CVPS, GMP sue Entergy-Vermont Yankee over cooling tower failures
Seeking to recover costs resulting from Vermont Yankee cooling tower failures in 2007 and 2008, the state’s two largest distribution utilities have filed a lawsuit against Entergy-Vermont Yankee (Entergy) in Vermont Superior Court in Windham County.
US Forest Service approves Vermont wind power facility
The facility will consist of 15 state-of-the-art 2.0 megawatt turbines that will stand 389 feet tall, from the ground to blade tip. The turbines are expected to produce approximately 92,506 MWh with a nameplate capacity of 30 megawatts.
Green Mountain Power to conserve over 2,700 acres as part of wind development
Green Mountain Power Green Mountain Power (GMP) has announced that it will conserve more than 2,700 acres of land in the Northeast Kingdom. The land is being protected as part of GMP’s Kingdom Community Wind project on Lowell Mountain that will produce enough electricity to supply 24,000 homes.
Kingdom Community Wind Update
Work continues at the Kingdom Community Wind site in Lowell this week and next week. The access road from Route 100 to the ridgeline is substantially complete and all storm water systems are in their permanent location.
Green Mountain Power: Access road for Kingdom Community Wind nearly complete
Kingdom Community Wind Construction Update: December 6, 2011 Wind Farm: The access road from Route 100 is substantially complete to the ridge. Conduit installation has begun along the access road down from the ridge, as well as along the crane path between the turbine pads. Clearing for the collector line, which will bring power down [...]
Video + Story: First Amendment experts split on Barton Chronicle publisher’s arrest
Freedom of the press does not trump private property rights, said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Seven Lowell wind protesters arrested
Early Monday morning a group of concerned citizens wearing shirts that read, “Ridges are Not Renewable” protested the Lowell wind project by occupying land currently being disputed between Green Mountain Power and the neighboring property owner.
Records show lawmakers, environmentalists question CVPS, Green Mountain Power merger
In July, Rep. Ernie Shand sent an email to Elizabeth Miller, the commissioner of the Department of Public Service, recommending the sale of VELCO to ISO-New England.
Activists hold “mountaintop open house” at Lowell wind site on Dec. 4
The first Open House, held November 13, had over 90 people in attendance.
Salmon spawning in Winooski River improves by 44 percent
News Release #24-11 Contact: Dorothy Schnure, Green Mountain Power, (802) 655-8418 For immediate release: November 22, 2011 Winooski River Fishway has a Record Salmon Spawning Run COLCHESTER, Vt. …A strong spawning run has brought large numbers of landlocked Atlantic salmon from Lake Champlain into the Winooski River this fall. During the eight week season that [...]
