Letter to the editor: ‘Unaffordable’ act shortsighted

Bill S.5 the “Unaffordable Heat Act” is an insidious way for the Legislature to force us to use green power, i.e. by making other forms of energy too expensive.

Letter to the editor: Time is now for action on Affordable Heating Act

I read with dismay in the most recent edition of the Independent that the Affordable Heating Act, S.5, has been put on hold, and will become another study for the two years, of what to do to address climate change.

Legislative Review: Clean heat: Looking forward and thinking smart

Vermonters are facing a heating emergency. 

Vt. Senate modifying Affordable Heat Act to make it a study

Faced with widespread concerns about potential costs to Vermonters, authors of the proposed Affordable Heat Act have decided to pump the brakes on the sweeping bill.

Community forum: Affordable Heat Act: How it works

As a physics teacher, I used to give an assignment that asked students to do an informal energy assessment of their own homes using resources from Efficiency Vermont.

Letter to the editor: Affordable Heat Act would make state less affordable

Clearly it is a tax that will hit middle- and lower-income people hardest. In addition, it will place an unfair burden on the local fuel dealers, mostly long-established family businesses.

Lawmakers talk ‘affordable heat’

State lawmakers are getting ready to discuss a bill that would establish an “Affordable Heat Act,” or AHA, aimed at reducing Vermonters’ heating bills and steering them toward alternatives to fossil fuels.

Guest editorial: Affordable Heat Act offers lower costs, less pollution

The average price of fuel oil in Vermont last month was $4.40/gallon.  That’s over two dollars per gallon higher than just two years ago.

Letter to the editor: Proposed Affordable Heat Act contains hidden tax

It’s a laudable objective. But the bill goes about this reduction in an extremely complicated and expensive way.

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