[6] Vermont Electric Cooperative was founded in 1938 in Eden Mills to serve residents in parts of rural Lamoille County who had been bypassed by investor-owned utilities.

From the 1940s until the early 1960s, the territory it served expanded in northern Vermont through the construction of new lines and the acquisition of small private companies.

Additionally 12 member services in 3 towns of MA were sold to Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO)[6] In 2008, Vermont Electric Cooperative sought a 9.2% rate increase from the Vermont Public Service Board.

[10] District 1 includes the towns of Averill, Avery's Gore, Barton, Bloomfield, Brighton, Brownington, Brunswick, Canaan, Charleston, Ferdinand, Guildhall, Holland, Lemington, Lewis, Lyndon, Maidstone, Morgan, Newark, Norton, Sheffield, Sutton, Warner's Grant, Warren Gore, Westmore and Wheelock.

District 8 includes Albany, Barton, Craftsbury, Glover, Greensboro, and towns in Lamoille and Caledonia counties.

Members pay an upfront payment for a term of either ten or twenty years and get a fixed monthly credit on their electric bill.