Shumlin Administration Looks at Improving Environmental Permitting Process in Vermont

July 18, 2011 By

Earlier this month the Shumlin Administration announced that it was beginning to evaluate the environmental permitting process in Vermont and was looking for public comments on ways to improve the system.  The Chair of the Vermont Natural Resources Board (and our former law partner) Ron Shems is leading the team considering potential revisions, working together [...]

Filed Under: Environmental & Natural Resources, Land Use

Dunkiel Saunders Client Wins Act 250 Case at Vermont Supreme Court

July 16, 2011 By

The Town of Royalton Planning Commission, a Dunkiel Saunders client, recently prevailed at the Vermont Supreme Court in a long-contested state land-use matter concerning a proposal by developer Times and Seasons to construct a gift shop and restaurant on prime agricultural soils far from the Town’s commercial village center. The Supreme Court’s unanimous July 8, [...]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Environmental & Natural Resources, Firm News, Land Use

VT Public Service Board Allocates SPEED Facilitator’s Costs

July 10, 2011 By

On July 8th the Vermont Public Service Board issued a decision in which it established the method by which Standard Offer renewable energy projects will contribute towards covering the costs of the Standard Offer Program’s Facilitator. Under Vermont’s Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development (“SPEED”) statute, the Board is required to determine the SPEED Facilitator’s “reasonable [...]

Filed Under: Renewable Energy

Vermont Public Service Board Issues Revised Standard Offer Contract

July 9, 2011 By

On July 7th, 2011, the PSB issued a revised Standard Offer Contract, making a number of changes to the standard offer contract that are largely designed to clarify the rights of the project developers (producers). The most significant changes include the following: Tax credits are now explicitly excluded from “Other Products Related to Electric Generation” [...]

Filed Under: Renewable Energy
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