Vermont

On March 16, 2018, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued its Programmatic Adjustments to the Standard-Offer Program in Docket 17-3935-INV, establishing terms for the 2018 Standard Offer Request for Proposals (RFP), last discussed in Flash Update 66.4. The PUC chose to adopt the recommendations from its February 20 Proposal for Decision (see Flash Update 66.3 …

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As discussed in Digest 87, on March 4, 2021, Green Mountain Power announced that they would buy power and RECs from Great River Hydro through a power purchase agreement for 30 years starting in 2023, subject to Public Utility Commission (PUC) approval. On March 15, 2021, the PUC issued a Notice of Hearing in Docket …

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On March 13, 2020, the General Assembly announced that it is suspending the legislative session until March 24, 2020, over coronavirus concerns. The General Assembly has also postponed the crossover deadline for certain “high-priority” bills. As discussed in Flash Update 80.2, the crossover deadline (previously March 13) is the date by which all bills must …

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GMP files Bring Your Own Device pilot program annual report. As discussed in Digest 67, the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) pilot is an 18-month program that would allow residential and commercial customers to participate in 10-year net metering agreements with GMP for battery storage systems up to 2 MW or 6 MWh. The program …

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On January 18, 2019, the following stakeholders filed comments with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) in Docket 18-3810-INV regarding Renewable Energy Standard (RES) compliance filings and the PUC’s forthcoming rule-making (last discussed in Digest 72): Burlington Electric Department and Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (BED and VPPSA), The Department of Public Service (DPS), Green Mountain …

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