North American Windpower: Vermont House Bill Proposes Renewables Goal Of 25% By 2025

Vermont House Bill Proposes Renewables Goal Of 25% By 2025

by NAW Staff on Friday 16 March 2007

The Vermont state legislature committee on Natural Resources and Energy introduced a bill to the House on March 15 relating to the conservation of energy and the generation of electricity in the state through renewable resources. In addition to proposing a goal of producing 25% of the state's energy with renewable energy sources by 2025, the bill seeks to establish a "wind-based electric generation facility tax."

Furthermore, a revision has been included in the bill to allow net metering for systems up to 250 kW and to set a 2% cap on the amount of net-metered energy companies must accommodate.

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