Officials from Green Mountain Power provided a first glimpse inside their new $2.5 million  energy innovation center in downtown Rutland Thursday. It's an investment that city officials say is having a positive ripple effect on the entire downtown.

Vermont's largest electric utility is seeking nominations for its annual Zetterstrom Environmental Award, named for osprey advocate Meeri Zetterstrom.

A powerful wind storm that blew through Vermont yesterday caused more power outages than Super Storm Sandy. As of this morning, around 6,700 households and businesses are without power. The majority of those outages are in hard-hit Addison and Rutland Counties. And the lights might not be back on for some until Christmas Eve.

Green Mountain Power officials announced Friday that their new innovation center in downtown Rutland will also provide a new hub for Efficiency Vermont and NeighborWorks of Western Vermont.

Green Mountain Power has commissioned the last of its 21 wind turbines in Lowell - well in time for the company to meet an end-of-the-year deadline for federal tax credits.

Vermont State Police are investigating the theft of copper grounding cable taken from three Green Mountain Power substations.

Killington ski resort says it's going to power one of its lifts this season with electricity generated from methane gas recovered from cow manure.

Green Mountain Power is seeking to turn a former landfill managed by the city of Rutland into a solar field.

Officials at Green Mountain Power say that copper thefts at sub-stations are threatening the lives of utility workers and the public.

Many in Rutland hope new investments in solar power will jump start the city's economy.

Green Mountain Power chose what it describes as a "blighted" building in Rutland's downtown for its new energy innovation center.

The lights were coming back on Wednesday morning after high winds and rain caused thousands of power outages throughout Vermont.

Vermont police say six protesters have been arrested at the site of the Lowell mountain wind-power project.

Fair Haven's select board is continuing to push a plan for Massachusetts-based Beaver Wood Energy to build a 34-megawatt generator along Route 4 near the New York border.

Vermont's largest electric utility is asking state regulators for permission to reduce its rates by .4 percent.

The Vermont Public Service Board has signed off on the merger of the state's two largest utilities.

Bureau Chief Peter Hirshfeld of the Vermont Press Bureau and VT Digger Reporter Alan Panebaker talk about the latest developments of the proposed CVPS/Green Mountain Power merger.

House Speaker Shap Smith discusses the top legislative issues, we hear an analysis of the latest developments of the proposed CVPS-Green Mountain Power merger and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.

Members of the Vermont Senate are meeting Thursday in an unusual "joint caucus" to talk about the controversy of the Green Mountain Power-Central Vermont Public Service merger.

The leader of the Vermont Senate says he expects lawmakers will try to force the Public Service Board to order refunds to ratepayers for CVPS, which is currently in the midst of a merger.

We hear both sides of the debate over how CVPS should return $21 million to its ratepayers as part of its merger with Green Mountain Power and Congressman Peter Welch discusses campaign finance reform.

Debate is heating up among Vermont lawmakers about a payback due to utility ratepayers now that their electric company is being sold.

The advocacy group continues to advertise about Green Mountain Power's plan to take over and merge with Central Vermont Public Service. The group delivered petitions with the signatures of 15,000 customers of CVPS.

Green Mountain Power is at the center several energy stories right now, and on Tuesday's program we discuss them with the company's CEO Mary Powell.

A key Vermont lawmaker says he expects to offer an amendment on a budget bill that could put the state on a path toward majority ownership of the backbone of its electricity grid.