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Committee previews bills and floats wider task force on Vermont’s future power supply

House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee · January 31, 2026
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Summary

Committee leadership previewed next-week hearings on broadband, cell towers and an energy-code bill, and proposed expanding a narrow nuclear-feasibility study into a broader task force examining future generation (SMRs, offshore wind, Hydro-Québec contracts) and data-center siting.

An unidentified committee member leading the agenda review told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee the panel will hold multiple budget and policy hearings in the coming week and aims to move several bills toward votes before crossover. Items listed for near-term work included a cell-tower bill (H.527), a consolidated copper/fiber broadband committee bill (26 0 7 2 6 cited in discussion), H.710 and the greenhouse-inventory bill (H.740).

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