Turning on your lights, getting to work, staying warm in the winter – these are energy needs shared by all Vermonters.  VPIRG is committed to fueling these needs responsibly.  Our energy use can be divided into these three main sectors: electricity, transportation, and heating.  To help create our clean energy future and leave a positive legacy for future generations, VPIRG is working in all three areas to repower Vermont with local, clean sources, like wind, solar, small hydro, cow power and other renewables.

We are also working to decrease our reliance on dirty energy sources, like "fracking" for natural gas and fossil fuels for our vehicles, which contribute to health risks, global warming, degraded air quality, water pollution, and an unstable economic future.  This reliance costs Vermonters and our local economy nearly $2 billion every year, money we could keep working in our state.