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Municipal utilities group urges coordination on financing, grid upgrades and shared services
Summary
Representatives of Vermont's municipal and public power utilities told the committee that municipal systems face flood damage, capital calls for transmission upgrades and rising compliance costs, and that joint action through VEPSA can lower expenses by pooling procurement, AMI deployment, GIS mapping and cybersecurity services.
VEPSA (the Vermont public power joint action agency) and several municipal utilities told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on Jan. 24 that local, municipally‑owned utilities face a distinct set of challenges — flood damage to small hydro assets, looming capital calls for regional transmission and rising administrative costs — and that shared services can reduce per‑utility expense.
Municipal scale and governance
Ken Nolan, representing municipal utilities and VEPSA, described four broad utility models in Vermont (investor‑owned, cooperatives, self‑managed industrial utilities and municipal public power). He said…
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