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Published January 22, 2025 at 10:40PM

Kristen Senechal. [Photo courtesy of NOVEC]

“After an eight-month national search, the Board selected [Senechal] because of her extensive knowledge and more than 15 years of experience in the electric utility industry,” Board Chairman Wade House said. “The Board also is impressed with her leadership style of prioritizing people first.”

Senechal is the executive vice president of transmission and chief operating officer at Lower Colorado River Authority (LRCA) in Austin, Texas. She joined LRCA in 2017 following nine years at CenterPoint Energy in Houston.

NOVEC Lineworkers Help Restore Power in Rural Virginia After Snow

By Caitlyn Meisner

Published January 22, 2025 at 9:00AM

From left to right: NOVEC’s Jake Till, Caleb Barton, Ben Williams, Hunter Partlowe, Connor Jost and Jeremy Jenkins helped lineworkers at Southside Electric Cooperative restore electricity for residents. [Photo courtesy of NOVEC]

NOVEC sent its crew of six men, pictured above, on Jan. 7 to work for three days with SEC, which serves more than 59,000 people. The recent winter storm, according to a NOVEC press release, left 28,000 in the area without power.

“It was good to know we were helping people,” Jake Till, one of NOVEC’s lineworkers, said. “It’s a small, close-knit community. The lineworkers at Southside appreciated our support.”

NOVEC HELPS Partners with NOVEC for Annual Day of Caring at Willing Warriors Retreat

By Aya Karouane

Published November 12, 2024 at 9:03AM

NOVEC HELPS members Ruth Holdbrook, Kim Case Timberlake and Nan Musick work in one of the gardens at Willing Warriors Retreat in Haymarket during the sixth annual Day of Caring. [Image: NOVEC]

Press Release:

On Oct. 23, NOVEC employees partnered with NOVEC Hands Engaged in Local Public Service (HELPS) for the sixth annual Day of Caring at the Willing Warriors Retreat in Haymarket. NOVEC HELPS is a NOVEC-supported, employee-run 501(c)(3).