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Public Service Department AGAIN tries to end net metering
Unfortunately, the PSD’s report on Act 179, expands far beyond its legislatively mandated purpose of developing a successor program to group net metering for the affordable housing...
REV2024 Recap: Environmentally Achievable 100% Renewables by 2035
Getting to 100% renewable electricity will require a significant expansion in renewable generation as well as support infrastructure such as transmission and energy storage. Eddie Duncan...
REV2024 Recap: Review of New PUC Rules 5.100, 5.400, 5.500, and 2.100
In 2023 and 2024, the Public Utility Commission updated four key rules governing renewable energy permitting in Vermont. The major takeaway from the REV2024 panel Review of New PUC rules...
REV 2025 Legislative Agenda: Establish and Equal Process for the Environmental Review of Distribution Upgrades
Historically, Vermont utilities have managed the process of environmental assessment and permitting for upgrades to existing distribution infrastructure when new renewable energy projects...
REV2024 Recap: Can Regulation Keep Pace in our Brave New Energy World?
With renewables setting new milestones in efficiency and cost-effectiveness and the climate crisis intensifying, the urgent questions about the energy transition are less about what we...
REV 2025 Legislative Agenda: 25kW is the New 15kW for Ground Mount Net Metered Solar
As more and more Vermonters continue to electrify their homes and businesses by switching to EVs and heat pumps, they are also looking to generate more of their own power from solar....
REV Op-Ed: We Have Accomplishments to Be Proud of in Our Fight Against Global Warming
Though the tragic and costly impacts of changing weather extremes on Vermont continue to (justifiably) make headlines, they shouldn’t totally overshadow recent accomplishments in the fight...
Procuring Distributed Generation: Lessons from Vermont’s Standard Offer Program
This year’s update to the Renewable Energy Standard will require a dramatic increase in the deployment of distributed generation in Vermont. Outside of the state’s net-metering program,...
Op-Ed by Peter Sterling: Vermont Legislature Enacts Landmark 100% Renewable Energy Bill
On June 17th the Vermont General Assembly overrode Governor Phil’s Scott’s veto to enact H.289 modernizing Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard requiring all Vermont utilities to deliver...
Op-ed by Jonathan Dowds: Getting the Most from Vermont’s Hydro Power
From 18th-century mills to current hydroelectric facilities, hydropower has been a valuable resource throughout Vermont’s history. Today, hydro is an important source of carbon-free...
VT Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto, Takes Historic Step to 100% Renewable Energy
The Vermont General Assembly voted today to overwhelmingly endorse H.289 to modernize the Renewable Energy Standard and set Vermont utilities on track to deliver 100% renewable electricity...
PUC Makes Net Metering More Expensive for the 7th Year in a Row
The Public Utility Commission issued its final order in the net-metering biennial update on May 30th and as expected, adopted the Public Service Department's recommendation to reduce the...
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