electric power

Gunshot Caused Kingdom Power Outage

By VPR | October 19, 2012

Vermont State Police are investigating an incident in which someone shot a hole in the main transformer of the Barton Electric utility.

NH Forest Society Seeks Conservation Easements

By VPR | August 21, 2012

A conservation group working to block an electrical project from Canada into southern New Hampshire is seeking to disrupt the project by paying for conservation easements.

Utilities Sign New Power Contracts

By Ross Sneyd | February 17, 2010

Three Vermont power companies have signed contracts for electricity that would supplement or replace their existing deals with Vermont Yankee and Hydro-Quebec. Under the new contracts, a lot of the power would come from wind and hydroelectric projects.

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Experts see more wind power, transmission lines

By VPR | September 17, 2009

New England’s governors have endorsed a plan calling for up to a third of the region’s electric power to come from wind by 2030, with a big new network of high-voltage transmission lines to move the energy from source to market.