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Committee briefing: which energy companies Vermont regulates and how siting fits in
Summary
Legislative counsel walked lawmakers through the types of companies the Public Utility Commission regulates—distribution utilities, the statewide transmission utility (VELCO), merchant generators—and said siting review (commonly called Section 248) brings non‑utility generators into PUC jurisdiction for construction and interconnection decisions.
Maria Royal told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee that Vermont regulates a range of energy entities: distribution or retail electric utilities, the statewide transmission utility, generators and storage facilities, natural gas distribution, energy‑efficiency utilities, and a smaller number of private water and wastewater companies.
She said Vermont has 17 distribution utilities that serve retail customers. “There’s 1 investor‑owned utility, and that’s Green Mountain Power,” Royal said, and she estimated Green Mountain Power serves roughly 70% of the state’s electric load…
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