Reposted from Rutland Herald. PROCTOR — The Vermont Marble Museum owners weren’t the only ones complaining on Wednesday that dramatic hikes in their electric bills were putting them out of business.
Reposted from VPR. Some advocates would like to see Vermont towns go back to the renewable energy future by relying more heavily on hydroelectricity.
Reposted from VTDigger. This year’s energy bill passed Friday afternoon after weeks of uncertainty.
Reposted from WCAX. MONTPELIER, Vt. – This was a debate the governor and the legislative leadership would have preferred did not happen, but it did. It centered around $21 million all tied up in a big merger between Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power.
Reposted from Rutland Herald. City aldermen questioned the details of a proposed solar power project Wednesday.
Reposted from Rutland Herald. MONTPELIER — As state regulators on the Vermont Public Service Board prepare to decide the merits of a politically explosive, $700 million utility merger, two opponents in the case — Green Mountain Power and AARP — squared off in documents submitted to the board Monday that form their most comprehensive [...]
Reposted from Rutland Herald. A local environmental group, Vermonters for a Clean Environment, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court asking that the U.S. Forest Service be prohibited from issuing a special permit for the construction of an electricity generation plant using 15 wind turbines in Readsboro and Searsburg.
Reposted from Times Argus. With energy costs on the rise, renewable energy has received a fair amount of attention lately — from wind and solar power to electric cars.
