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Vermont Gas outlines expansion into heat pumps, efficiency and community geothermal pilots
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Vermont Gas Systems told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee it is diversifying beyond pipeline gas into heat pumps, energy-efficiency services and community-scale shallow geothermal pilots while managing workforce and regulatory constraints.
Vermont Gas Systems representatives told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on Jan. 30 that the company is expanding services beyond pipeline natural gas into electric heat pumps, energy-efficiency programs and pilot community geothermal systems.
The shift, company leaders said, aims to keep customer bills affordable while reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and preserving the utility’s role as a local energy-service provider. Neil Lunderville, president and CEO of Vermont Gas Systems, said the company “really think[s] of ourselves in the energy delivery business” and is adding products and services to meet customer demand.
Vermont Gas said it serves about 56,000 customers in Franklin, Chittenden and Addison counties, with roughly 50,000 residential and 6,000 business customers. The utility described three electric heat-pump product lines it has introduced: a heat-pump water heater offering first launched in 2022, centrally ducted heat pumps introduced in 2023, and ductless…
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