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Vermont Gas Systems fined for environmental violation
Heavy construction equipment on the Cuneo property. Photo courtesy of Kari Cuneo Vermont Gas Systems was fined $25,000 last week by the Public Service Board for the destruction of a rare plant during...
View ArticleJulie Macuga: Big banks are funding environmental injustice
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Julie Macuga, of Burlington, who is a student at the University of Vermont studying environmental studies. She is a member of Protect Geprags. The United States no...
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State: Pipeline closer to surface than ordered, but still safe
Pipes to be used in Vermont Gas Systems’ natural gas pipeline project wait in a construction yard. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger Vermont Gas Systems didn’t bury its controversial natural gas...
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Utility board to review how it does business
The Public Service Board will be examining how it operates and regulates Vermont utilities. From left, Margaret Cheney, Chair Anthony Roisman and Sarah Hofmann. Courtesy photoThe Public Service Board...
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Vermont Gas customers soon can buy into renewable methane
Vermont Gas Systems’ offices. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger Vermont Gas Systems will begin offering renewable natural gas — methane produced from landfills, cow manure and other organic sources...
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New Hinesburg administrator looks for lessons from tough times
Hinesburg Town Administrator Renae Marshall. Courtesy photoHINESBURG — The town has hired a new top administrator, who takes over in the wake of a series of challenges and controversies the community...
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Safety questions, pipeline burial focus of VGS hearing
Rick Barstow speaks at a Public Utility Commission hearing about Vermont Gas and its pipeline. At left is the hearing officer, Michael Tousley. Photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDiggerBRISTOL — Technical...
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State to hire expert to measure depth of Vermont Gas pipeline
A sign alerts drivers and residents to Vermont Gas pipeline construction work in Williston in 2016. Photo by Morgan True / VTDigger The Public Utility Commission will hire an “independent expert” to...
View ArticleCrea Lintilhac: ESSEX Plan must include methane emissions
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Crea Lintilhac, who is a director of the Lintilhac Foundation, a Vermont family foundation providing funding for clean water, renewable energy and land use...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Appeal sought to halt Vermont Gas pipeline in park
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Thomas M. Kester. In re Vermont Gas Systems, Inc., 2017 VT 83 The question is whether land dedicated to public use may be condemned for another...
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Vermont Gas told to pay fraction of pipeline costs
The Vermont Gas Systems headquarters in South Burlington. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger The state Public Utility Commission has affirmed a decision ordering Vermont Gas Systems to pay a $23.7...
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Citizens demand Vermont Gas investigation
James Dumont. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger Opponents of a Vermont Gas pipeline want the Public Utility Commission to move forward on an independent investigation of the pipeline construction....
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Rebecca Towne to lead Vermont Electric Coop
Rebecca Towne has been named CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative. VEC photo The Vermont Electric Cooperative has hired its next CEO. Rebecca Towne, the current vice president of organizational...
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Vermont Gas customers to see savings this winter
The Vermont Gas headquarters in South Burlington. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger Vermonters who heat their homes and businesses with natural gas will see a slight increase in rates on their next gas...
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Lawsuit delays Vermont Gas expansion to Bristol
Plans for a natural gas distribution pipeline in Bristol. Vermont’s lone natural gas utility has announced that it is halting plans to expand service to Bristol. In a letter to the state’s Public...
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Regulator allows activists to weigh in on Canadian power deal
A demonstrator was arrested in a protest in 2015 after locking her arms around a length of pipe at a Vermont Gas worksite. File photo by Sam Heller Opponents of a controversial gas pipeline will be...
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Regulators maintain Efficiency Vermont structure, tweak budget review process
Efficiency Vermont is run by the Vermont Energy Investment Corp., located in The Vermont Innovation Center, in Burlington. he state’s utility regulator issued an order last week aimed at improving the...
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Partners hail groundbreaking of Salisbury biodigester
Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts, center left, speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for an anaerobic digester at the Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury on Tuesday. Photo by Glenn...
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Plan unveiled for Burlington to be a net zero energy city by 2030
Mayor Miro Weinberger announces Burlington’s ambitious plan to become a net zero energy city by 2030 at an event in City Hall on Monday. Photo by Jacob Dawson/VTDigger A plan to make Burlington a net...
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Report finds Vermont Gas pipeline is ‘generally’ in compliance
A protester chains himself to a construction machine in protest of the Vermont Gas pipeline during construction in Williston in June 2016. File photo by Kelsey Neubauer/VTDigger An independent...
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Official recommends $42,500 fine for Vermont Gas over blasting
Michael Tousley, hearing officer for the Public Utility Commission, listens to testimony about the Vermont Gas pipeline. Photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDigger A Public Utility Commission official has...
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Neighbors say Vermont Gas failed to meet energy efficiency promises in...
Nathan Palmer of Monkton in 2014, standing where a natural gas pipeline was later buried on his farm. Photo by John Herrick/VTDigger For almost a decade, Jane and Nathan Palmer have been fighting a...
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GlobalFoundries plans to pilot ‘green hydrogen’ system
GlobalFoundries’ offices in Essex. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger BURLINGTON — GlobalFoundries plans to produce and use “green hydrogen” to heat its manufacturing plant in Essex Junction,...
View ArticleStuart Blood: The PUC should reject the Vermont Gas contract
This commentary was written by Stuart Blood of Thetford, a retired software engineer. Vermont Gas Systems is seeking approval from the Public Utility Commission for a contract that will allow it to...
View ArticleBock & Lawrie: Vermont should reject plan to buy natural gas from New York...
This commentary is by Catherine Bock and Jud Lawrie. She’s been a naturopathic physician for 35 years, is associated with 350Vermont.org, and is an intervenor in the Vermont Gas case. Lawrie is a...
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UPDATED: New pipeline now in use, says Vermont Gas
A sign alerting drivers and residents to Vermont Gas pipeline construction work in Williston. File photo by Morgan True/VTDigger (This story was updated April 12 at 7:30 p.m.) [V]ermont Gas Systems...
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Group asks justices to force PSB to reopen pipeline permit
Vermont Public Service Board members Margaret Cheney, left, and Sarah Hofmann at a hearing in Vernon. File photo by Randolph T. Holhut/The Commons [T]he Conservation Law Foundation has filed an appeal...
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UVM announces plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030
Ira Allen Chapel on University Row on the University of Vermont campus on June 6, 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The University of Vermont unveiled a plan on Tuesday to achieve carbon...
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Methane digester, natural gas pipeline planned for Berkshire farm
A Michigan company is seeking approval from Vermont regulators to build a manure digester at one of the state’s largest dairy farms, alongside a new 8-mile pipeline that would transport the natural...
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Dennis & Steel: Vermont in the climate crisis: False solutions or a greener...
This commentary is by Greg Dennis of Cornwall and Liz Steel of Greensboro, both volunteers working on Vermont climate issues. This has been a brutal year for many Vermonters, with waves of extreme...
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