Affordable Heat Act
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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…
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Legislative Review: Clean heat: Looking forward and thinking smart
Vermonters are facing a heating emergency.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.