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BED tariff change would extend energy assistance to shelters, some affordable housing and net-metered customers
Summary
Burlington Electric Department proposed tariff amendments to expand its Energy Assistance Program (EAP) to residential shelters serving unhoused residents, to some affordable-housing situations where providers pass discounts to tenants, and to net-metered accounts; the Board of Finance voted to recommend the changes to the City Council.
The Board of Finance on May 19 recommended that the City Council authorize the Burlington Electric Department to file tariff amendments with the Vermont Public Utility Commission to amend the Energy Assistance Program (EAP). The proposed changes would expand eligibility to residential shelters that serve people experiencing homelessness, add a mechanism to cover certain affordable housing buildings when the provider agrees to pass the discount directly…
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