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Green Mountain Power (GMP) and Efficiency
ermont announced a new streamlined
heat pump rebate process for customers
that will start November 1 making it easier
to switch away from fossil fuel for heating.
hrough a partnership with Efficiency ermont,
GMP customers who buy heat pumps
can still get up to $1,200 in total savings per
condenser, with some of that savings applied
up front without the need to submit a rebate
form after the purchase. And, customers who
are low and moderate income will get bonus
savings through a single streamlined postpurchase
rebate application. Previously, customers
had to fill out separate forms, with
different criteria, for MP rebates and Efficiency
ermont rebates.
e’re so glad to work with Efficiency
ermont on this proect for our customers.
housands of ermonters have already
switched away from fossil fuel for heating
through GMP rebates this year, and the new
rebate process starting on November 1 will
make it even easier for customers to save
while reducing their carbon footprint,” said
Kristin Carlson, MP ice President and
Chief Energy Services executive. eating
with fossil fuels is the second-largest source
of carbon pollution in ermont after driving,
and our goal is always to empower customers
through our programs to help them cut carbon
and costs.”
The process will be simpler for customers
because GMP’s current base rebate of $400
per heat pump condenser will become a savings
applied by heat pump distributors, eliminating
a post-purchase form and documentation
step for customers and creating direct
upfront savings when people buy.
GMP customers who are low or moderate
income will also be able to receive bonus
savings through a single form, instead of two
separate forms previously required for GMP
and Efficiency ermont rebates. he extra rebate
amounts – $300 from GMP for moderate
income customers, $600 from GMP for lowincome
customers and 200 from Efficiency
ermont for both income-eligible groups
will remain the same through this new streamlined
process, and customers will receive the
bonus savings in one check instead of two.
“We know that reducing the upfront cost
of energy efficiency investments is important,
but it’s not the only consideration. Making
the buying experience as simple as possible is
also critical to helping more ermonters adopt
clean, efficient technologies like cold climate
heat pumps, said Carol eston, irector of
Efficiency ermont. reen Mountain Power
is incredibly customer focused, and we’re
excited to partner with them to improve the
customer experience of buying a heat pump.”
eat pumps are increasingly popular with
customers for heating and cooling. They are
hyper efficient, and rather than heat or cool
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By CompassVermont.com
Governor Phil Scott announced
that four municipalities
have been awarded $10
million in American Rescue
Plan Act (ARPA) funding to
accelerate efforts to eliminate
combined sewer overflows
(CSs) in their cities
and towns.
CSs occur during intense
or extreme storm
events when stormwater
runoff overwhelms sewer
system capacity. Montpelier,
Northfield, St. ohnsbury and ergennes will
each receive a portion of this $10 million.
The four municipalities selected to receive
initial funding will use these funds to implement
high-priority proects identified in their
long-term plan for controlling sewer overflows.
The Governor has recommended a total of
30 million in APA funding to help ermont
municipalities fast-track planned sewer overflow
reduction proects.
These projects will decrease pollution in
streams and lakes. $10 million was appropriated
this year to support these projects, and
additional funding is anticipated over the next
three years.
Combined sewer systems collect sewage
and stormwater in the same pipe before sending
it to a wastewater treatment plant. CSs
work well under normal conditions, however,
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the air, they pull warmth or coolness from it.
And GMP’s energy supply is 100% carbon
free. The growing popularity of heat pumps
as a clean way to heat and cool your home has
been great for local heat pump installers.
Chris Blanchard and her son Stephen Cobb
own Bristol Electronics. The company installs
and repairs solar systems and heat pumps with
its crew of six full-time employees. The business
was founded by Chris’s father, avid
Cobb, and is now in its 49th year of business.
Blanchard suggested this change to GMP.
eat pumps are a great choice for ermonters.
We’ve been really busy helping
people reduce their carbon footprint in both
their heating and electricity consumption. We
are happy to see this change as it simplifies
the rebate process.”
This new streamlined process will apply
for heat pump sales on and after November
1. More details about heat pumps and GMP’s
rebates are available on GMP’s website, or on
Efficiency ermont’s rebate center at www.
efficiencyvermont.comrebates.
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As the nation’s first Energy Efficiency tility,
Efficiency ermont has helped ermont
avoid over 12 million metric tons of greenhouse
gas emissions and has received the
.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s EN-
ERGY STAR Program for sustained excellence
award for the last six consecutive years.
Efficiency ermont works with partners to
help our state transition to a more affordable,
low carbon energy future through education,
incentives, and support for our clean energy
workforce. For more information, contact Efficiency
ermont at (888) 921-5990 or visit
www.efficiencyvermont.com.
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Green Mountain Power (GMP) serves approximately
266,000 residential and business
customers in ermont and is partnering with
them to improve lives and transform communities.
GMP is focused on a new way of doing
business to meet the needs of customers with
integrated energy services that help people
use less energy and save money, while continuing
to generate clean, cost-effective and
reliable power in ermont. MP is the first
utility in the world to get a B Corp certification,
meeting rigorous social, environmental,
accountability and transparency standards
and committing to use business as a force for
good. MP earned a spot on Fast Company’s
Most nnovative Companies in the orld list
four years in a row (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).
In 2021, the Smart Electric Power Alliance
(SEPA) honored GMP as a nationwide leader
in energy transformation, and in 2019 MP
earned the eane C. avis utstanding ermont
Business of the Year Award from the
ermont Chamber of Commerce and ermont
Business Magazine.
when strong storms hit, runoff
from rain and snowmelt
can overwhelms a system’s
capacity. When this happens,
system operators are forced
to divert some of the untreated
wastewater into lakes
and rivers via outfall pipes to
prevent sewage backups into
basements or onto roadways.
Eliminating discharges will
improve the water quality of
streams and lakes.
“Working with municipal
partners, we’ve made great
progress reducing combined sewer overflows,
including eliminating more than 20 outfalls
in the last three years alone,” said Agency of
Natural esources Secretary ulie Moore.
Annual precipitation in ermont has increased
by almost seven inches over the past
50 years. ith much of ermont’s municipal
wastewater infrastructure dating back to the
1800s and early 1900s, the systems were not
built to withstand today’s extreme storms.
Since 1990, ermont’s epartment of Environmental
Conservation has been working
with municipalities to eliminate 75 percent of
ermont’s CS outfall points, reducing the
number from 178 to 44.
CompassVermont.Com is an independent
publication founded by a native Vermonter,
providing non-editorial news and stories presented
in concert with the culture, mindset,
and values of the Green Mountain State.