copyright the Chronicle December 7, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail IRASBURG — When the state Legislature passed a new energy siting bill last May, it was supposedly intended to give towns more voice in siting big energy projects. But members of the Irasburg Planning ... More »
copyright the Chronicle September 14, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre MORGAN — Selectmen here are accusing the Public Service Board (PSB) of failing to give the town a fair shake in granting a Certificate of Public Good (CPG) to the developer of a 500-Kilowatt solar pro... More »
copyright the Chronicle August 31, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail MORGAN — The Public Service Board (PSB) has awarded Seymour Lake Solar’s proposed 500-megawatt solar farm in Morgan a Certificate of Public Good (CPG.) That will allow the company, owned by energy deve... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 20, 2016 by Elizabeth Trail BARTON — A handful of Barton senior citizens begged the Public Service Board (PSB) at a hearing here Thursday night to reject an 18 percent electric rate increase that went into effect in December o... More »
copyright the Chronicle October 15, 2014 by Tena Starr Vermont’s siting process for renewable energy projects so lacks planning that it may have the unintended effect of turning people off renewable energy, despite the fact that they support it in theory. To ... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 26, 2014 by Paul Lefebvre MONTPELIER — Regional and local planners are expected to be the big losers in a bill to open up the siting process for ridgeline industrial wind projects. Scheduled to appear on the Senate floor, the bill... More »
copyright the Chronicle January 15, 2014 by Paul Lefebvre 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 ... More »
by Chris Braithwaite ALBANY — Jim and Kathy Goodrich have a nice home with a porch along the entire west side that overlooks acres of neatly trimmed lawn and, about a mile away, the long, sinuous ridgeline known as Lowell Mountain. Now that view is dominated b... More »
copyright the chronicle 05-08-13 by Chris Braithwaite Opponents of big wind who have knocked heads with devel opers in front of the state Public Service Board (PSB), and lost, will find no magic bullet in the final report of the Governor’s Energy Generation Si... More »
by Chris Braithwaite copyright the Chronicle 11-28-2012 LOWELL — All 21 turbines of the Kingdom Community Wind project have generated power, a spokesman for Green Mountain Power said Tuesday. And with the project making power, it has beaten the December 31 de... More »
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