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.

Vermont Press Bureau Chief Peter Hirschfeld talks about what the potential merger between Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power means for ratepayers.

When someone suspects that an elderly or disabled person is being abused, the claim is supposed to be investigated quickly by the state. But a backlog of cases prompted a lawsuit this winter by Vermont Legal Aid.

A nuclear watchdog group is reacting to a suit by Vermont utilities over failures of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's cooling towers by saying they warned of just such problems.

VPR's John Dillon analyzes energy issues facing the state including the CVPS/Green Mountain Power suit against Vermont Yankee and the nuclear power plant's lawsuit against the state.

Control of the statewide transmission grid has emerged as a major issue as regulators review a proposed merger between the state's two largest utilities. Critics say the merged company under Canadian ownership is more likely to use Vermont as a corridor to import electricity from Quebec. But the transmission company is playing down those concerns.

The Vermont utility building a 21-turbine commercial wind farm on Lowell Mountain says it's going to conserve 2,700 acres as a way to compensate for the land being developed as part of the project.

State regulators have declined for now to appoint an independent counsel to review a planned merger of Vermont's largest electric utilities. But a group of ratepayers is continuing to press the issue. They say an outside investigation is needed to protect the public because Governor Peter Shumlin supports the deal.

The state Supreme Court has decided not to get involved, for now, in a dispute between Green Mountain Power and neighbors who oppose the utility's Lowell wind project.

Green Mountain Power says it exceeded its goal of installing 1,000 solar panels in 1,000 days.

Reporter John Dillon provides analysis on the status of the Lowell Mountain wind project.

Protesters challenging construction of a wind project in the Northeast Kingdom town of Lowell must stay 1,000 feet away from a blasting zone or risk being found in contempt of court.