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REV2022 RECAP: Regional Planning Lays the Groundwork for Renewables
The imperative to transition to renewable energy is indisputable. But while the necessity of the transition is clear, it is not without its technical challenges. Most notably, as we...
REV on the Road: Getting Our Renewable Energy Standard up to Vermont Standards
Our current Renewable Energy Standard (RES) says that 75% of our electricity needs to come from renewables by 2032 but just 10% of that power needs to come from in-state sources. This...
REV2022 RECAP: A Renewable Energy Standard Like No Other
At first glance, Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard (RES) sounds impressive: within a decade Vermont’s utilities will be required to get 75% of the electricity they purchase from...
REV2022 Recap: Sensible Permit Reform Urgently Needed – Pat Parenteau
In case you weren’t at REV 2022, you need to take a moment to read Pat Parenteau’s forceful remarks on the need to accelerate our transition to a clean energy future and why sensible...
Update on Proposed Retroactive Changes to BED Net-Metering Tariff
Burlington Electric Department recently filed a proposed tariff (Case 22-3947) that would terminate the utility’s long-standing practice of providing monetary payments to customers with...
REV2022 Recap: Vermont’s Wind Sound Rule Blocks Vermont Wind Power
The session Bringing Wind Back to Vermont was one of the most popular at REV2022 and it’s no mystery why: despite the state’s wind potential and the complementary nature of wind and solar...
New Report Calls Upon States to Act, PUC’s to Change to Take Full Advantage of the IRA
The non-partisan think tank Energy Innovation Policy and Technology’s new report confirms what REV has been saying since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act this past August: that...
REV Opposes Retroactive Changes to BED Net-Metering Tariff
Burlington Electric Department recently filed a proposed tariff (Case 22-3947) that would terminate the utility’s long-standing practice of providing monetary payments to customers with...
New Hampshire Study Values Distributed Energy at 17 cent/kWh
The New Hampshire Department of Energy commissioned an independent study to estimate the value of distributed energy resources and an overview of the study results was shared with...
Investments in Grid Resilience Should be Targeted to Facilitate Renewables and Storage
Vermont is at the threshold of a dramatic transformation in how we procure and use energy. Meeting our state’s legally mandated greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets will require...
WEC Glosses Over the Benefits Net-Metering
The Washington Electric Coop’s most recent member newsletter is largely devoted to arguing against net-metering, the single most effective program for bringing renewable power to Vermont....
Q & A: Introduction to the Inflation Reduction Act – Member Webinar 9/19
The Inflation Reduction Act is the most impactful piece of federal renewable energy legislation in our nation’s history, and it will shape the environment for renewable manufacturing and...
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