Vermont Renewable Energy
Bill Passes House & Senate - Vetoed by Governor!
H. 520 has passed both the House & Senate, but was
vetoed by the Governor. Please contact your legislatures to tell them to
override the special session on July 11th. You can find contact information
for your representatives from the legislative
directory.
The energy bill sends a signal that Vermont is open
for renewable energy business, the good jobs we bring, and the clean power
we provide. The energy bill supports renewable energy power projects of all
types and all sizes—wind, solar, hydro, and biomass. The wind energy
property tax set in the bill is good for Vermont because it will encourage
wind farm investments here, which the state needs to have a clean energy
future.
Legislators
need to hear that their constituants support this bill!
• Read this quick summary of the
bill
• Read the whole bill
REV is the only organization dedicated solely to working toward increased renewable energy use in Vermont. It is important that you contact your representatives and let them know how important you feel legislation in support of renewable energy is. Don't be shy about calling your legislators at home. They are elected by you and will be open to hearing from you. You can find contact information for your representatives from the legislative directory.
If you'd like more information on legislation or on contacting your representatives send us an email or call us at 229-0099, and we will be glad to help you.
In addition, you should consider sending a "letter to the editor" in
support of renewable energy legislation to the state wide newspapers,
as well as your local paper.
Visit the clearinghouse section to read up-to-date Vermont legislation news.
House
Bill H. 520 - AN ACT RELATING TO INCREASING ACCESS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
This bill has many beneficial sections. Here are some of the more important aspects of the bill that will increase our use of renewable
energy:
•Net Metering Changes - Raises the cap to 250kW, expands the number of net metering systems allowed (from 1% to 2%)
and allows for full group net metering
• Requires utilities to establish inclining block rates for residential customers
• Establishes a new and simplified permitting process for meteorological stations used to measure wind resources
• Strengthen the existing SPEED (sustainably priced energy enterprise development) Program and existing renewable
Portfolio Standard
• Establishes a formula for calculating the fair market value of new commercial-scale renewable energy
plants for the purpose of setting the statewide educational property tax
• Requires studies be done on reaching the goal of meeting 25% of our total energy from farm and forest based resources
by 2025 and increasing the use of biodiesel by the State Government.
•S.94 (Building Efficiency Bill) is incorporated into this bill. It would
create
a
new
efficiency-charge
to fund heating energy efficiency improvements in Vermont.
Link
To Bill Information
Other important bills that REV is supporting:
• H.70, which would ease the permitting of RE projects under 5MW and make specific changes to the permitting of hydro projects under 5MW
• H.127 would enact a 40% renewable energy portfolio by 2018
Link
To Bill Information
P.O. Box 1036 Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 229-0099 
info@revermont.org
