/tags/public-utility-commission Public Utility Commission en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:48:27 GMT /local-news/2025-01-16/controversial-clean-heat-standard-gets-cost-detail-in-proposed-rules-by-vermont-regulators A first-in-the-nation policy that seeks to reduce the amount of fossil fuels Vermonters use to heat their homes would add an estimated 58 cents per gallon to the cost of heating fuel over the next 10 years, according to a report issued by the Public Utility Commission. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:48:27 GMT /local-news/2025-01-16/controversial-clean-heat-standard-gets-cost-detail-in-proposed-rules-by-vermont-regulators Peter Hirschfeld /local-news/2023-08-21/vermont-regulators-approve-2-month-moratorium-on-electric-gas-cutoffs-for-flood-victims The Public Utility Commission has approved a two-month moratorium on electric and natural gas disconnections for residential and commercial customers who are rebuilding after this summer’s floods. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:27:05 GMT /local-news/2023-08-21/vermont-regulators-approve-2-month-moratorium-on-electric-gas-cutoffs-for-flood-victims Howard Weiss-Tisman /local-news/2023-08-21/vermont-regulators-lift-cap-on-green-mountain-power-home-battery-programs Green Mountain Power says more people signed up for the batteries, which are able to store power and provide energy during extreme weather events, after this summer's floods. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 19:31:32 GMT /local-news/2023-08-21/vermont-regulators-lift-cap-on-green-mountain-power-home-battery-programs Mary Williams Engisch /local-news/2023-07-28/state-says-southern-vermont-wind-project-no-longer-needs-to-track-bird-bat-mortalities Avangrid Renewables owns the 15-turbine Deerfield Wind project in Searsburg and Readsboro, and the company was required to measure bird and bat deaths as part of its state permit. Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:00:45 GMT /local-news/2023-07-28/state-says-southern-vermont-wind-project-no-longer-needs-to-track-bird-bat-mortalities Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2022-06-14/vermont-regulators-likely-to-delay-changes-to-solar-net-meter-payment-formula The state is updating the solar net metering rules, but the Public Utility Commission did not make structural changes to how incentive payments are formulated â€� as some advocates called for. Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2022-06-14/vermont-regulators-likely-to-delay-changes-to-solar-net-meter-payment-formula Howard Weiss-Tisman, Mitch Wertlieb, Karen Anderson /show/vermont-edition/2022-05-30/what-will-happen-to-green-river-reservoir-if-its-dam-is-decommissioned This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak discusses the possible decommissioning of a dam in Lamoille County and what it would mean for the Green River Reservoir. Mon, 30 May 2022 16:52:07 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-05-30/what-will-happen-to-green-river-reservoir-if-its-dam-is-decommissioned Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer /vpr-news/2022-03-28/vt-regulators-are-giving-solar-developers-an-extra-year-to-deal-with-covid-supply-chain-issues The Public Utility Commission has extended solar development permits by one year because developers can not get the equipment they need to complete projects. Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2022-03-28/vt-regulators-are-giving-solar-developers-an-extra-year-to-deal-with-covid-supply-chain-issues Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2021-11-22/a-global-energy-crunch-higher-prices-and-what-it-all-means-for-keeping-vermont-homes-warm-this-winter A global energy crunch has been unfolding for months now, driving up the cost of oil and natural gas and creating an expensive problem for the roughly 60% of Vermont households that rely on fuel oil, propane, natural gas or other fossil fuels to heat their homes. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-11-22/a-global-energy-crunch-higher-prices-and-what-it-all-means-for-keeping-vermont-homes-warm-this-winter Mitch Wertlieb, Matthew F Smith /vpr-news/2021-05-10/solar-suits-this-battle-in-bennington-touched-off-a-tangled-web-of-litigation Thomas Melone’s solar projects planned for the Apple Hill neighborhood in Bennington have so far generated more litigation than electrons.The Newâ€� Mon, 10 May 2021 10:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2021-05-10/solar-suits-this-battle-in-bennington-touched-off-a-tangled-web-of-litigation John Dillon /vpr-news/2021-02-01/regulators-cite-multiple-issues-with-vermont-gas-pipeline-construction State regulators say Vermont Gas failed to comply with its permit and didn't follow its own construction standards when it built its 41-mile natural gasâ€� Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:25:13 GMT /vpr-news/2021-02-01/regulators-cite-multiple-issues-with-vermont-gas-pipeline-construction John Dillon