Letter to the editor: Vt. Gas pipeline installed without required oversight

Recently, Sabine Poux, of Vermont Public, interviewed Nate and Jane Palmer about the Addison County Gas Pipeline. They have been fighting the project that runs by their Monkton property for more than a decade.

We deserve to know if the Addison County Natural Gas Pipeline is safe. Vermont’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) is reviewing the Certificate of Public Good that allows Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) to operate a gas pipeline in Addison County.

Discussion at recent Monkton selectboard meetings has also centered around a petition to be filed by Vermont Gas Systems to amend its Certificate of Public Good for the Addison Natural Gas Project, a 41-mile natural gas pipeline that runs from Colchester … (read more)

Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted 416-185 to affirm a June 25 selectboard decision to give Vermont Gas Systems a free easement to funnel natural gas to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Middlebury residents next Tuesday, Oct. 1, will have a chance to either affirm or reject their town selectboard’s decision to grant Vermont Gas a free land easement to extend its natural gas pipes to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 3 Main St.

A special town vote will be held on Oct. 1 regarding the Vermont Gas easement to supply St. Stephen’s Church with natural gas. A “yes” vote means that St. Stephen’s will have the option to connect to natural gas.

Middlebury voters have the chance to decide whether to approve an easement agreement that gives Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) use of town land for $1, or reject the agreement so the selectboard can renegotiate the easement and receive fair market value for th … (read more)

The Middlebury selectboard recently approved an easement across the Middlebury town green to be conveyed to Vermont Gas Systems so they can use it to build out additional fossil fuel infrastructure.

A yes vote on the Vermont Gas easement decision would support the selectboard’s decision and provide options for St. Stephen’s church.

The Middlebury selectboard recently approved an easement across the Middlebury town green to be conveyed to Vermont Gas systems so they can use it to build out additional fossil fuel infrastructure. The selectboard granted this easement for a single dolla … (read more)

The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday agreed to grant an easement through the town green to allow Vermont Gas Systems to install a natural gas service line that will serve St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Historically the only businesses granted free use of town rights-of-way have been utilities whose services have tended to greatly improved the quality of life for the entire community.

Vermonters who want to upgrade their home water heater have a chance to win a brand new, highly-efficient electric heat pump water heater installed at their residence thanks to a contest held by Vermont Gas Systems, in celebration of its three decades as … (read more)

A petitioned vote on whether Vermont Gas should be granted an easement to install a pipe across town-owned land to deliver natural gas to 3 Mill St. has been rendered moot by news that the South Burlington company has found a way to serve that location wi … (read more)

A Middlebury man has filed a petition to force a community vote on whether to affirm — or overturn — a selectboard decision to grant Vermont Gas Systems an easement through town-owned land.