Northeast Energy Efficiency Policy In Your State
Energy Efficiency Policy in Vermont
Vermont is a leader in per capita spending on efficiency, setting aggressive targets for utility performance incentives and has recently enacted policies that decouple revenues from efficiency program success.
Vermont is now set to move towards a 12-year "order of appointment" model for the state's energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont, allowing for longer-term planning and greater flexibility in implementing programs.
Efficiency Vermont is run under contract by the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) and the Burlington Electric Department. Programs are funded by an "energy efficiency charge" or (EEC) on customer's utility bills. Efficiency Vermont also uses proceeds from what VEIC has bid into the regional Forward Capacity Market and proceeds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to offer fuel-blind efficiency services to residential customers.
Promoting Energy Efficiency in Vermont
NEEP Comments on Vermont's 2011 Comprehensive Energy Plan (10/7/11)
Vermont is looking to change to a long-term contract for administration of Efficiency Vermont Programs. Read NEEP's letter of support for VEIC.
State Offices
Program Administrators
Key Policies
Act 61 of 2005, Relating to Renewable Energy, Efficiency, Transmission, and Vermont's Energy Future
Order of Appointment for Efficiency Vermont and Electric Efficiency Programs
Energy Efficiency Utility Budget Order, 2012 to 2014
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