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Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO)

ClimateTech / Energy · Rutland, VT

Vermont's statewide electric transmission grid operator — first transmission-only utility in the US (1956); ~740 mi of line; assets held by Vermont Transco LLC.

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About New England

This is five small states — New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut — each too small on its own to register as a venture market, though Brown and UConn anchor real research bases within them. Connecticut's Fairfield County ("Gold Coast") corridor and its towns feeding the New York commute get their own dedicated coverage instead, since their economic ties run south rather than through the rest of New England. The region's old textile-mill economy has given way to environmental law, green power, and a scattered venture ecosystem that doesn't concentrate in any single city the way Boston, just south, does.

Region Stats

Total firms 91

VC / investors 27

Companies 45

Schools 19

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Green Power

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Overlooked Venture