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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...
Governor, Legislature Must Act to Make Net Metering Affordable Again
The passage of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill this summer ended the 30% tax credit for residential solar, making it unaffordable for many Vermonters. Simultaneously, the U.S. EPA has...
Vermont Public Service Department and Utilities Collaborate to Bring Low-Cost Renewable Energy to Vermonters
In a blow to the climate and American consumers alike, the budget bill enacted by the Trump Administration and Republican Congress this summer gutted federal tax credits for wind and...
PUC Releases New Definition of “Plant” Allowing for Co-Location of Renewables
The Public Utility Commission has released its recommendation to the Vermont Legislature for changes to the definition of "plant" to make it more feasible to co-locate new renewables....
High Transmission Costs Main Driver of NE’s Rate Increases
Transmission costs are one of the main drivers of rate increases in New England. A report on ISO New England’s 2024 electricity markets by Potomac Economics, the external market monitor...
REV Advocates for More Flexiblity Co-Locating Solar Projects
This spring, REV successfully pushed for legislation requiring the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to recommend changes to the definition of “plant” in Vermont statute that would make it...
Is it time for more granular REC accounting?
With Vermont on a path to 100% renewables by 2035, it’s time to refine how we measure renewable energy purchases in order to speed up the process of decarbonizing the electric grid....
REV Organizes Allies in Support of Reinstating Solar for All Funding
REV has organized allied organizations from the environmental and low income communities urging the Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark to pursue all legal avenues to overturn the Trump...
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