Obama Returns to Florida for Campaign Cash, Speech on Energy
BusinessWeek
Yesterday, the Obama administration released a plan to revamp the tax code that would reduce the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 35 percent and keep incentives for renewable energy while eliminating some tax breaks for the oil and gas industries.

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Hallquist: Adoption of renewable energy requires realistic timeline
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by Opinion | February 22, 2012 At Vermont Electric Cooperative, we are closely watching activity in Montpelier as legislators work to establish renewable energy goals for the future. At VEC, we sit at the intersection where policy meets the ratepayer ...

AARP: Utility windfall proposal falls short
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... community-based renewable energy, weatherization and other improvements. AARP had asked for a direct payback for all current CVPS customers. The utilities' proposal, it says, doesn't cut it. David Reville, communications director for AARP Vermont, ...

Vermont's Renewable Energy Goals Won't Be Met, Lawmakers Say
Huffington Post
Citing a DPS report, the lawmakers said renewable energy projects already operating and in the pipeline currently add up to 16.5 percent of Vermont's retail electric sales. Five years is not long enough to plan and build enough new projects to reach ...
Meeting Vermont's Renewable Energy Goals Under AssessmentWAMC
APNewsBreak: Vt. won't make renewable energy goalsNECN

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Think about renewables
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Supporters of Entergy — Vermont Yankee claim the legacy of radioactive waste is worth the power created and used to run TVs, Xbox game machines, digital picture frames, electric room deodorizers, and a plethora of other such useless devices.

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Sides line up in renewables debate
Mainebiz Daily
Last year, LePage proposed freezing the renewable standard at the 4% level due for 2011, but failed to convince the Legislature to act. At the Governor's Energy Office, Director Ken Fletcher doesn't echo his boss' flamboyant rhetoric, but says that in ...

Air pollution control permit approved for biomass project
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by Press Release | February 15, 2012 Montpelier, Vt. – The Fair Haven Energy Center, a renewable energy facility proposed for Fair Haven, Vt., has received an air quality permit from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT-DEC).
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Vt renewable energy group: expand state support
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont renewable energy industry group is calling for the state to expand the amount of power Vermont gets from generators paid above-market prices set by the state. But other business groups say they worry that expanding the ...

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Vermont's Renewable Energy Industry Makes Policy Push To State Lawmakers
North American Windpower
by NAW Staff on Friday 10 February 2012 Members of Vermont's renewable energy industry are advocating for more incentives and favorable policy in the state, reports Renewable Energy Vermont (REV), the state trade association that represents more than ...
Committee starts over on renewable power billvtdigger.org

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Local renewable industry poised to make 'Vermont energy strong'
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by Press Release | February 9, 2012 Montpelier, Vermont – Vermont's local renewable energy industry— made up of diverse manufacturers, construction contractors, installers, developers, and suppliers— announced today the industry is equipped to help ...

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