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It's been 15 years since Lowell residents voted in favor of a 21-turbine wind project on Lowell Mountain. Now the select board is asking residents to approve spending $50,000 on attorney fees to fight a solar project. -
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. -
Representatives from PowerTransitions have been meeting with officials in Vernon about potentially developing the 140-acre site along the Connecticut River. -
Solar panel installers rush to finish jobs before a federal income tax credit for solar projects disappears at the end of the year. Plus: a massive solar farm gains regulatory approval in Shaftsbury.
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Low river flows are making it hard to make electricity at the region's river dams. -
Operators are proposing big changes for how they run three dams on the Connecticut River. -
After a winter of exceptionally high natural gas and electricity prices, many New Englanders are asking whether a new natural gas pipeline is the solution. -
The increased tariffs the Trump administration imposed this month on goods coming from Canada won't apply to heating oil and gasoline many Vermonters rely on for energy. -
Federal tax credits for rooftop solar will go away altogether at the end of this year, repealing decades of incentives that previously enjoyed bipartisan support.
