All of our generation is currently purchased from Dominion Energy Marketing, Inc.
We are a voting member of PJM Interconnection L.L.C.
We serve approximately 6,200 residential, commercial and industrial customers
We have 16-full time highly skilled employees
8 line/operations support employees
8 office/support employees
All employees are local
Our emergency response service is available 24/7
Crews work 24 hours per day during emergencies
We utilize modern equipment, vehicles and systems such as SCADA, Automatic Meter Reading and GPS Mapping
We also utilize a state-of-the-art outage management system and customer information system
We have confidential envelope billing with a return envelope
We also have the following for your convenience:
24-hour payment
Automatic bill payment program
Budget Billing payment program
Energy gift certificates
Safety is our number one concern
Wellsboro Electric Company is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, elected by the majority stockholder, C & T Enterprises, Inc. Directors meet on a regular basis for utility updates and to make decisions pertaining to company policies and procedures. WECo is managed by 3 service officers.
WECo employees oversee day-to-day operations including construction, line maintenance, administrative and clerical obligations. WECO's management team includes three officers with extensive utility experience. Complimenting WECO's management team is specialty support from C & T Enterprises – including Information Technology, Key Accounts, Call Center operations, Communications support and Human Resources.
Wellsboro Electric Company's current Board of Directors:
Thomas L. Rudy (Chairman)
Alfred Calkins (Vice Chairman)
James Luce (Secretary)
Steve Sliwinski (Director at Large)
Ronald Gilbert
Dr. James Davis
Charles Bullock
Erick J.Coolidge
Lowell Geiser
Originally named Wellsborough Electric Company, Wellsboro Electric (WECo) was incorporated on April 11, 1894.
The original board consisted of five businessmen from the local community.
At the time of incorporation, Wellsboro Electric was granted the right to be the sole supplier of electricity to the residents of the Borough of Wellsboro. As the demand for electricity grew, the grant was extended to include Middlebury, Delmar and Charlestown Townships.
Wellsboro Electric generated its own electricity until the early 1960s. Increasing fuel and maintenance costs led WECo to cease generation operations. Since then all power requirements have been filled through wholesale power contracts.
WECo's Original Building
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