By Lani Duke Interim appointment questioned Michael Jones of Castleton may take on the job of interim fire chief for Rutland City with a two-year contract. Rutland Mayor Chris Louras nominated Jones for his leadership development ability as well as […]
Tag: Green Mountain Power
Local News
GMP upgrades, doubles hydro generation at Otter Creek falls, Proctor
Courtesy of GMP GMP hydro plant and Sutherland Falls on Otter Creek. The falls furnished power for cutting and processing marble from nearby quarries as early as 1836. PROCTOR–Green Mountain Power has just completed an improvement project at its 110-year-old […]
Letter
Pack the Paramount more than doubles the amount collected last year
Dear Editor, On behalf of the hundreds of families who will benefit, bravo to everyone who helped make Pack the Paramount a tremendous success. From The Vermont Country Store to Westminister Crackers, Hannaford and Price Chopper, from employees of Heritage […]
Letter
Vermont utilities continue search for power from diverse sources, seek more nuclear power from Seabrook; 80 acres of solar planned for Rutland Town, and more
By Guy Page Just because it’s summer, that doesn’t mean Vermont has taken a holiday from energy deals and projects. Far from it! In June alone, the wheels were turning to bring more hydro, nuclear (you read correctly), natural gas, […]
State News
GMP schedules power interruption early Saturday, July 11
The outage will affect Pawlet and sections of Wells and Rupert. Green Mountain Power line crews need to interrupt electric service to 2,300 customers in Pawlet early Saturday morning so they can safely make reliability improvements to the system serving […]
News Briefs
New public electric vehicle charging station opens in Rutland
First “Freedom Station” debuted Tuesday, part of EV charging network to help drivers reduce fossil fuel and save money RUTLAND — On Tuesday, June 9, Green Mountain Power & NRG, a Fortune 250 company, opened a new public electric vehicle […]
Letter
Volunteers, donors help Rutland blooms
Dear Editor, With Rutland Blooms’ biggest project to date now complete, thanks to the support of dozens of businesses, organizations and individuals, more than 200 trees have been added to the cityscape, improving it for generations. Flowering crabapples now dot […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Energy Innovation Center offers discussion about forests as fuel
Exploring the past, present and future of biomass energy in Vermont Tuesday, June 2 — RUTLAND – GMP is hosting a discussion about Vermont’s leadership in biomass energy and the outlook for its future at the GMP College Connections lecture […]
News Briefs
GMP schedules power interruption in Rochester, early morning May 21
ROCHESTER — Green Mountain Power line crews will interrupt electric service to 140 customers in the Village of Rochester, early Thursday morning, May 21, 2015. The outage will affect all customers in the village. The outage is scheduled to begin at […]
News Briefs
Castleton, GMP expand collaborative efforts
RUTLAND — Green Mountain Power and Castleton College, which recently opened Castleton Downtown directly across Merchants Row from the GMP Energy Innovation Center, are expanding their collaboration on community and economic development. “Since we’ve had office space adjacent to each […]