Monday, October 09, 2023

Vermont Utility Plans to End Outages by Giving Customers Batteries

 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/business/energy-environment/green-mountain-home-batteries.html


Oct. 9, 2023

Many electric utilities are putting up lots of new power lines as they rely more on renewable energy and try to make grids more resilient in bad weather. But a Vermont utility is proposing a very different approach: It wants to install batteries at most homes to make sure its customers never go without electricity.

The company, Green Mountain Power, proposed buying batteries, burying power lines and strengthening overhead cables in a filing with state regulators on Monday. It said its plan would be cheaper than building a lot of new lines and power plants.

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