Wednesday night Energize Vermont hosted what we hope to be the first of many conversations about creating a community solar installation in Rutland County.
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 from VTDigger. A proposed wood chip heating system at Goddard College has a group of Plainfield neighbors feeling burned.
This week two biomass projects were reported as “still in the works.” In Fair Haven, theRutland Herald reported that Beaver Wood Energy is working their way through the permitting process, and is expecting to continue the Section 248 process in January. In North Springfield, Winstanley Enterprises announced in a press release that they had just filed to [...]
Reposted from Rutland Herald. The proposed wood-fueled electricity generation plant and related wood pellet factory in Fair Haven ends the year working through several construction permit processes.
Reposted from VTDigger. Editor’s note: Josh Schlossberg is the editor of The Biomass Monitor. I’m sure I’m speaking for most Vermonters when I thank Sen. Leahy, Sen. Sanders, Rep. Welch and Gov. Shumlin for pushing the federal government to increase fuel-assistance dollars so Vermonters can afford to heat their homes over the winter.
Have you seen our film about Vermont’s energy options yet? If not, visitwww.VermontEnergyOptions.org and learn more about the impacts of utility-scale development and how community oriented solutions are a better path for Vermont’s energy future.
