Home-Grown Renewable Heat: Strategies for Achieving Multiple Benefits Ansley Bloomer, Renewable Energy Vermont & Maura Adams, Northern Forest Center Making advanced wood heating systems more affordable, supporting supply side infrastructure, and ensuring a...

Using “Feebates” to Drive Cleaner Energy Choices Richard Faesy, Energy Futures Group “Feebates” impose a fee on inefficient equipment while rebating (or tax-exempting) efficient equipment, and can be used as a revenue-neutral approach to provide price signals to...

Renewable Fuels Standard  John Quinney, Energy Co-op of Vermont A renewable fuels standard would require Vermont’s fuel industry to increasingly sell biofuels (for heating oil, propane, and natural gas) and biomass to offset the amount of fossil fuels we burn,...

Warm Home Bonds Neale Lunderville, Burlington Electric Department “Warm Home” bonds would fund $100,000,000 in weatherization work for low-income Vermonters over the next three years – or about 10,000 homes. It would use about $7.5M in Gross Receipts Tax now directed...

Harnessing Energy Storage for Local Clean Energy, Jobs, and Grid Resiliency in Vermont Nathan Wyeth, Sunrun & Richard Morin, Dynapower By incentivizing residences, businesses, and utilities to build a network of distributed energy resources that link our grid with...