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This year’s Local Energy Alternatives Festival (L.E.A.F.) is scheduled for September 18, from 9 am to 4:30 pm. The festival will be followed by a Gubernatorial Candidate’s Forum on Vermont’s Energy Future. Most activities will be in or near the Bradford Academy Building on Rte 5, with many activities scheduled throughout the downtown. There will [...]

The electricity generated by the system will offset 100% of the cost of electricity that the Town of Groton pays Green Mountain Power each year, and 40% of the energy needs of Blue Mountain School. They would them pay AllEarth 19¢ per Kilowatt hour generated by the system. Green Mountain Power will credit the Town and BMU 19.2¢, plus 6¢ for the solar incentive.

$5.7 million in federal funding to help Vermont households install solar thermal and solar hot water technologies and utilize “smart meter” systems.

CVPS’ plan should help in better integrating new renewable sources of energy… and provide customers with more information to help them make wise energy choices, with environmental, system and economic benefits.

With the economy lagging and demand for food assistance high, Central Vermont Public Service today announced a 20,000-item goal for the 2010 CVPS Fill the Cupboard Challenge.

Five agencies in Vermont will receive about $4.7 million to provide solar thermal and solar hot water technologies for Vermont families…

Our HQ energy purchases will be a bit smaller than in the past, which means we can continue to support more local renewable projects regardless of the outcome of the Vermont Yankee relicensing and contract negotiations. Together with our own generation, small power producers and contracts for new renewable energy, these smaller projects will help Vermont maintain what we believe is the cleanest power supply in the nation.

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The standing room only crowd heard evidence on how Feed-In Tariffs provide tremendous economic benefits. FITs are fixed price, long-term contracts…

Town Committees are strongly encouraged to create their own Wiki page on this new site.