AP/Toby Talbot

Mary Powell of Green Mountain Power. Vermont's largest electric utility, the Central Vermont Public Service Corp., has agreed to be sold to Gaz Metro Partnership of Montreal for about $472.4 million. Gaz Metro also owns GMP.

GMP's parent company, Gaz Metro, is seeking permission to purchase Vermont's largest utility, CVPS, creating a 70 percent stake in the state's electric market. GMP is also building a wind energy project on Lowell Mountain that has raised the objections of people in surrounding towns.

We'll discuss these issues, and take your questions on related electric energy topics.

Related VPR coverage:

VPR Series: Wind Energy

VPR Series Big Hydro: Going To The Source

VPR Coverage: CVPS Bidding

Disclosure: Mary Powell is a member of the VPR Board of Directors and GMP is an underwriter of the station. VPR does have a clear policy of editorial independence and a firewall between the news department and members of the board of directors. You can find these policies here.