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Committee reviews H.710 to adopt PUC's single-plant definition for renewable programs; developers say it lowers costs
Summary
The House committee reviewed H.710, incorporating a PUC stakeholder consensus test that treats contiguous facilities using the same technology as one 'plant' unless exceptions apply; Renewable Energy Vermont urged support, saying the change allows co-location and shared infrastructure that can cut project costs and land disturbance.
The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee heard legal and stakeholder testimony on H.710 on Jan. 28, a bill that adopts Public Utility Commission stakeholder language to redefine "plant" in Vermont's renewable-energy statutes.
Ellen Tchaikovsky, legislative counsel, told the committee H.710 amends the definition used throughout Title 30, chapter 89 (the Renewable Energy Programs chapter). The bill's primary test would treat multiple electric-generating facilities that use the same technology and that are located on the same or contiguous parcels as a single "plant" unless listed exceptions apply.
Tchaikovsky explained three exceptions. First, facilities on separate parcels that are wired to offset consumption on separate billing meters and that supply different retail customers (typical neighborhood…
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