§ 3045. Conservation and load management
(a) Cooperatives may expend their funds, including the proceeds of their notes, bonds, or other obligations, for the purposes of modifying demand for electric capacity or energy through conservation or load management by participation in such facilities, projects, and programs as the governing board of the cooperative determines will effectively accomplish such purposes. Such facilities, projects, and programs may include providing or financing facilities or programs for conservation or load management, which may be: (i) owned or operated by the cooperative or by others, (ii) leased or licensed by the cooperative to others, or financed by loans by the cooperative to others, in either case on such terms and conditions as the governing board of the cooperative may determine.
(b) A cooperative may issue its notes, bonds, or other obligations pursuant to any statutory authority conferring such power for carrying out the purposes of this section. (Added 1989, No. 112, § 5a, eff. June 22, 1989.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 81 - Electric Cooperatives
§ 3002a. Obligations treated as expenses
§ 3005. Articles of incorporation, contents
§ 3007. Members, qualifications
§ 3010. Members necessary for quorum
§ 3013. Directors, qualifications
§ 3014. Election and term of office
§ 3023. Transfer of rights and liabilities
§ 3024. Responsibilities for liabilities transferred
§ 3025. Creditors’ rights not impaired by merger
§ 3026. Private corporation, change
§ 3027. Dissolution—Cooperative not commencing business
§ 3028. Dissolution of cooperatives
§ 3031. Mortgage and investment
§ 3032. Sale or lease of assets
§ 3036. Acknowledgments, members authorized
§ 3037. Foreign companies, service of process
§ 3043. Formation of cooperatives by cooperatives
§ 3044. Approval by members of cooperative