Workshop

**NOTE updated Go To Meeting links below**

The Commission has implemented a procedure for processing certain net-metering petitions in which, after the 30-day comment period, there are no outstanding substantive issues and no parties that have raised a concern with the project that warrants further investigation or a hearing.  After review, the hearing officer in such a case may issue a memorandum (generic version attached).  The parties in the case may then elect to sign and file a waiver form that is available on the Commission’s website here: https://puc.vermont.gov/document/net-metering-petition-waiver-form.  The case may then result in a non-precedential, shorter final order, if it is determined that the project should be granted a CPG and the procedure is applicable.

Commission staff will hold an information session on October 1, 2021, at 9:30 a.m., on GoToMeeting to answer questions about this procedure.  The link for attending the GoToMeeting information session is:

Participants and members of the public may access the evidentiary hearing online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/293896277, or call in by telephone using the following information: phone number: +1 (571) 317-3116; access code: 293-896-277.  Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the hearing at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/293896277. Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com//online-meeting-support.

In Re: Investigation re: standards and procedures as identified in Act No. 13 which allows municipal and cooperative utilities to implement rate changes and to offer innovative rates and services

Before: Andrea Poppiti, Hearing Officer

Location: via Go To Meeting videoconference. The workshop will be recorded by a court reporter and will be open to the public.

Participants and members of the public may access the workshop online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/827557509  or call in by telephone using the following information: phone number: +1 (571) 317-3129; access code: 827-557-509.  Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the workshop at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/827557509. Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com//online-meeting-support.

RE: Proposed revisions to Vermont Public Utility Commission Rule 5.400

Before: Commission staff

Location: The Workshop will be held via GoToMeeting.  The workshop will be recorded by a court reporter and will be open to the public. 

Participants and members of the public may access the workshop online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/466741861, or call in using the following information: Phone Number: +1 (646) 749-3129; Access Code: 466-741-861.  Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the workshop at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/466741861.  Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/online-meeting-support

In Re: Proposed revisions to Vermont Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100

Before: Vermont Public Utility Commission Staff

Location: via Go To Meeting videoconference. The workshop will be recorded by a court reporter and will be open to the public.

Participants and members of the public may access the workshop online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/270003917  or call in using the following information: phone number +1 (571) 317-3129, access code 270-003-917.  Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the workshop at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/270003917.  Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/online-meeting-support. 

In Re: Proposed revisions to Vermont Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100

Before: Vermont Public Utility Commission Staff

Location: via Go To Meeting videoconference. The workshop will be recorded by a court reporter and will be open to the public.

Participants and members of the public may access the workshop online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/270003917  or call in using the following information: phone number +1 (571) 317-3129, access code 270-003-917.  Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the workshop at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/270003917.  Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/online-meeting-support. 

In Re: Investigation into the establishment of reduced rates for low-income residential ratepayers of Vermont electric utilities

Before: Public Utility Commission Staff

Location: via Go To Meeting videoconference. The workshop will be recorded by a court reporter and will be open to the public.

Participants and members of the public may access the scheduling conference online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/317672653 or call in using the following information: Phone Number +1 (571) 317-3129   Access Code: 317-672-653 Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the workshop at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/317672653   Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at  https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/online-meeting-support

RE: Workshop Investigation regarding jurisdiction over Green Mountain Power Corporation's Dams to discuss

(1) the appropriate criteria to investigate for each dam,
(2) the work required to gather the information needed for FERC to make its determinations,
and
(3) the timeframe GMP would need to complete the work.
The initial order scheduling this workshop proposed that it be held on May 27, 2021. However, due to scheduling conflicts, the Commission has moved the date to June 3, 2021.

Before: Public Utility Commission Staff

Location: via Go To Meeting videoconference. The workshop will be recorded by a court reporter and will be open to the public.

Participants and members of the public may access the workshop online at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/515692533, or call in by telephone using the following information: phone number: +1 (571) 317-3116; access code: 515-692-533. Participants may wish to download the GoToMeeting software application in advance of the hearing at https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/515692533 Guidance on how to join the meeting and system requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com//online-meeting-support.

RE: Petition of the Department of Public Service to open a proceeding to investigate a net-metering
Sheffield-Highgate Export Interface (“SHEI”) constraint mitigation grid adjustor

Before The Public Utility Commission

Location: The workshop will be held remotely using GoToMeeting.
Participants and members of the public may access the workshop online at
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/878428701  or call in using the following information: phone
number +1 (646) 749-3129 , access code 878-428-701.  Participants may wish to download the
GoToMeeting software application in advance of the workshop at
https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/878428701 Guidance on how to join the meeting and system
requirements may be found at https://www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/online-meeting- support.
Commission staff will have questions addressing the following topics at the workshop:
(1) amount of the proposed grid adjustor and how the grid adjustor is structured, (2) the
applicability of the proposed grid adjustor, (3) potential exemptions from the proposed grid
adjustor, (4) triggers for revaluating the amount of the proposed grid adjustor, (5) whether there
should be any limits on the aggregate capacity of distributed generation interconnected in the
SHEI, and (6) mechanisms for distributing revenue raised by the grid adjustor.  Participants will
also be given time to raise additional topics and to ask questions of other participants.
There will be an opportunity for discussion about next steps in this proceeding.