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Committee reviews Vermont Energy Equity Law to limit utility disconnections and add PUC metrics
Summary
Sponsor Maria Royal walked the committee through the Vermont Energy Equity Law, which would expand protections against involuntary residential service disconnections (including during extreme-heat periods), extend physician-certification protections, and require utilities to include plans and metrics to minimize disconnections.
Maria Royal presented the Vermont Energy Equity Law (short title) and framed it as a measure to reduce energy burden on low- and moderate-income households. She cited recent reports (Efficiency Vermont and the Energy Action Network) and noted the PUC's existing rule 3.3 on disconnections as the regulatory backdrop.
Royal walked members through specific bill provisions. She described amendments to Title 30 provisions that would…
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