The Shumlin Administration wants the public to have more of a role in managing Vermont’s statewide electric grid. The
suggestion for more public oversight comes as regulators review the planned sale
of Vermont’s largest electric company.
The alarm clock goes off, you flip on the light switch and the automatic
coffee maker starts brewing. And while these actions are simple and
mundane, the electric grid that powers our everyday electric devices is a
vast and complicated system.
As people in our region debate the best ways to generate energy, Vermont Edition takes a look at the infrastructure that transmits electricity from massive generating sources to our homes and offices.