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Vermont House committee debates broad guiding principles for energy, telecom and digital infrastructure
Summary
Members of the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee reviewed a draft set of guiding principles Jan. 29, discussing whether to base the document on the Vermont Constitution and existing statutes, how to define affordability, and whether to keep principles general or detailed.
The Vermont House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee spent about 20 minutes on Jan. 29 reviewing a draft of guiding principles intended to steer future work on energy, telecommunications and digital infrastructure.
Committee members discussed using the Vermont Constitution and state statute as framing devices, debated whether the document should use broad, general language or detailed statutory citations, and raised affordability, universal service and “future‑proofing” as central concerns.
Members opened by considering language drawn from the Vermont Constitution — including a passage naming “justice, moderation, temperance, industry and frugality” — and a separate model drawn from state energy law, cited in the meeting as 30 V.S.A. §202a. Participants said those sources could serve as a high‑level framing device while the committee refines shorter, verb‑led principles…
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