Issues
Act 250
Act 250, Vermont’s Land Use and Development Act, is a law designed to mitigate the effects of development. VCE assists citizens in participation in Act 250 cases.
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Telecommunications
AT&T, Verizon, Industrial Tower & Wireless are among the companies proposing new communications towers closer to town centers, schools, and residences. VCE guides Vermonters through the opaque Public Utility Commission process.
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Energy Planning
VCE assists Vermonters with effective energy planning to guide development to appropriate places via town plans.
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Public Utility Commission
VCE works with Vermonters to have a voice in the siting of renewable energy and telecommunications projects; especially inappropriate environmentally destructive proposals.
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Solar
What do you do when a poorly sited solar project comes to your neighborhood? Contact VCE.
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Wind
Industrial Wind Turbines divide communities, damage the environment and cause long-term problems for. Vermont's communities. If your town is facing a big wind development, contact VCE.
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Water
Water is life. Protecting water quality and quantity is critically important to VCE’s members. In our experience, state agencies play a primary role in enabling water quality degradation by issuing permits to pollute. Individual citizens are making a difference when potential threats to water are identified in people’s neighborhoods.
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Natural Gas
Our original website from 1999. Vermont Energy Park Holdings proposed to build 1080 MW Rutland and a 270 MW Bennington natural gas combined-cycle electric generating facility. The Iroquois Gas pipeline would connect at a location southeast of Canajoharie, NY to Bennington. The proposed NYSEG/SVNG pipeline would extend 63 miles from Bennington to Rutland, VT.
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