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The GMP/CVPS Merger’s $21 Million Question

By Bob Kinzel | March 30, 2012

We hear both sides of the debate over how CVPS should return $21 million to its ratepayers as part of its merger with Green Mountain Power and Congressman Peter Welch discusses campaign finance reform.

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Debate Over Utility Refunds Reaches Lawmakers

By VPR | March 23, 2012

Debate is heating up among Vermont lawmakers about a payback due to utility ratepayers now that their electric company is being sold.

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AARP-Vermont Works To Influence Proposed Utility Merger

By John Dillon | March 15, 2012

The advocacy group continues to advertise about Green Mountain Power’s plan to take over and merge with Central Vermont Public Service. The group delivered petitions with the signatures of 15,000 customers of CVPS.

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Utility CEO Discusses Merger, Wind Power

By Jane Lindholm | February 21, 2012

Green Mountain Power is at the center several energy stories right now, and on Tuesday’s program we discuss them with the company’s CEO Mary Powell.

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Vt. Senate Committee Talks Power Line Purchase

By John Dillon | February 8, 2012

A key Vermont lawmaker says he expects to offer an amendment on a budget bill that could put the state on a path toward majority ownership of the backbone of its electricity grid.

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Utility Merger May Not Translate To Ratepayer Savings

By Jane Lindholm, Patti Daniels | January 31, 2012

Vermont Press Bureau Chief Peter Hirschfeld talks about what the potential merger between Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power means for ratepayers.

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State, Advocates At Odds Over Abuse Response

By Jane Lindholm | January 31, 2012

When someone suspects that an elderly or disabled person is being abused, the claim is supposed to be investigated quickly by the state. But a backlog of cases prompted a lawsuit this winter by Vermont Legal Aid.

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Nuclear Watchdog Group: ‘We Told You So’ On Towers

By VPR | January 14, 2012

A nuclear watchdog group is reacting to a suit by Vermont utilities over failures of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant’s cooling towers by saying they warned of just such problems.

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Analysis: Energy Issues In Vermont

By Jane Lindholm, Ric Cengeri | January 13, 2012

VPR’s John Dillon analyzes energy issues facing the state including the CVPS/Green Mountain Power suit against Vermont Yankee and the nuclear power plant’s lawsuit against the state.

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VELCO Plays Down Concerns About Control Of Transmission Grid

By John Dillon | January 10, 2012

Control of the statewide transmission grid has emerged as a major issue as regulators review a proposed merger between the state’s two largest utilities. Critics say the merged company under Canadian ownership is more likely to use Vermont as a corridor to import electricity from Quebec. But the transmission company is playing down those concerns.