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PUC Net Metering Order Avoids Worst Case but Still Comes Up Short
On Friday, May 29th, the PUC issued its final order in the Net Metering Biennial Update. While the Order rejected the worst of the Public Service Department’s recommendations, it failed to...
REV Press Statement on Net Metering Cuts in the PUC’s Biennial Rate Update
On Friday, May 29th, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) released its statutorily mandated biennial update to the net metering program that determines the compensation rates for Vermonters...
REV’s 2026 Priority Legislation Passes House and Senate
On the second to last day of the 2026 Legislative Session both the House and Senate passed H.710, REV’s priority legislation which fixes the problem of “single” plant determinations by the...
Over 1,000 Vermonters Speak Up in Defense of Solar Net Metering
This April 1st, just months after the Trump administration stripped away a decades-old tax credit for residential solar, the Public Service Department recommended freezing the compensation...
REV Submits Comments Opposing Proposed Cuts to Net Metering
REV has submitted comments to the Public Utility Commission opposing the Department of Public Service's recommendations to further cut net metering compensation For the first time ever,...
Public Service Dept AGAIN Proposes Cutting Net Metering for Existing Customers
Last week, Governor Scott’s Public Service Department released its recommendations to the Public Utility Commission for an update of Net Metering rates. PSD’s preferred solution includes...
Bill to Ban Solar on More Than 5 Acres Stopped
On Friday March 13th, the Senate Agriculture voted out S.323 after stripping out a clause that would have made it virtually impossible to deploy distributed 1-5MW sized solar in Vermont....
Net Metering 101
Net metering is the state program that allows Vermont families and businesses to be compensated for the solar electricity that they produce and export to the grid. Under the net metering...
Support Vermont Families Investing in Rooftop and Backyard Solar
As part of his anti-climate, anti-renewable energy campaign, Trump and the Republican Congress terminated a long-standing tax credit for residential solar projects in 2025, making it 30%...
Meet the 2026 Candidates for REV’s Board of Directors
The following slate of candidates for the REV Board of Directors will be voted on by REV members at REV's virtual annual meeting on February 9th at 2 pm Megan Beattie, Marketing Manager,...
Sen. Watson Moves to Protect Vermont Families Ability to Go Solar
The ability of many Vermont families to afford solar took a hit at the end of 2025 after President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress abruptly terminated a popular tax incentive...
REV’s 2025 Regulatory Review
In 2025, REV represented members’ interests in four PUC proceedings covering changes to the single plant process, a proposed decommission fund, new rules governing storage permitting, an...
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