Letter to the Editor: Looking at Solar Power Reprinted from The Addison Eagle Nov. 3, 2014 3:05 PM Dylan Zwicky of Burlington is a Clean Energy Associate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group. Last month 400,000 people gathered on the streets of New York City to call for action on global warming from world …
Last year, VPIRG worked to update the state’s Net Metering program, which allows Vermonters to go renewable and offset their electric bills in return. Net metering works, which is a big part of why Vermont is 9th in the nation in installed solar per capita, and solar is easier and more affordable to install than …
This report from the Clean Energy Development Fund shows how many Vermonters are employed in the clean energy industry. Download the report
The State has set a goal of weatherizing 20,000 low-income homes by the year 2020, but we’re still 14,000 homes away from meeting that commitment. While we need to be doing much more to meet Vermont’s efficiency and global warming goals, at a minimum we need to make sure that Vermont’s most vulnerable citizens aren’t …
Governor Shumlin signed H.702 – a bill that updates the state’s net metering program – into law this morning. Net metering allows Vermonters to go renewable and offset their electric bills in return. At a time when many DC politicians are sticking their fingers in their ears in hopes that not hearing or accepting bad …
The Vermont Senate voted 28-0 to update the state’s net metering law, which allows Vermonters to go renewable and offset their electric bills in return. Net metering works, and is a big part of why Vermont is 9th in the nation in installed solar power per capita, and solar is more affordable and easier to …
Last week the Vermont Senate voted 21-8 against a bill that would have made it more difficult to build solar in the state. S.191 would have restricted the ability of homeowners, businesses, farmers, municipalities, and schools to go solar. This vote came just days after the Senate voted 28-0 to expand net metering – the …
Victory for Solar– S.191 voted down on Senate floor Read More »
Despite overwhelming public support for renewable energy like wind and solar, opponents are now attempting to put up barriers to clean energy development in the state. VPIRG opposes a bill (S.201) that would make it significantly harder for Vermont to transition to a clean energy future and meet the goals laid out in our state’s Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP).
Add your name to the petition urging VT Senators to support clean energy and oppose S.201!
Weatherization is one of the best investments we can make as a state. Unfortunately, this year the program is set to lose nearly 20% of its funding, which means fewer at-risk Vermonters will be able to make their homes more efficient. Add your name to a message to your legislators asking them to keep Weatherization funding at current levels, because we need to do more on efficiency, and we certainly shouldn’t be doing less.
For immediate release: Statement of VPIRG Clean Energy Advocate Ben Walsh on new report ranking Vermont #1 in solar jobs per capita “The news today that Vermont now has more solar jobs per capita than any other state just goes to show that building a clean energy future isn’t only good for the environment, it’s …
