The Vermont Public Service Board has once again
rejected arguments that ratepayers should get a windfall payment when the
state’s two largest utilities merged.
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Statehouse critic of a recent utility merger says consumers should protest the
fact that they didn’t get a refund when the companies merged by rejecting the utility’s new roll-out of smart
meters.
VPR reporter, John Dillon updates Vermont Edition on the Public Service Board’s decision that Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service may merge into one utility owned by Gaz Metro.
The Republican candidate for governor of Vermont is looking to make a campaign issue out of a demand
for $21 million in refunds for customers of Vermont’s largest power company.
Senate
President Pro tem John Campbell says he hopes the Public Service Board has
gotten a clear message from the Legislature about the proposed merger of the
state’s two largest utilities.