Fuel Dealer Registration

The Vermont Legislature did not act to approve any Clean Heat Standard rules this year.  Without such approval, the Commission cannot take further action on the Clean Heat Standard. However, the Commission recognizes that, under the existing 30 V.S.A. § 8124(b)(1), each entity that sells heating fuel into or in Vermont is still technically required to register with the Vermont Public Utility Commission (“Commission”) by June 30, 2025.  To facilitate each fuel dealer’s own independent determination of its obligations under Chapter 94 of Title 30, the Commission has made a spreadsheet template available for entities that choose to register.  However, absent a legislatively approved Clean Heat Standard, the Commission will not process fuel dealer registrations, update its website of fuel dealer registrants, or enforce against non-registration.  Please see the Commission MEMO for a more thorough explanation. 

The exact information will vary by business. You will only need to complete the parts of the template relevant to your business. The information provided should pertain to the last calendar year, January 1 to December 31, 2024.  The form asks for:

•     Information about your business
•     Contact information for one individual
•     Types and amounts of heating fuels you sold into or in Vermont in 2024
•     Business information and fuel amounts for each business from which you purchased heating fuels in 2024
•     Business information and fuel amounts for each business to which you sold heating fuels for resale in 2024
•     Information about how you used heating fuels that you brought into Vermont but did not sell in 2024
•     Information about heating fuel that you produced, refined, manufactured, or compounded in Vermont in 2024, if any.

Fuel dealers who plan to register should e-mail the completed file to the Clerk of the Commission at puc.clerk@vermont.gov by 4:30 P.M. EST on June 30, 2025.
Please save the file as “BusinessName_HeatingFuelRegistration_2024.xlsx.”  The email’s subject line should be “Business Name - Heating Fuel Registration - 2024.”  The filing is complete only upon receipt of the email by the Clerk of the Commission. 

Heating fuel is defined as “fossil-based heating fuel, including oil, propane, natural gas, coal, and kerosene” (see 30 V.S.A. § 8123(11)).  The Legislature has defined “heating fuels” to be fossil-based heating fuels without regard to end use.  Please see the Commission Order issued September 17, 2024, for a more thorough explanation. 

The reporting details pertain to heating fuel sold into or in Vermont. Please see the “What information will I need?” FAQ about the types of information you will need to have to complete your registration.

Please see the Commission’s January 24, 2024, Order Granting Confidential Treatment of Registration information. To summarize the findings of that order: The Commission will treat specific registration information as confidential for five years from the date the annual registration form is submitted and will ask that the Department of Public Service and the Agency of Natural Resources do the same.  Specifically, the “volumetric information and the identities of supplier and client businesses” will be treated as confidential. (Order Granting Confidential Treatment of Registration Information, Case 23-2220-RULE, Order of 1/24/24 at 10).

Specific cells in the template are locked to prevent registrants from accidentally editing headers/instructions/etc.  You should be able to add data to the appropriate cells in the file.

If you are unable to use Microsoft Excel, please email the Clerk of the Commission (puc.clerk@vermont.gov) to receive a PDF version of the form. 

The Commission cannot provide legal advice on any aspect of registration.  If you have questions regarding the mechanics of the registration template, you can contact the Clerk’s Office by phone at (802) 828-2358 or by email at puc.clerk@vermont.gov.