BARRE — It was business unusual in downtown Barre on Thursday as cleanup from this week’s flooding spilled into its second day and local merchants found themselves in wildly different
Courtesy Photo of battery backup system in basement of Vermont State House.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s State House is first in the nation to have clean backup power stored in batteries – using a GMP program to help lower costs for all Vermonters. Vermont State officials, and leaders from Northern Reliability, Dynapower, Virtual Peaker and Green Mountain Power (GMP) were joined by state officials and legislative leaders to make the announcement today during a virtual news conference. This coalition of Vermont businesses, state officials, and GMP are demonstrating that storage is a clean alternative for backup power over fossil fuel.
MONTPELIER — Last week, Vermont successfully connected and tested a brand-new backup power system for the Statehouse that will reduce carbon emissions and costs for the state. By Tuesday morning,