Vermont Legislature Pushes For End To Polluting Heating Equipment
Vermont wants to lower emissions from heat sources, but has gone about it wrong. There’s a much easier way.The state of Vermont is home to 647,000 hardy souls. The state’s population skews heavily toward progressive ideas. It is home to the irascible Bernie Sanders and has more Subarus and Volvos per capita than any other state. It also has long winters that Vermonters have traditionally survived by burning heating oil, propane, kerosene, and wood.
On April 28, Republican governor Phil Scott vetoed the measure, saying it would “financially punish” people who can’t afford to make the transition to cleaner fuel. Scott is not wrong. Lowering emissions should not mean going back to bed warmers or sleeping in the barn with the animals the way people did 500 years ago. Then on May 11, the legislature overrode Scott’s veto.
Any clean heat measure taken after January 1, 2023 can count toward the new credit system, but the marketplace itself won’t get up and running for a couple more years, according to. The law includes a “check-back” provision which requires the Public Utility Commission to first provide the legislature with a report estimating the economic impacts on customers by January 2025. Lawmakers must then approve a second law based on those estimates before the rules can take effect.
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