On Thursday over 110 Vermonters traveled to the State House for Ridges Are Not Renewable Day. At the press conference, I called for a “time-out” on further utility-scale wind development to evaluate the impacts already approved projects have had on our communities and natural resources.
Thursday February 2nd was Ridges Are Not Renewable day at the Vermont State House. Energize Vermont held a press conference where Executive Director Lukas Snelling called for a moratorium on utility-scale wind development in Vermont. Below are his comments from that day. You can also download them in a PDF. ENERGIZE VERMONT PRESS CONFERNCE Ridges Are Not [...]
Wednesday night Energize Vermont hosted what we hope to be the first of many conversations about creating a community solar installation in Rutland County.
Below is an editorial reposted here from the Rutland Herald. Published: January 28, 2012 Over the past six years production of wind turbines in the United States has grown by 12 times, according to a report in The New York Times. There are now more than 400 facilities in 43 states, and according to [...]
Reported here from WPTZ. VERGENNES, Vt. — A recently installed wind turbine in Vergennes is the first in a Green Mountain Power project targeting smaller community projects, but one neighbor is so upset about it that he wants to move away.
Reposted here from the Addison Independent. MIDDLEBURY — Green Mountain Power CEO Mary Powell believes her company’s proposed merger with Central Vermont Public Service Corp. (CVPS) will stabilize utility rates, save customers $500 million during the next 20 years and make the state a stronger place to do business.
The Vermont Biomass Energy Working Group has published their final report. You can download it here.
Reposted here from the Rutland Herald. Published: January 22, 2012 The Shumlin administration’s recent development of a comprehensive energy plan for Vermont sets a laudable goal of attaining 90 percent of our energy from renewable resources by midcentury. Unfortunately, Vermont’s current state renewable energy policy (the Vermont SPEED program) is badly flawed. Rather than [...]
