The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 30 V.S.A. § 3007)
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§ 3007. Members, qualifications
Each incorporator of a cooperative shall be a member thereof, but no other person
may become a member thereof unless such other person uses electric energy or other
services, goods, or products furnished by the cooperative when they are made available
through its electric distribution facilities, or a person may become a member by purchasing
and paying the cooperative for renewable energy certificates or other environmental
attributes associated with the generation of electricity. A member of a cooperative
who ceases to use electric energy shall cease to be a member if he or she does not
use electric energy supplied by the cooperative within six months after it is made
available, or if electric energy is not made available by the cooperative within two
years after he or she becomes a member or some lesser period as the bylaws of the
cooperative may provide. Two or more owners or occupants of property served by a cooperative
may hold a joint membership in a cooperative. Membership in a cooperative shall not
be transferable, except as provided by the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional
qualifications and limitations in respect to membership. (Amended 1999, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; amended 2005, No. 61, § 14.)