The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed the Environmental Division’s decision last week, after a year-long appeal process challenging the Act 250 permit issued to the City of Burlington for the Champlain Read more »
Government Relations & Public Policy
Vermont Senate Takes up RESET Bill This Week – Connecticut Decision on Vermont RECs Part of the Discussion
The Vermont Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee took testimony last week on H.40, the proposed renewable portfolio standard bill passed by the House on March 10. The bill would replace the Read more »
Vermont Public Service Board Revamps Renewable Energy Standard-Offer Program; Establishes Market-Based Mechanism for New Projects
Back in May 2012, the Vermont Legislature enacted into law (Act 170) significant changes to the "SPEED" Standard Offer program for in-state renewable electric energy projects with a capacity of 2.2 Read more »
Vermont Energy Siting Commission to Evaluate Permitting Examples From Other New England States
Governor Shumlin’s Energy Siting Commission will convene again this week to consider potential changes to the process for siting and permitting energy facilities in Vermont. At the Commission’s first Read more »
Governor’s Commission on Energy Generation Siting: Are Changes on the Horizon?
On October 2, 2012, Governor Shumlin signed Executive Order 10-12, convening a 5 member energy-siting commission whose appointees were subsequently selected by the Commissioner of the Department of Read more »
Elements of Proposed Vermont Environmental Reform Bill
The Vermont Senate Natural Resources Committee passed a bill out of committee this week that would bring some changes to the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court and to the appeal Read more »
