Department of Public Service

The Department of Public Service has asked all 14 municipal electric companies for information on finances, grid reliability and workforce as issues with utilities in Hyde Park and Burlington come to light.

Hyde Park Electric owes more than $4.5 million, and customers will see a steep increase as the company tries to emerge from financial crisis.

A group in Vermont pre-purchased 2,000 miles of fiber optic cable, which is starting to arrive in the state. But workforce shortages and equipment delays still threaten to slow down deployment.

As people are expected to do more from home, including work, school, and socializing, the gap between the technological have and have nots threatens to…

State utility regulators have approved a nearly 3% rate increase for Green Mountain Power. GMP spokeswoman Kristin Kelly said rates will rise Oct. 1 by…

Consolidated Communications suffered a major internet outage around the region on Wednesday. A state official says the outage affected 83,000 residential…

Consolidated Communications has agreed to upgrade its network to prevent a repeat of equipment failures that disrupted emergency 911 services three times…

The promises of 5G - the fifth-generation cellular technology - are incredibly fast speeds and the ability to connect thousands of devices at once. But…

The push for renewable energy has been strong in Vermont. So strong that the grid in northeast Vermont sometimes gets so overloaded that renewable energy…

Two state officials devised a data collection project this fall to challenge cell carriers' claims that between them they cover virtually the entire…