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Chapter 1 - Appointment, General Powers, and Duties
§ 1. Composition of Department - § 1. Composition of Department (a) The Department of Public...
§ 2. Department powers - § 2. Department powers (a) The Department of Public Service...
§ 3. Public Utility Commission - § 3. Public Utility Commission (a) The Vermont Public Utility...
§ 4. Qualifications of members, commissioners, and clerk - § 4. Qualifications of members, commissioners, and clerk A person...
§ 5. Clerk; oath - § 5. Clerk; oath The Commission shall appoint a clerk,...
§ 6. Powers and duties of clerk - § 6. Powers and duties of clerk The clerk shall...
§ 7. Quorum; meetings - § 7. Quorum; meetings Two Commission members shall constitute a...
§ 8. Powers of single Commission member or other officer or employee - § 8. Powers of single Commission member or other officer...
§ 9. Court of record; seal - § 9. Court of record; seal The Commission shall have...
§ 10. Service of process; notice of hearings; temporary restraining orders - § 10. Service of process; notice of hearings; temporary restraining...
§ 11. Pleadings; rules of practice; hearings; findings of fact - § 11. Pleadings; rules of practice; hearings; findings of fact...
§ 11a. Electronic filing and issuance - § 11a. Electronic filing and issuance (a) As used in...
§ 12. Review by Supreme Court - § 12. Review by Supreme Court A party to a...
§ 14. Powers of Supreme Court - § 14. Powers of Supreme Court The Supreme Court may...
§ 15. Decree of Commission; enforcement - § 15. Decree of Commission; enforcement A party to an...
§ 17. Fees of witnesses; duties of clerk - § 17. Fees of witnesses; duties of clerk The fees...
§ 18. Production and examination of books; witnesses - § 18. Production and examination of books; witnesses So far...
§ 19. Experts - § 19. Experts With the approval of the Governor, the...
§ 20. Particular proceedings and activities; personnel - § 20. Particular proceedings and activities; personnel (a)(1) The Commission...
§ 21. Particular proceedings and activities; assessment of costs - § 21. Particular proceedings and activities; assessment of costs (a)...
§ 22. Tax to finance Department and Commission - § 22. Tax to finance Department and Commission (a) For...
§ 22a. Use of gross operating revenues tax - § 22a. Use of gross operating revenues tax Expenses incurred...
§ 23. Public Service Reserve Fund - § 23. Public Service Reserve Fund There is hereby created...
§ 24. Payments from special funds; biennial report - § 24. Payments from special funds; biennial report All payments...
§ 25. Assessment - § 25. Assessment When the Department of Public Service discovers...
§ 26. Penalty - § 26. Penalty When such annual report for any year...
§ 27. Review - § 27. Review The assessment by the Commission or Department...
§ 28. Hearings - § 28. Hearings For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness...
§ 29. Right of inspection - § 29. Right of inspection The Public Utility Commission or...
§ 30. Penalties; affidavit of compliance - § 30. Penalties; affidavit of compliance (a)(1) A person, company,...
§ 31. Depositions - § 31. Depositions The Commission or the Department of Public...
§ 32. Injunction proceedings - § 32. Injunction proceedings Whenever the Department of Public Service...
§ 33. Joint hearings and investigations - § 33. Joint hearings and investigations The Commission shall have...
§ 34. Public education on propane tank safety - § 34. Public education on propane tank safety The General...
Chapter 2 - Building Energy
§ 51. Residential building energy standards; stretch code - § 51. Residential building energy standards; stretch code (a) Definitions....
§ 52. Home energy rating organization accreditation - § 52. Home energy rating organization accreditation (a) The Department...
§ 53. Commercial building energy standards - § 53. Commercial building energy standards (a) Definitions. In this...
§ 54. Compliance plan - § 54. Compliance plan The Commissioner of Public Service: (1)...
§ 55. Priority housing projects; stretch code - § 55. Priority housing projects; stretch code A priority housing...
§ 61. Definitions - § 61. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Benchmarking”...
§ 63. Multiunit buildings; access to aggregated data - § 63. Multiunit buildings; access to aggregated data (a) Obligation;...
Chapter 3 - Public Service Corporations, Other Than Railroads; Formation, Financing, Eminent Domain
§ 101. Corporations subject to Commission; formation - § 101. Corporations subject to Commission; formation Subject to the...
§ 102. Petition; hearing; certificate - § 102. Petition; hearing; certificate (a) Before the articles of...
§ 103. Transmission to Secretary of State; record; effect - § 103. Transmission to Secretary of State; record; effect The...
§ 104. Amendment of articles, certificate by Commission - § 104. Amendment of articles, certificate by Commission Such a...
§ 105. Payment for stock with property; approved by Commission - § 105. Payment for stock with property; approved by Commission...
§ 106. Ownership of stock in other corporations - § 106. Ownership of stock in other corporations When a...
§ 107. Acquisition of control of one utility company by another; supervision - § 107. Acquisition of control of one utility company by...
§ 108. Issue of bonds or other securities - § 108. Issue of bonds or other securities (a) A...
§ 109. Sales and leases; hearings - § 109. Sales and leases; hearings (a) Except in connection...
§ 110. Eminent domain; companies authorized - § 110. Eminent domain; companies authorized When it is necessary...
§ 110a. Inclusion of communications facilities - § 110a. Inclusion of communications facilities When a gas or...
§ 111. Petition; notice of hearing - § 111. Petition; notice of hearing (a) Such corporation shall...
§ 111a. Preexisting utility lines - § 111a. Preexisting utility lines (a) When a corporation seeks...
§ 112. Findings; dams; assessment of damages; jury trial - § 112. Findings; dams; assessment of damages; jury trial (a)...
§ 113. Compensation; where party cannot be found - § 113. Compensation; where party cannot be found When a...
§ 114. Copy of order; record - § 114. Copy of order; record When the Commission renders...
§ 115. Effect of payment of awards - § 115. Effect of payment of awards Upon the payment...
§ 116. Scope of application - § 116. Scope of application Without limiting or enlarging the...
§ 117. Rights acquired and not used - § 117. Rights acquired and not used Where property, easements,...
§ 118. Taking burial grounds; condemnation - § 118. Taking burial grounds; condemnation When it is necessary...
§ 119. Notice to municipality - § 119. Notice to municipality Notice of such proceedings shall...
§ 120. Removal of remains - § 120. Removal of remains The remains of the dead...
§ 121. Notice to kindred - § 121. Notice to kindred Before the removal of such...
§ 122. Headstones or monuments erected - § 122. Headstones or monuments erected The selectboard or board...
§ 123. Expense - § 123. Expense The entire expense of whatever land may...
§ 124. Appeal - § 124. Appeal The judgment and findings of the Commission...
§ 125. Powers; annual report - § 125. Powers; annual report A public service corporation shall...
§ 126. Saving clause; corporations formed before April 2, 1915 - § 126. Saving clause; corporations formed before April 2, 1915...
§ 127. Utility poles in easements across private property - § 127. Utility poles in easements across private property (a)...
Chapter 5 - State Policy; Plans; Jurisdiction and Regulatory Authority of Commission and Department
§ 201. Definitions - § 201. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Company”...
§ 202. Electrical energy planning - § 202. Electrical energy planning (a) The Department of Public...
§ 202a. State energy policy - § 202a. State energy policy It is the general policy...
§ 202b. State Comprehensive Energy Plan - § 202b. State Comprehensive Energy Plan (a) The Department of...
§ 202c. State telecommunications; policy and planning - § 202c. State telecommunications; policy and planning (a) The General...
§ 202d. Telecommunications plan - § 202d. Telecommunications plan (a) The Department of Public Service...
§ 202e. Telecommunications and connectivity - § 202e. Telecommunications and connectivity (a) Among other powers and...
§ 202f. Telecommunications and Connectivity Advisory Board - § 202f. Telecommunications and Connectivity Advisory Board (a) There is...
§ 203. Jurisdiction of certain public utilities - § 203. Jurisdiction of certain public utilities The Public Utility...
§ 203a. Fuel Efficiency Fund - § 203a. Fuel Efficiency Fund (a) Fuel Efficiency Fund. There...
§ 204. Organization; reports of public utility corporations - § 204. Organization; reports of public utility corporations Immediately upon...
§ 205. Duty to furnish copies of contracts - § 205. Duty to furnish copies of contracts At the...
§ 206. Information to be furnished Department - § 206. Information to be furnished Department On request by...
§ 207. Report of accidents; investigation - § 207. Report of accidents; investigation The superintendent or manager...
§ 208. Complaints; investigations; procedure - § 208. Complaints; investigations; procedure A complaint to the Public...
§ 208a. Selection of telecommunications carrier - § 208a. Selection of telecommunications carrier (a) No provider of...
§ 208b. Unauthorized billing - § 208b. Unauthorized billing A company subject to the jurisdiction...
§ 209. Jurisdiction; general scope - § 209. Jurisdiction; general scope (a) General jurisdiction. On due...
§ 209a. Qualified cost mitigation charge orders - § 209a. Qualified cost mitigation charge orders (a) Definitions. As...
§ 209c. Electricity affordability program - § 209c. Electricity affordability program (a) The Public Utility Commission...
§ 210. Electric companies; interconnection facilities - § 210. Electric companies; interconnection facilities (a) The Public Utility...
§ 211. Electric energy from inside or outside State - § 211. Electric energy from inside or outside State (a)...
§ 212. Niagara power project - § 212. Niagara power project The Department of Public Service,...
§ 212a. Retail sales by Department; statutory authorization - § 212a. Retail sales by Department; statutory authorization (a) The...
§ 212b. Review Board on Retail Sales - § 212b. Review Board on Retail Sales (a) There is...
§ 212c. Retail sale by the Department; Commission approval - § 212c. Retail sale by the Department; Commission approval (a)...
§ 212d. Access; negotiations; Commission order - § 212d. Access; negotiations; Commission order (a) Upon a finding...
§ 212e. Representation of public; production of records - § 212e. Representation of public; production of records (a) The...
§ 212f. Identification of Department sales on bills - § 212f. Identification of Department sales on bills (a) Each...
§ 213. Interchange of electric facilities; power shortage - § 213. Interchange of electric facilities; power shortage The Public...
§ 214. Application for interconnection; joint use of facilities; and resolution of transmission disputes - § 214. Application for interconnection; joint use of facilities; and...
§ 215. Natural gas - § 215. Natural gas The Department of Public Service, or...
§ 216. Gas rate fixing - § 216. Gas rate fixing The Public Utility Commission, under...
§ 217. Department to prosecute - § 217. Department to prosecute The Department of Public Service,...
§ 218. Jurisdiction over charges and rates - § 218. Jurisdiction over charges and rates (a) When, after...
§ 218a. Permanent telecommunications relay service - § 218a. Permanent telecommunications relay service (a)(1) The Department of...
§ 218b. Farm customers; energy efficiency; electric energy generation - § 218b. Farm customers; energy efficiency; electric energy generation Each...
§ 218c. Least-cost integrated planning - § 218c. Least-cost integrated planning (a)(1) A “least-cost integrated plan”...
§ 218d. Alternative regulation of electric and natural gas companies - § 218d. Alternative regulation of electric and natural gas companies...
§ 218e. Implementing State energy policy; manufacturing - § 218e. Implementing State energy policy; manufacturing To give effect...
§ 219. Service - § 219. Service Each company subject to supervision under this...
§ 221. Forms; orders - § 221. Forms; orders The Commission may prescribe the forms...
§ 222. Exceptions - § 222. Exceptions Public utilities under the jurisdiction of a...
§ 223. Appeal from municipal authorities - § 223. Appeal from municipal authorities A person or corporation...
§ 224. Special authority to municipality, to be under supervision of Commission - § 224. Special authority to municipality, to be under supervision...
§ 225. Rate schedules - § 225. Rate schedules (a) Within a time to be...
§ 226. Rates, hearings, bond - § 226. Rates, hearings, bond (a) Except in the case...
§ 226a. Contracts regarding basic exchange telecommunications services - § 226a. Contracts regarding basic exchange telecommunications services (a) As...
§ 226b. Incentive regulation of basic exchange telecommunications providers - § 226b. Incentive regulation of basic exchange telecommunications providers (a)...
§ 227. Suspension, refund - § 227. Suspension, refund (a) If the Commission orders that...
§ 227a. Pricing of competitive telecommunications services - § 227a. Pricing of competitive telecommunications services (a) In addition...
§ 227b. Wireless telecommunications - § 227b. Wireless telecommunications (a)(1) The Secretary of Administration is...
§ 227c. Nondominant carriers - § 227c. Nondominant carriers (a) The Commission may modify, reduce,...
§ 227d. Small eligible telecommunications carriers - § 227d. Small eligible telecommunications carriers (a) A carrier which...
§ 227e. Leasing or licensing of State land; public notice - § 227e. Leasing or licensing of State land; public notice...
§ 228. Copy of schedules - § 228. Copy of schedules Each company, subject to the...
§ 229. Rebates; exceptions - § 229. Rebates; exceptions A public service company shall not...
§ 230. Special rate or rebate; penalty - § 230. Special rate or rebate; penalty Except as provided...
§ 231. Certificate of public good; abandonment of service; hearing - § 231. Certificate of public good; abandonment of service; hearing...
§ 231a. Registration of billing aggregators - § 231a. Registration of billing aggregators (a) Definitions. As used...
§ 232. Sales, leases, pledges, bonds, notes; hearings - § 232. Sales, leases, pledges, bonds, notes; hearings (a) Except...
§ 234. Appeal - § 234. Appeal A person, partnership, or unincorporated association aggrieved...
§ 235. Heating and process fuel efficiency program - § 235. Heating and process fuel efficiency program (a) After...
§ 246. Temporary siting of meteorological stations - § 246. Temporary siting of meteorological stations (a) As used...
§ 247. Penalty - § 247. Penalty In addition to any civil penalty imposed...
§ 248. New gas and electric purchases, investments, and facilities; certificate of public good - § 248. New gas and electric purchases, investments, and facilities;...
§ 248a. Certificate of public good for communications facilities - § 248a. Certificate of public good for communications facilities (a)...
§ 248b. Fees; Agency of Natural Resources; participation in siting proceedings - § 248b. Fees; Agency of Natural Resources; participation in siting...
§ 248c. Fees; Department of Public Service and Public Utility Commission; participation in certification and siting proceedings - § 248c. Fees; Department of Public Service and Public Utility...
§ 248d. Fee refund - § 248d. Fee refund If an applicant withdraws an application...
§ 249. Service territories; Commission jurisdiction - § 249. Service territories; Commission jurisdiction (a) The Public Utility...
§ 249a. Campground submetering - § 249a. Campground submetering Notwithstanding the provisions of section 249...
§ 250. Application; maps - § 250. Application; maps Within six months after July 1,...
§ 251. Areas served by several companies - § 251. Areas served by several companies (a) In any...
§ 252. Experts, payment of expense - § 252. Experts, payment of expense The Public Utility Commission...
§ 253. National Environmental Policy Act review - § 253. National Environmental Policy Act review The Governor may...
§ 254. Construction or extended operation of nuclear plant; public engagement process - § 254. Construction or extended operation of nuclear plant; public...
§ 254a. Joint Fiscal Committee; nuclear energy analysis - § 254a. Joint Fiscal Committee; nuclear energy analysis (a) The...
§ 255. Regional coordination to reduce greenhouse gases - § 255. Regional coordination to reduce greenhouse gases (a) Legislative...
Chapter 7 - Consolidation or Merger of Corporations Under Jurisdiction of Commission
§ 311. Public Utility Commission’s authority - § 311. Public Utility Commission’s authority A consolidation or merger...
Chapter 9 - Dams
§ 401. Lake Seymour - § 401. Lake Seymour The Public Utility Commission shall ascertain...
§ 402. Prohibition - § 402. Prohibition The waters of Lake Seymour shall not...
§ 403. Penalty - § 403. Penalty A person, firm, or corporation who violates...
§ 404. Great Averill Pond, Little Averill Pond, Norton Lake - § 404. Great Averill Pond, Little Averill Pond, Norton Lake...
§ 405. Prohibition - § 405. Prohibition The waters of Great Averill and Little...
§ 406. Penalty - § 406. Penalty A person, firm, or corporation who violates...
Chapter 13 - Cable Television Systems
§ 501. Definitions - § 501. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Commission”...
§ 502. Jurisdiction - § 502. Jurisdiction (a) A company subject to supervision under...
§ 503. Certification - § 503. Certification (a) No company may own or operate...
§ 504. Certificates of public good - § 504. Certificates of public good (a) Certificates of public...
§ 505. Service - § 505. Service No company holding a certificate of public...
§ 506. Renewal - § 506. Renewal Certificates with a limited duration may be...
§ 508. Unauthorized operation; penalty - § 508. Unauthorized operation; penalty A person or company rendering...
§ 509. Amendment and revocation; fines; assurance of discontinuance - § 509. Amendment and revocation; fines; assurance of discontinuance (a)...
§ 510. Notice to subscribers regarding quality of service - § 510. Notice to subscribers regarding quality of service (a)...
§ 511. Extensions for transfer or sale - § 511. Extensions for transfer or sale At the end...
§ 512. Assistance to unserved areas - § 512. Assistance to unserved areas (a) The legislative body...
§ 513. Municipal cable television systems - § 513. Municipal cable television systems (a) A municipality may...
§ 514. Annual report - § 514. Annual report At the time of filing its...
§ 515. Acquisition of control of a company subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission - § 515. Acquisition of control of a company subject to...
§ 516. Modification by the Commission of cable television tariff requirements - § 516. Modification by the Commission of cable television tariff...
§ 517. Line extensions - § 517. Line extensions (a) A company may enter into...
§ 518. Retransmission fees; reporting - § 518. Retransmission fees; reporting (a) Purpose. The purpose of...
Chapter 14 - Municipal Utility Acquisition of Facilities and Other Assets
§ 601. Definitions - § 601. Definitions (a) The following words as used in...
§ 602. Authorization - § 602. Authorization The City of Burlington and the Village...
§ 603. NEPOOL agreement - § 603. NEPOOL agreement The New England power pool agreement...
§ 604. Additional authority - § 604. Additional authority (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of...
§ 605. Contracts - § 605. Contracts Contracts under section 604 of this title...
§ 606. Tenancy in common - § 606. Tenancy in common If the City of Burlington,...
§ 607. Consent to application of laws of other states - § 607. Consent to application of laws of other states...
§ 608. Bonding authority—City of Burlington - § 608. Bonding authority—City of Burlington (a) The City of...
§ 609. Village of Lyndonville - § 609. Village of Lyndonville (a) The Village of Lyndonville,...
§ 610. Bonding authority — Town of Rockingham - § 610. Bonding authority — Town of Rockingham (a) The...
§ 610a. Authorization of indebtedness - § 610a. Authorization of indebtedness (a) A municipality owning and...
§ 611. Liability of the State; immunity - § 611. Liability of the State; immunity No provision of...
Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role
§ 2501. Town; duties of certain officers - § 2501. Town; duties of certain officers As used in...
§ 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities construction; restriction - § 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities;...
§ 2503. Location by Transportation Board or selectboard; notice - § 2503. Location by Transportation Board or selectboard; notice When...
§ 2504. Transportation Board or selectboard may direct and change manner of crossing highway - § 2504. Transportation Board or selectboard may direct and change...
§ 2505. Location near residence - § 2505. Location near residence When a person objects to...
§ 2506. Trees not to be injured; exception; penalty - § 2506. Trees not to be injured; exception; penalty A...
§ 2507. Poles - § 2507. Poles A person or corporation owning or operating...
§ 2508. Penalty - § 2508. Penalty A person or corporation that neglects or...
§ 2509. Selectboard’s powers; expense - § 2509. Selectboard’s powers; expense The Agency of Transportation, selectboard,...
§ 2510. Cemeteries - § 2510. Cemeteries The owner or operator of a line...
§ 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment - § 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment When, in the erection of...
§ 2512. Appeal; proceedings - § 2512. Appeal; proceedings When either party is dissatisfied with...
§ 2513. Lines along railroad tracks; wireless and other telecommunications facilities - § 2513. Lines along railroad tracks; wireless and other telecommunications...
§ 2514. Line to remain property of company - § 2514. Line to remain property of company A line...
§ 2515. Erecting new lines - § 2515. Erecting new lines When a person or corporation...
§ 2516. Expenses; repairs - § 2516. Expenses; repairs The Transportation Board or selectboard shall...
§ 2517. Notice; copy - § 2517. Notice; copy The Transportation Board or selectboard shall...
§ 2518. Restriction of right to move poles; action - § 2518. Restriction of right to move poles; action The...
§ 2519. No prescriptive rights - § 2519. No prescriptive rights Enjoyment of any length of...
§ 2520. Town lines - § 2520. Town lines For their own use, towns may...
§ 2521. Private lines - § 2521. Private lines The Transportation Board or selectboard may...
§ 2522. Transportation Board or selectboard’s control; town’s rights - § 2522. Transportation Board or selectboard’s control; town’s rights After...
§ 2523. Court may permit line to be attached to standing poles - § 2523. Court may permit line to be attached to...
§ 2524. Court may enforce order - § 2524. Court may enforce order When, in such cause,...
§ 2525. Attachment of wires - § 2525. Attachment of wires Telephone wires attached to poles...
§ 2526. Fees of certain officers - § 2526. Fees of certain officers When the selectboard members...
§ 2527. Penalties; injuries to trees - § 2527. Penalties; injuries to trees A person or corporation...
§ 2528. Injuries to line - § 2528. Injuries to line A person who willfully or...
§ 2529. Loitering upon telephone property; penalty - § 2529. Loitering upon telephone property; penalty A person who...
§ 2530. Telephones in public areas - § 2530. Telephones in public areas The selectboard of a...
Chapter 73 - Provisions Applicable to Express and Telegraph Companies
§ 2601. Names of members; filing and record - § 2601. Names of members; filing and record Every foreign...
§ 2602. Charges restricted to tariff rate; excess recoverable - § 2602. Charges restricted to tariff rate; excess recoverable A...
§ 2603. Lien on goods restricted - § 2603. Lien on goods restricted An express company shall...
§ 2604. Noncompliance; effect - § 2604. Noncompliance; effect An express or telegraph company shall...
Chapter 75 - Interchange of Service Between Telegraph and Telephone Companies
§ 2701. Transfer of messages and interchange of service - § 2701. Transfer of messages and interchange of service Whenever...
§ 2703. Telephone service - § 2703. Telephone service On application of a telegraph or...
§ 2704. Discrimination prohibited - § 2704. Discrimination prohibited On application of a person or...
§ 2706. Transmission of telephone messages - § 2706. Transmission of telephone messages A person owning, hiring,...
Chapter 77 - Gas and Electric Companies
§ 2801. General duties; rates; powers of Public Utility Commission - § 2801. General duties; rates; powers of Public Utility Commission...
§ 2802. Sale and distribution; regulation - § 2802. Sale and distribution; regulation A person, association, company,...
§ 2803. Procedure; petition; recognizance - § 2803. Procedure; petition; recognizance When the parties cannot agree,...
§ 2804. Citation; service; hearing - § 2804. Citation; service; hearing The petition, with a citation...
§ 2805. Appeal; commissioners; hearing on report - § 2805. Appeal; commissioners; hearing on report A party to...
§ 2806. Penalty - § 2806. Penalty A person or corporation that violates a...
§ 2811. Smart meters; customer rights; reports - § 2811. Smart meters; customer rights; reports (a) Definitions. As...
§ 2812. Meter tests on customer’s demand - § 2812. Meter tests on customer’s demand Upon demand of...
§ 2813. Time - § 2813. Time Such company shall test every service meter...
§ 2814. Cost; report - § 2814. Cost; report When a customer requests a meter...
§ 2815. Inaccurate meters - § 2815. Inaccurate meters Such company shall not keep in...
§ 2816. Civil penalty for violation of gas safety standards - § 2816. Civil penalty for violation of gas safety standards...
Chapter 79 - Municipal Plants
§ 2901. Definitions - § 2901. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise...
§ 2902. Powers of municipalities - § 2902. Powers of municipalities (a) In accordance with this...
§ 2903. Authorization by voters; cities - § 2903. Authorization by voters; cities (a) A city may...
§ 2904. Towns and villages - § 2904. Towns and villages A town or village may...
§ 2905. Indebtedness - § 2905. Indebtedness A municipality that has voted according to...
§ 2906. Existing plants - § 2906. Existing plants Within 30 days after the passage...
§ 2907. Utility to accept or reject offer to purchase - § 2907. Utility to accept or reject offer to purchase...
§ 2908. Agreement on price not binding unless ratified - § 2908. Agreement on price not binding unless ratified The...
§ 2909. Hearing before Commission on failure to agree - § 2909. Hearing before Commission on failure to agree If...
§ 2910. Taking utility property by eminent domain - § 2910. Taking utility property by eminent domain If the...
§ 2911. Effect of negative vote for acquisition of utility property - § 2911. Effect of negative vote for acquisition of utility...
§ 2912. Operation in other municipalities - § 2912. Operation in other municipalities A municipality, which has...
§ 2913. Extension into other municipalities - § 2913. Extension into other municipalities After notice and public...
§ 2914. Condemnation - § 2914. Condemnation When it is necessary that a municipality...
§ 2915. Commissioners - § 2915. Commissioners For the more convenient management of any...
§ 2916. Appointment - § 2916. Appointment The commissioners may be appointed by the...
§ 2917. Compensation - § 2917. Compensation The compensation of the commissioners shall be...
§ 2918. Reports - § 2918. Reports The commissioners shall annually, or when requested...
§ 2919. Appropriations - § 2919. Appropriations Any municipality having a municipal plant may...
§ 2920. Abandonment - § 2920. Abandonment A municipality that has established a municipal...
§ 2921. Effect on special legislation - § 2921. Effect on special legislation All acts or parts...
§ 2922. Other municipalities - § 2922. Other municipalities Notwithstanding any other provisions of this...
§ 2923. Rate of return - § 2923. Rate of return (a) In determining rates charged...
§ 2924. Approval by voters of municipality - § 2924. Approval by voters of municipality (a) With respect...
§ 2925. Conservation and load management - § 2925. Conservation and load management (a) Municipal electric utilities...
Chapter 81 - Electric Cooperatives
§ 3001. Definitions - § 3001. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the...
§ 3001a. Purpose - § 3001a. Purpose Cooperatives may be organized under this chapter...
§ 3002. Powers - § 3002. Powers A cooperative shall have power: (1) To...
§ 3002a. Obligations treated as expenses - § 3002a. Obligations treated as expenses The obligations of any...
§ 3003. Name - § 3003. Name The name of a cooperative governed by...
§ 3004. Organization, members - § 3004. Organization, members Five or more natural persons, a...
§ 3005. Articles of incorporation, contents - § 3005. Articles of incorporation, contents Articles of incorporation of...
§ 3006. Bylaws - § 3006. Bylaws The board of directors shall adopt bylaws...
§ 3007. Members, qualifications - § 3007. Members, qualifications Each incorporator of a cooperative shall...
§ 3008. Meetings - § 3008. Meetings An annual meeting of the members of...
§ 3009. Notice of meeting - § 3009. Notice of meeting Except as otherwise provided in...
§ 3010. Members necessary for quorum - § 3010. Members necessary for quorum Unless the bylaws prescribe...
§ 3011. Voting - § 3011. Voting Each member shall be entitled to one...
§ 3012. Notice, waiver - § 3012. Notice, waiver A person entitled to notice of...
§ 3013. Directors, qualifications - § 3013. Directors, qualifications The business of a cooperative shall...
§ 3014. Election and term of office - § 3014. Election and term of office (a) The bylaws...
§ 3016. Districts - § 3016. Districts The bylaws may provide for the division...
§ 3017. Officers, duties - § 3017. Officers, duties The officers of a cooperative shall...
§ 3018. Amendment of articles - § 3018. Amendment of articles A cooperative may amend its...
§ 3019. Location of office - § 3019. Location of office Upon authorization of its board...
§ 3020. Consolidation - § 3020. Consolidation Two or more cooperatives licensed in this...
§ 3021. Merger, requirements - § 3021. Merger, requirements One or more cooperatives, each of...
§ 3022. Effect - § 3022. Effect In the case of a consolidation, the...
§ 3023. Transfer of rights and liabilities - § 3023. Transfer of rights and liabilities All the rights,...
§ 3024. Responsibilities for liabilities transferred - § 3024. Responsibilities for liabilities transferred The new or surviving...
§ 3025. Creditors’ rights not impaired by merger - § 3025. Creditors’ rights not impaired by merger Neither the...
§ 3026. Private corporation, change - § 3026. Private corporation, change A corporation organized under the...
§ 3027. Dissolution—Cooperative not commencing business - § 3027. Dissolution—Cooperative not commencing business A cooperative that has...
§ 3028. Dissolution of cooperatives - § 3028. Dissolution of cooperatives A cooperative that has commenced...
§ 3029. Papers filed - § 3029. Papers filed Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger,...
§ 3030. Revenues, use of - § 3030. Revenues, use of Revenues of a cooperative for...
§ 3031. Mortgage and investment - § 3031. Mortgage and investment (a) The board of directors...
§ 3032. Sale or lease of assets - § 3032. Sale or lease of assets A cooperative may...
§ 3033. Personal liability - § 3033. Personal liability A member shall not be liable...
§ 3034. Mortgages, filing - § 3034. Mortgages, filing A mortgage, deed of trust, or...
§ 3035. Safety standards - § 3035. Safety standards As a minimum requirement for any...
§ 3036. Acknowledgments, members authorized - § 3036. Acknowledgments, members authorized A person who is authorized...
§ 3037. Foreign companies, service of process - § 3037. Foreign companies, service of process A foreign nonprofit...
§ 3038. Fees - § 3038. Fees (a) There shall be paid to the...
§ 3041. Securities act - § 3041. Securities act The provisions of 9 V.S.A. chapter...
§ 3042. Annual reports - § 3042. Annual reports Each cooperative formed under the provisions...
§ 3043. Formation of cooperatives by cooperatives - § 3043. Formation of cooperatives by cooperatives (a) Notwithstanding any...
§ 3044. Approval by members of cooperative - § 3044. Approval by members of cooperative (a) With respect...
§ 3045. Conservation and load management - § 3045. Conservation and load management (a) Cooperatives may expend...
§ 3047. Cost allocations; subsidization prohibited - § 3047. Cost allocations; subsidization prohibited In carrying out the...
Chapter 82 - Communications Union Districts
§ 3051. Formation - § 3051. Formation (a) Two or more towns and cities...
§ 3052. District composition - § 3052. District composition A district formed under this chapter...
§ 3053. Creation; duration; noncontestability - § 3053. Creation; duration; noncontestability (a) Following the organizational meeting...
§ 3054. District powers - § 3054. District powers (a) In addition to the powers...
§ 3055. Communications plant; sites - § 3055. Communications plant; sites Each member shall make available...
§ 3056. Limitations; taxes; indebtedness - § 3056. Limitations; taxes; indebtedness (a) Notwithstanding any grant of...
§ 3057. Board authority - § 3057. Board authority The legislative power and authority of...
§ 3058. Board composition - § 3058. Board composition The district governing board shall be...
§ 3059. Appointment - § 3059. Appointment Annually on or before the last Monday...
§ 3060. Organizational meeting - § 3060. Organizational meeting Annually, on the second Tuesday in...
§ 3061. Quorum - § 3061. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the...
§ 3062. Voting - § 3062. Voting Each district member’s delegation shall be entitled...
§ 3063. Term - § 3063. Term Unless replaced in the manner provided in...
§ 3064. Vacancy - § 3064. Vacancy Any vacancy on the board shall be...
§ 3065. Rules of procedure - § 3065. Rules of procedure Except as otherwise provided by...
§ 3066. Compensation of representatives - § 3066. Compensation of representatives Each district member may reimburse...
§ 3067. Officers; bond - § 3067. Officers; bond (a) The officers of the district...
§ 3068. Clerk - § 3068. Clerk The clerk of the district shall be...
§ 3069. Treasurer - § 3069. Treasurer The treasurer of the district shall be...
§ 3070. Audit - § 3070. Audit Once the district becomes operational, the board...
§ 3071. Committees - § 3071. Committees The board has authority to establish one...
§ 3072. Compensation of officers - § 3072. Compensation of officers Officers of the district shall...
§ 3073. Recall of officers - § 3073. Recall of officers An officer may be removed...
§ 3074. Fiscal year - § 3074. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the district...
§ 3075. Budget - § 3075. Budget (a) Annually, on or before October 21,...
§ 3076. Indebtedness - § 3076. Indebtedness The board may borrow money through the...
§ 3077. Pledge of revenues - § 3077. Pledge of revenues (a) When the board, at...
§ 3078. Sinking and reserve funds - § 3078. Sinking and reserve funds (a) The board may...
§ 3079. Service fees - § 3079. Service fees The board may from time to...
§ 3080. Special meetings - § 3080. Special meetings (a) The board may call a...
§ 3081. Withdrawal of a member municipality - § 3081. Withdrawal of a member municipality A district member...
§ 3082. Admission of district members - § 3082. Admission of district members The board may authorize...
§ 3083. Dissolution - § 3083. Dissolution (a) If the board by resolution approved...
§ 3084. Confidentiality; legislative intent - § 3084. Confidentiality; legislative intent The purpose of this section...
Chapter 83 - Consolidation of Municipal and Cooperative Districts
§ 4001. Definitions - § 4001. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise...
§ 4002. Agreements by cooperatives and municipal electric utilities - § 4002. Agreements by cooperatives and municipal electric utilities Any...
§ 4002a. All requirements contracts - § 4002a. All requirements contracts (a) For purposes of this...
§ 4003. Implementing powers - § 4003. Implementing powers Without limiting the general scope and...
§ 4004. Taxes - § 4004. Taxes Electric facilities constructed or otherwise acquired under...
§ 4005. Insurance - § 4005. Insurance Each participating utility shall have the right...
§ 4006. Construction of chapter - § 4006. Construction of chapter Notwithstanding any other provision of...
§ 4007. Severability - § 4007. Severability If any provision of this chapter or...
Chapter 84 - Vermont Public Power Supply Authority
§ 5001. Definitions - § 5001. Definitions In this chapter, the following words and...
§ 5011. Creation of Vermont Public Power Supply Authority - § 5011. Creation of Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (a)...
§ 5012. General powers and duties - § 5012. General powers and duties The Authority shall have...
§ 5013. Special powers - § 5013. Special powers (a) The Authority may contract to...
§ 5014. Acquisition of property - § 5014. Acquisition of property The Authority may acquire real...
§ 5015. Tax exemption - § 5015. Tax exemption (a) All bonds or notes issued...
§ 5016. Rules and rates - § 5016. Rules and rates (a) The Authority may make...
§ 5017. Powers of municipalities - § 5017. Powers of municipalities A municipality may by resolution...
§ 5018. Construction contracts - § 5018. Construction contracts The Authority may contract for the...
§ 5031. Bonds and notes - § 5031. Bonds and notes (a)(1) The Authority may issue...
§ 5032. Refunding obligations; issuance - § 5032. Refunding obligations; issuance The Authority may provide for...
§ 5033. Refunding obligations; sale - § 5033. Refunding obligations; sale Refunding obligations issued as provided...
§ 5034. Remedies of bondholders and noteholders - § 5034. Remedies of bondholders and noteholders (a) In the...
§ 5035. Pledge of the State - § 5035. Pledge of the State The State does hereby...
§ 5036. Credit of State and members of Authority not pledged - § 5036. Credit of State and members of Authority not...
§ 5037. Notes and bonds as legal investments - § 5037. Notes and bonds as legal investments Notwithstanding any...
§ 5038. Annual reports; audit - § 5038. Annual reports; audit (a) On or before the...
§ 5039. Liberal construction - § 5039. Liberal construction Neither this chapter nor anything contained...
§ 5040. Public Utility Commission jurisdiction - § 5040. Public Utility Commission jurisdiction Notwithstanding any other provision...
§ 5041. Inconsistent provisions in other laws superseded - § 5041. Inconsistent provisions in other laws superseded Insofar as...
Chapter 86 - Underground Utility Damage Prevention System
§ 7001. Definitions - § 7001. Definitions In this chapter: (1) “Commission” means the...
§ 7002. Public Utility Underground Facility Damage Prevention System - § 7002. Public Utility Underground Facility Damage Prevention System Each...
§ 7003. Rulemaking - § 7003. Rulemaking The Commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to...
§ 7004. Notice of excavation activities - § 7004. Notice of excavation activities (a) No person or...
§ 7005. Notification by System - § 7005. Notification by System Upon receiving notice of excavation...
§ 7006. Marking of underground utility facilities - § 7006. Marking of underground utility facilities A company notified...
§ 7006a. Maintenance of underground utility facility markings - § 7006a. Maintenance of underground utility facility markings After a...
§ 7006b. Excavation area precautions - § 7006b. Excavation area precautions Any person engaged in excavating...
§ 7007. Notice of damage - § 7007. Notice of damage When any underground utility facility...
§ 7008. Penalties - § 7008. Penalties (a) Vermont Digsafe Program. Any person or...
Chapter 87 - Enhanced 911; Emergency Services
§ 7051. Definitions - § 7051. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Automatic...
§ 7052. Vermont Enhanced 911 Board - § 7052. Vermont Enhanced 911 Board (a) The Vermont Enhanced...
§ 7053. Board; responsibilities and powers - § 7053. Board; responsibilities and powers (a) The Board shall...
§ 7054. Funding - § 7054. Funding (a) The Enhanced 911 Fund is created...
§ 7055. Telecommunications company coordination - § 7055. Telecommunications company coordination (a) Every telecommunications company under...
§ 7056. Municipal cooperation; enhanced ANI/ALI capability - § 7056. Municipal cooperation; enhanced ANI/ALI capability (a) Each municipality,...
§ 7057. Enterprise communications system - § 7057. Enterprise communications system Any enterprise communications system shall...
§ 7058. Pay telephones - § 7058. Pay telephones Each provider or other owner or...
§ 7059. Confidentiality of system information - § 7059. Confidentiality of system information (a)(1) A person shall...
§ 7060. Limitation of liability - § 7060. Limitation of liability No person shall be liable...
§ 7061. Enforcement and penalties - § 7061. Enforcement and penalties (a) The Board may file...
Chapter 88 - Universal Telecommunications Service
§ 7501. Purpose; definitions - § 7501. Purpose; definitions (a) It is the purpose of...
§ 7502. Rulemaking - § 7502. Rulemaking (a) Consistent with the purposes of this...
§ 7503. Fiscal agent - § 7503. Fiscal agent (a) A fiscal agent shall be...
§ 7504. Severability - § 7504. Severability In the event that a court determines...
§ 7511. Distribution generally - § 7511. Distribution generally (a)(1) As directed by the Commissioner...
§ 7512. Telecommunications relay service - § 7512. Telecommunications relay service The fiscal agent shall make...
§ 7513. Lifeline - § 7513. Lifeline The fiscal agent shall make distributions for...
§ 7514. Enhanced 911 - § 7514. Enhanced 911 The fiscal agent shall make distributions...
§ 7515. High-cost program - § 7515. High-cost program (a) The Universal Service Charge shall...
§ 7515b. Connectivity Initiative - § 7515b. Connectivity Initiative (a) The Connectivity Initiative shall be...
§ 7516. Connectivity Fund - § 7516. Connectivity Fund (a) There is created a Connectivity...
§ 7521. Charge imposed; wholesale exemption - § 7521. Charge imposed; wholesale exemption (a) A Universal Service...
§ 7522. Rebate for payment elsewhere - § 7522. Rebate for payment elsewhere When a telecommunications service...
§ 7523. Rate of charge - § 7523. Rate of charge (a) Beginning on July 1,...
§ 7524. Payment to fiscal agent - § 7524. Payment to fiscal agent (a) Telecommunications service providers...
§ 7525. Delinquent payments - § 7525. Delinquent payments (a) If a report required by...
Chapter 89 - Renewable Energy Programs
§ 8001. Renewable energy goals - § 8001. Renewable energy goals (a) The General Assembly finds...
§ 8002. Definitions - § 8002. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Commission”...
§ 8003. Renewable energy pricing - § 8003. Renewable energy pricing (a) An electric utility, municipal...
§ 8004. Sales of electric energy; Renewable Energy Standard (RES) - § 8004. Sales of electric energy; Renewable Energy Standard (RES)...
§ 8005. RES categories - § 8005. RES categories (a) Categories. This section specifies three...
§ 8005a. Standard Offer Program - § 8005a. Standard Offer Program (a) Establishment. A Standard Offer...
§ 8005b. Renewable energy programs; reports - § 8005b. Renewable energy programs; reports (a) The Department shall...
§ 8006. Tradeable credits; environmental attributes; recognition, monitoring, and disclosure - § 8006. Tradeable credits; environmental attributes; recognition, monitoring, and disclosure...
§ 8006a. Greenhouse gas reduction credits - § 8006a. Greenhouse gas reduction credits (a) Standard offer adjustment....
§ 8007. Small renewable energy plants; simplified procedures - § 8007. Small renewable energy plants; simplified procedures (a) The...
§ 8008. Agreements; attribute revenues; disposition by Commission - § 8008. Agreements; attribute revenues; disposition by Commission (a) As...
§ 8009. Baseload renewable power portfolio requirement - § 8009. Baseload renewable power portfolio requirement (a) As used...
§ 8010. Self-generation and net metering - § 8010. Self-generation and net metering (a) A customer may...
§ 8011. Energy storage facilities - § 8011. Energy storage facilities (a) The Commission may adopt...
§ 8015. Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund - § 8015. Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund (a) Creation of...
§ 8016. ARRA energy monies - § 8016. ARRA energy monies The expenditure of each of...
Chapter 91 - Vermont Telecommunications Authority
§ 8060. Legislative findings and purpose - § 8060. Legislative findings and purpose (a) The General Assembly...
§ 8060a. Period of dormancy - § 8060a. Period of dormancy On July 1, 2015, the...
§ 8061. Establishment of Authority; organization - § 8061. Establishment of Authority; organization (a) The Vermont Telecommunications...
§ 8062. Purpose; powers and duties - § 8062. Purpose; powers and duties (a) To achieve the...
§ 8063. Interagency cooperation and assistance - § 8063. Interagency cooperation and assistance (a) Other departments and...
§ 8064. Bonds and notes - § 8064. Bonds and notes (a)(1) The Authority may issue...
§ 8065. Reserve funds - § 8065. Reserve funds (a) The Authority may create and...
§ 8066. Refunding obligations — Issuance and sale - § 8066. Refunding obligations — Issuance and sale (a) The...
§ 8067. Remedies of bondholders and note holders - § 8067. Remedies of bondholders and note holders (a) In...
§ 8068. Pledge of the State - § 8068. Pledge of the State The State does hereby...
§ 8069. Sovereign immunity; credit of State not pledged - § 8069. Sovereign immunity; credit of State not pledged The...
§ 8070. Notes and bonds as legal investments - § 8070. Notes and bonds as legal investments Notwithstanding any...
§ 8071. Quarterly and annual reports; audit - § 8071. Quarterly and annual reports; audit (a) Annual reports....
§ 8073. Authorization to accept appropriated monies - § 8073. Authorization to accept appropriated monies The Authority is...
§ 8074. Tax exemption - § 8074. Tax exemption (a) All property of the Authority...
§ 8075. Liberal construction - § 8075. Liberal construction Neither this chapter nor anything herein...
§ 8076. Inconsistent provisions in other laws superseded - § 8076. Inconsistent provisions in other laws superseded Insofar as...
§ 8078. Selection of proposals to provide competitive process - § 8078. Selection of proposals to provide competitive process (a)...
§ 8080. Agreements; telecommunications facilities - § 8080. Agreements; telecommunications facilities In awarding loans or grants...
Chapter 91A - Vermont Community Broadband Board
§ 8081. Purpose - § 8081. Purpose In recognition of the historic level of...
§ 8082. Definitions - § 8082. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board”...
§ 8083. Vermont Community Broadband Fund - § 8083. Vermont Community Broadband Fund (a) There is created...
§ 8084. Vermont Community Broadband Board - § 8084. Vermont Community Broadband Board (a) Vermont Community Broadband...
§ 8085. Broadband Preconstruction Grant Program - § 8085. Broadband Preconstruction Grant Program (a) There is established...
§ 8086. Broadband Construction Grant Program - § 8086. Broadband Construction Grant Program (a) There is established...
§ 8087. Centralized resources for communications union districts - § 8087. Centralized resources for communications union districts (a) The...
§ 8088. Interagency cooperation and assistance - § 8088. Interagency cooperation and assistance Other departments and agencies...
§ 8089. Annual report - § 8089. Annual report (a) Notwithstanding 2 V.S.A. § 20(d),...
§ 8089a. Sunset; transfer plan - § 8089a. Sunset; transfer plan (a) The Fund and Board...
Chapter 92 - Electric and Gas Companies; Providing Access for Communications Facilities
§ 8090. Definitions - § 8090. Definitions For the purposes of this chapter: (1)...
§ 8091. Access to facilities - § 8091. Access to facilities (a) Any company shall allow...
§ 8092. Rates; terms; conditions - § 8092. Rates; terms; conditions (a) Any company providing electric...
§ 8093. Notification - § 8093. Notification (a) For cases of gas transmission projects,...
§ 8094. Evaluation of commercial wireless networks - § 8094. Evaluation of commercial wireless networks (a) No company...
§ 8095. Limitation - § 8095. Limitation Nothing in this chapter limits the existing...
§ 8096. Legislative intent - § 8096. Legislative intent The General Assembly intends that this...
Chapter 93 - Vermont Village Green Pilot Program
§ 8100. Definitions - § 8100. Definitions In this chapter: (1) “Commission” means the...
§ 8101. Pilot program; certification - § 8101. Pilot program; certification (a) The Vermont Village Green...
§ 8102. Incentives - § 8102. Incentives (a) The Clean Energy Development Fund created...
§ 8103. Heat availability - § 8103. Heat availability All of the heat generated by...
§ 8104. Rates for electricity - § 8104. Rates for electricity (a) All or a portion...