Senate committee considers adding 'resilience' and stormwater projects to S.138 C‑PACE language
Apr 9, 2026
The Senate Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee reviewed amendments to S.138 to add C‑PACE language, debated defining 'resilience' (combining a broad Vermont definition with New Hampshire examples), and discussed explicitly including water conservation and stormwater projects as eligible resiliency improvements; the committee also agreed to replace 'assessed value' with appraised‑value language and scheduled a straw poll.
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At a session of the Senate Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee, members completed a line‑by‑line walk‑through of S.138 and agreed to insert Commercial PACE (C‑PACE) language into the existing Residential PACE statute while adding a new subchapter on special assessments.
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