Business

GMP places merger plan on table for CVPS customers

Proposal adds $40 million in benefits to $144 million in savings

Green Mountain Power proposed a $21 million investment that would provide approximately $40 million in energy efficiency benefits to Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) customers, the utility announced recently.

D.C. bill would extend dairy safety net

Vermont’s congressional delegation – U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) and Rep. Peter Welch(D) – has introduced legislation to extend a U.S. taxpayer-funded safety net that helps dairy farmers ride out downturns in milk prices. Without action, the legislative trio claim, dairy farmers could face a severe drop in support from the MILC safety net by Sept 1.

Gov. kicks off state’s newest solar station

Solar electric stations seem to be popping up like sunflowers everywhere in Vermont. Now the state’s latest alternative energy project to turn-on-the-juice was dedicated at Small Dog Electronics headquarters in Waitsfield Feb. 16.

Fair Haven biomass plant gets air permit

The Fair Haven Energy Center biomass project in Fair Haven received a green light to proceed toward construction last week.

Letter to the Editor: GMP and CVPS

To the editor: We are pleased to see that GMP and CVPS have retreated from their initial position that would have denied CVPS ratepayers additional value for their contribution to the Hydro Quebec bailout.

Best Of Vermont offers one-stop shopping smorgasbord

Launched in September 2010 by Bonnie Kelsey Quinn, Best of Vermont is an e-commerce web site dedicated to offering the best specialty foods from the Green Mountain State.

Rutland business community gears up for annual show

The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce will host the annual RRCC Business Show Tuesday, March 13, in Rutland. The show will be held 4-7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. The event is sponsored by Rutland Regional Medical Center.

RRCC to host legislative breakfast, Feb. 13

A RRCC/REDC Legislative Breakfast will be held Monday, Feb. 13, 7:30 a.m., at the Franklin Conference Center in the Howe Center located at 1 Scale Ave. in downtown Rutland.

Area projects win Green Works landscaping awards

Green Works/Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association announced the winners of the 2011 Industry Award Program in Vermont. Both residential and commercial projects in the state were recognized.

Poultney business forum, March 10

Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce once again presents “A Spotlight on Business Forum”; this year’s event will be held Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Poultney Elementary School location.

Meeting to discuss plan to raise Middlebury tax to fund business group

On Feb. 9, 7 p.m., in the Ilsley Library Public Meeting Room the Middlebury Business Development Fund Committee will present for discussion the proposal contained in two articles on the Town Meeting Warning.

Specialty Food Association welcomes Cavendish member

The Vermont Specialty Food Association welcomed Vermont Wholesome Foods of Cavendish as a new member.

Hotel, speedway team up for discounts, events

The Holiday Inn Rutland/Killington located in Rutland, and Devil’s Bowl Speedway in nearby West Haven, have announced a partnership for the 2012 stock car racing season.

Entergy wants state to pay nuke-fight legal fees

Entergy, the owner of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, wants the State of Vermont to pay $4.6 million in legal fees it incurred to fight off the state's attempt to shutdown the power station. A U.S. district judge ruled last month that Vermont has no legal jurisdiction over the atomic station under the U.S. Atomic Energy Act.

A judge stops the Vermont Legislature’s extortion ploy

On Jan. 20 Federal District Judge J. Garvan Murtha ruled that federal law preempts the state from regulating the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant over safety concerns.

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