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State offers incentive for solar panel users

Posted on July 25, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



ADDISON COUNTY — A new law requires electric utilities give a credit to their customers who produce some of their own power through home solar power panels. The credit is 20 cents for every kilowatt hour their units produce.

When the roughly 14-cent-per-kWh cost of power purchased from Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) or Green Mountain Power (GMP) is factored into the mix, a solar customer will receive an approximate 6-cent credit called an “adder” for every kWh used and produced.

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Could switchgrass offer a CO2 solution?

Posted on July 21, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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ADDISON COUNTY — When the American settlers first crossed the Great Plains, they encountered native species of prairie grass like switchgrass and big blue stem.

Now those same grasses — seeded deep in the American perception of a rural aesthetic — are being sown in Addison County fields in an effort to make them an affordable and viable source of local energy.

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Telecom companies seek to expand broadband in Addison County

Posted on July 21, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



ADDISON COUNTY — Over the next three years more than 400 Addison County homes, businesses and schools connected to the Internet via Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom (WCVT) will enjoy increased Internet speeds as the company expands its fiber optic network.

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Solar savings offered to county residents

Posted on July 14, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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ADDISON COUNTY — Energy specialists across Addison County, like Ferrisburgh Energy Committee Chairman Bob McNary, have waited years for something to make solar technology more accessible to their friends and neighbors. Now, McNary and others believe that the something has arrived in the form of a new deal that cuts the cost of a solar thermal hot water system in half for county residents.

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Thunderstorm wreaks havoc

Posted on July 11, 2011 |
By Ian Trombulak



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ADDISON COUNTY — The severe thunderstorm that rolled through Vermont last Wednesday caused extensive damage, leaving 1,500 Addison County residents temporarily without power and toppling five utility poles.

Crews from Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) worked around the clock to restore power to homes in Middlebury, East Middlebury and Weybridge, where the majority of the damage took place.

Christine Rivers of CVPS said the storm was highly localized, hitting certain areas extremely hard, but missing others entirely.

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State panel proposes adding Charlotte to county Senate district

Posted on July 7, 2011 |
By John Flowers



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ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County’s senatorial district would swap Brandon for Charlotte in a proposed redistricting plan recently endorsed by the Vermont Apportionment Board (VAB), which had until July 1 to submit final proposals for legislative review.

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Higher cigarette taxes steering some smokers to quit

Posted on July 7, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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ADDISON COUNTY — When John St. Germain, 21, of Shoreham made his daily trip to Maplefields to pick up a pack of cigarettes on July 1, he looked past the cashier, realized the price of cigarettes had skyrocketed overnight, pushed his wallet back into his pocket and walked out the door empty-handed, swearing never to buy another pack again.

What happened was the state’s 38-cent cigarette tax increase went into effect, raising the total tax per pack from $2.24-$2.62.

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Industry mulls post-nuclear rates

Posted on June 30, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



ADDISON COUNTY — What will happen to power rates for Addison County residents if the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant closes next year?

According to spokespeople at the state’s two largest utility companies — Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) and Green Mountain Power (GMP) — not too much.

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Media giant Meredith buys Vermont's 'Eating Well' magazine

Posted on June 28, 2011 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



CHARLOTTE — Charlotte’s Eating Well Media Group — including the popular “Eating Well” magazine, a book-publishing arm, an increasingly popular website, and what company officials say is a promising venture into licensing its products to Internet partners and firms related to the health care sector — has been sold to media giant Meredith Corp.

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Plugging in Vermont's future

Posted on June 23, 2011 |
By Andrew Stein



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ADDISON COUNTY — Throughout Addison County, residents might notice a blue Toyota Prius with the license plate “PLUG IN.” That’s the new plug-in hybrid vehicle that the Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) is using to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, cut costs and, planners hope, help drive Vermont into the future.

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