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- DPS chief says regional planners should develop energy plans (1/22/14)
Regional planners should be armed with energy plans before developers propose new power projects in their communities, says Chris Recchia, commissioner of the Department of Public Service.
- Owner of Northeast Kingdom mountain vows wind plan will proceed (1/19/14)
MONTPELIER — The owner of Seneca Mountain is vowing to build a wind project on the Northeast Kingdom ridgeline over the objections of area property owners who rejected a proposal to build 20 industrial turbines.
- Property owners vote against Vermont wind project (1/14/14)
FERDINAND — Property owners in five unincorporated towns and gores have voted against an industrial wind project on Seneca Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom town of Ferdinand
- Pownal town to apply for grant to clean dam (1/9/14)
POWNAL — The town of Pownal plans to apply for an Environmental Protection Agency grant of $200,000 to clean up a former tannery hydroelectric dam
- Town of closing Vermont nuclear plant signs agreement (1/7/14)
VERNON — The select board in the Vermont town of Vernon has signed a contract with the owner of the closing Vermont Yankee nuclear plant that will stabilize the town’s tax base through March 2015.
- Vt. state lab fined over hazardous waste disposal (1/21/14)
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Attorney General’s office says the Department of Environmental Conservation of the Agency of Natural Resources is paying $12,000 in civil penalties and $6,000 for an environmental project to settle violations of state hazardous waste disposal rules
- Dummerston considering solar project (1/14/14)
DUMMERSTON -- Town officials might be the latest to sign up for a community solar project pairing private developers with local governmental entities.
- UTG reject Seneca Wind (1/14/14)
FERDINAND — Community opposition in three of the most remote northern towns of the Northeast Kingdom have shut the door on hosting what would have been the third industrial wind project planned for the region’s ridgelines
- Vermont prison wants to install solar array (1/8/14)
ST. JOHNSBURY — The Vermont prison in St. Johnsbury is planning to install a solar array outside the facility’s fence as a way to help save money.
- Old Townshend dump will host solar array
TOWNSHEND -- There is a new use for the old town dump. The Vermont Public Service Board has approved an application to construct a 149.5-kilowatt solar array at a former landfill off Grafton Road