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Northeast Kingdom weatherization director tells committee program is steady but funding uncertainty forces deferred work
Summary
Wendy McGilvery, executive director of NEDO Weatherization, told the committee NEDO conducts energy-coach intake, auditing and referrals, serves about 16–20 homes per month in the Northeast Kingdom, and recommended removing low-income weatherization language from S.219 to avoid overlap; she also said some repair funds are held and vermiculite-related work forces deferrals.
Wendy McGilvery, executive director of the Northeast Employment and Training Organization (NEDO) Weatherization program, told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee on April 15 that the agency's energy-coach model provides a trusted entry point for low-income Vermonters but that current funding uncertainty is forcing some weatherization work to be deferred.
McGilvery said NEDO operates two state-funded energy coaches (supported by the Office of Economic Opportunity and Efficiency Vermont) who perform intake, high-level assessments and referrals; BPI-certified auditors perform full audits and blower-door testing before crews complete weatherization measures. "These coaches are very well trained," she said, and…
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