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Vermont Gas to take financial hit for pipeline missteps
Vermont Gas pipeline contractors face off against protesters at the Williston worksite in 2014. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger Vermont Gas Systems acknowledged Thursday that it “did not prudently...
View ArticleRob Bast: Natural gas as a bridge fuel
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rob Bast, a former chair and member of the Hinesburg Selectboard and former member of the planning commission. He served as president and board member of the...
View ArticleTrisha Lavery: Natural gas is not clean energy
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Trisha Lavery, a journalism student at the University of Vermont. On April 12, gas began to course through the cold hard metal veins which now lie below Vermont’s...
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State: Pipeline closer to surface than ordered, but still safe
Pipes to be used in Vermont Gas Systems’ natural gas pipeline project wait in a construction yard. File photo by John Herrick/VTDigger Vermont Gas Systems didn’t bury its controversial natural gas...
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Vermont Gas customers soon can buy into renewable methane
Vermont Gas Systems’ offices. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger Vermont Gas Systems will begin offering renewable natural gas — methane produced from landfills, cow manure and other organic sources...
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Vermonters join suit over alleged electricity price-fixing
John Odum, standing at left, is one of the plaintiffs in the suit. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDigger Two Vermont residents are among a dozen plaintiffs suing on behalf of 7 million New Englanders...
View ArticleCrea Lintilhac: ESSEX Plan must include methane emissions
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Crea Lintilhac, who is a director of the Lintilhac Foundation, a Vermont family foundation providing funding for clean water, renewable energy and land use...
View ArticleMichael Shank & Leilani Münter: Defining clean energy
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Michael Shank and Leilani Münter. Shank, of Brandon, is the communications director for the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and Urban Sustainability Directors...
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Vermont Gas requests 3.8 rate drop in fiscal 2019
Vermont Gas headquarters in South Burlington. VTD File Photo/Josh Larkin The state’s natural-gas utility has asked state regulators to approve a rate reduction that would see residential customers pay...
View ArticleSteve Wark: Phase 1 + Phase 2 = Rutland
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Steve Wark, the director of communications for Vermont Gas Systems in South Burlington. [“W]hat is the fastest way to get natural gas service to Rutland?” This is a...
View ArticleSandra Levine: Vermont Gas pipeline is a poor choice for Vermont
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sandra Levine, a senior attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation. A healthy sign of maturity is making decisions that recognize longer term benefits and impacts....
View ArticleMaeve McBride: Time’s up, rise up!
This commentary is by Maeve McBride, who is the coordinator of 350Vermont. She lives in South Burlington. I am a mother, a scientist and a person of faith. I have two boys ages 4 and 8, and I will...
View ArticleRoss Conrad: Fossil fuels not Vermont’s solution
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Ross Conrad, who is a member of the Middlebury Energy Committee, Middlebury’s alternate delegate to the Addison County Regional Planning Committee, and a member of...
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Cost of Vermont Gas pipeline project jumps to $154 million
Don Rendall, incoming president and CEO for Vermont Gas, announced the latest cost increase to build a natural gas through Addison County at the company’s South Burlington headquarters on Friday. Photo...
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Natural gas plant eyed in Vernon
The blue and purple line is the proposed Northeast Energy Direct pipeline, which Vernon is considering tapping into for its proposed gas plant. Courtesy of Kinder MorganVERNON – In a town hit hard by...
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Natural gas prices predicted to surge this winter
New England may experience price surges for natural gas this winter or early spring as a result of insufficient supply, energy executives say. The state’s utility regulatory structure, however, should...
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Region told pipeline squeeze may push up power prices
BOSTON — The New England region needs more natural gas pipelines and power transmission lines, speakers at a conference on regional energy policies said last week. The region has grown increasingly...
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Regulator allows activists to weigh in on Canadian power deal
A demonstrator was arrested in a protest in 2015 after locking her arms around a length of pipe at a Vermont Gas worksite. File photo by Sam Heller Opponents of a controversial gas pipeline will be...
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Vermont Gas commits to zero emissions by 2050
Don Rendall, president and CEO of Vermont Gas Systems, announces the natural gas company’s plans to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 during a press conference in South Burlington on...
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Pipeline opponents accuse Vermont Gas attorneys, investigator of improper...
Protesters object to a natural gas pipeline in Hinesburg in 2016. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger Opponents of the Addison County natural gas pipeline want most of an independent safety investigation...
View ArticleDavid Flemming: Global Warming Solutions Act may stop Vermont cash flow
This commentary is by David Flemming, a policy analyst at the Ethan Allen Institute. For several years, Vermont has made millions selling renewable energy credits to other states. But the 2020 Global...
View ArticleTerry Breen: Energy independence and green energy are not incompatible
This commentary is by Terry Breen, a resident of Charlotte and a retired executive in the high-tech industry. There is a strong correlation between quality of life and amount of energy consumed. It is...
View ArticleBock & Lawrie: Vermont should reject plan to buy natural gas from New York...
This commentary is by Catherine Bock and Jud Lawrie. She’s been a naturopathic physician for 35 years, is associated with 350Vermont.org, and is an intervenor in the Vermont Gas case. Lawrie is a...
View ArticleTom Evslin: The nuclear fusion breakthrough is very good news
This commentary is by Tom Evslin of Stowe, an entrepreneur, author and former Douglas administration official. His blog is here. For more than 50 years, scientists have hoped to use nuclear fusion to...
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Jeff Trainor: Where will the electricity come from?
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and...
View ArticleNorton Latourelle: An alternative to the pipeline
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Norton Latourelle, a self-employed artist with a home and gallery along Lake Champlain in Orwell. He is an environmentalist and has been researching and writing on...
View ArticleMeredith Angwin: Why electric rates are rising
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Meredith Angwin of Wilder, a physical chemist who worked for electric utilities for more than 25 years and now heads the Energy Education Project of the Ethan Allen...
View ArticleKevin Mullin: A pipeline to a bridge fuel
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sen. Kevin J. Mullin, Republican of Rutland. He is the chair of the Senate Economic Development, General, and Housing committee and a member of the Senate Finance...
View ArticleVermont Gas protester found not guilty of trespassing
A jury Thursday found Henry Harris not guilty of trespassing at Vermont Gas’ South Burlington headquarters at a protest in May. During the protest, the 36-year-old Plainfield man, dressed in a shirt...
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Methane digester, natural gas pipeline planned for Berkshire farm
A Michigan company is seeking approval from Vermont regulators to build a manure digester at one of the state’s largest dairy farms, alongside a new 8-mile pipeline that would transport the natural...
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