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Corporate strategy and execution
Management and oversight
Financial management
Power supply procurement
President & CEO
Gary Wood was appointed the Cooperative's chief executive officer in 2008. In the previous eight years, Mr. Wood served as Vice President of Engineering and Operations and then as Senior Vice President at CVEC.
Mr. Wood is a licensed professional engineer, earning his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia and his Master's of Business Administration from Auburn University. Mr. Wood has served on both the Nelson County School Board and Board of Supervisors.
Mr. Wood represents the interests of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative by serving on the boards of directors of the following organizations: The Blue Ridge Power Agency, Southeastern Federal Power Customers, Inc., and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. He also served on the board of directors of CVEC's wholly owned subsidiary, Central Virginia Services, Inc.
Mr. Wood and his wife, Debbie Harvey, live in Nelson County. They have a son and a daughter.
CVEC Management Team:
Communications and Member Services
Provides the Cooperative Member Owners with information related CVEC’s efforts to provide a good value, reliable electric service at affordable rates.
3 employees
Informs members of programs, policies and upcoming events
Utilizes newsletters, website, social media and community presentations
Responsible for outage communications
Conducts key accounts program
Acts as legislative liason for Cooperative
Develops energy efficiency information
Conducts community events
Plans CVEC Annual Member Meeting
Communications and Administrative Services Manager: Melissa Gay
Engineering Services
Engineering Services handles short and long-range construction planning to ensure that the electric system performs reliably and meets the demands of growth.
10 employees
System long-range planning for growth areas
Planning and project management for transmission lines and substations
Installation and maintenance of the SCADA hardware and software
System studies to analyze protection schemes for reclosers, fuses, circuit breakers
Support for microwave communications system
Operation and maintenance of equipment, radio networks, and control systems for substation operations, metering, automation, and protection
Maintenance of the meter shop and apparatus shop
Engineering support for special projects, power quality studies, and member-owned distributed generation systems.
Engineering Services Manager: Joseph Key
Finance and Accounting
Accounting and Billing is focused on the areas of accounting and billing, those areas that assure the smooth running of office and support services.
8 employees
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Billing
Tax forms
Financial and regulatory reporting
Budget administration
Procedural analysis
Implementation of new requirements and standards
Finance and Accounting Manager: Amanda Hall
Information Technology
The IT Department helps keep CVEC on the cutting edge of new technologies and manages computer infrastructure and data.
5 employees
Provide access to secure, reliable, and timely data
Investigate new technologies
Manage local and wide-area networks
Maintain telecommunications infrastructure
Help Desk support for equipment and applications
Information Technology Manager: Matthew Wood
Human Resources
Human Resources provides support to operating departments in their task of obtaining, organizing, developing and retaining the most suitably-qualified staff needed to meet the objectives of the Cooperative.
2 employees
Payroll
Recruitment and orientation
Compensation and benefits administration
Employee relations and communications
Recognition programs and activities
Training, organizational development and planning
Human Resources policies and compliance
Personnel and CDL/Department of Transportation records
Human Resources & Member Services Manager: Lynne Beardsley
Member Services
Member services gathers and provides information to CVEC members, employees and the general public through print, electronic and broadcast media as well as directly through our Member Service Representatives who field thousands of calls each month.
15 employees
Member inquiries and requests for assistance
Member assistance to manage energy consumption
Generate service orders for field activities
Make payment arrangements
Manage disconnections / reconnections
Produce member and public events for CVEC.
Manage community and government relations
Conduct energy efficiency programs and education
Design and production of publications and website for distribution within the company,
to CVEC members, and to the community
Member Services Supervisor:
Reliability and System Engineering
Reliability and System Engineering focuses on reliability concerns and field engineering to ensure reliable and consistent power delivery to CVEC members.
19 employees
System planning including long-range planning for growth areas
System improvement and construction
Securing easements
New service requests and processing service upgrades
Monitors SCADA control center (dispatch) related to outage management
Maintains mapping system for all facilities in the field
Mobile radio communications and AVL system
Right-of-way maintenance
Purchase and management of materials and inventory
Hydro facility operations
Reliability & Systems Engineering Manager: Robert Harris
Operations
The primary function of the Operations Department is to "keep the lights on." Operations is responsible for outage restoration, day-to-day management of the system, building/repairing lines and carrying out work orders.
42 employees
Line construction and maintenance
Restoration of service after outages
Easement maintenance
Safety and training program management
Inventory maintenance
Facilities and fleet maintenance
Operations Manager: Jay Palmer
CVEC Division Staff
CVEC has operations employees stationed in three division offices in Nelson, Appomattox and Fluvanna Counties. These employees actively work on:
Line construction and maintenance
Meter reading
Warehouse operations
Staking and engineering
Restoration of service after outages
Division Offices Staff:
Corey RobinsonSuperintendentDivision IIAppomattoxEric CarterSuperintendentDivision IIIPalmyra | FluvannaJ. C. GoodwinSuperintendentDivision IColleen | Nelson
Bruce Maurhoff
Senior Vice President
& COO
Tina Mallia
Vice President
& CFO
Melissa C. Gay
Communications & Member Services Manager
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Phone: 434.263.8336 | Toll free: 800.367.2832 | Fax: 434.263.8339
Corporate Headquarters:
800 Cooperative Way
Arrington, VA 22922
Payments:
Dept. 1340 | PO Box 2153
Birmingham, AL 35287-1340
Correspondence:
P. O. Box 247
Lovingston, VA 22949