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Planning for the Future of Vermont’s Electric Power Grid

In 2007, Vermont stakeholders began convening as the Vermont System Planning Committee—or VSPC—the first statewide collaborative process for addressing electric grid reliability planning. The goal of the process is to ensure full, fair and timely consideration of all options to solve grid reliability issues. Ultimately, the VSPC helps Vermont fulfill an important public policy goal: to ensure that the most cost effective solution gets chosen, whether it is a poles-and-wires upgrade, energy efficiency, demand response, generation, or a hybrid solution.

The VSPC’s work must coordinate with many other stakeholders at the local, state and regional levels. In particular, ISO-New England has the primary responsibility for transmission planning in the region, so the utilities must coordinate closely with ISO-NE in all its work. In addition, many others play important roles in Vermont’s planning process, such as regional planning commissions and local energy committees. 

The VSPC process is focused on grid reliability, which is essential to today’s society. As other types of transmission projects, such as merchant, public policy-driven and economic upgrades, are proposed, the VSPC provides an forum for exchange about the increasingly complex electric system picture. The VSPC website has two goals:

  • To provide information and transparency to the public about Vermont’s transmission planning process.
  • To support the information needs of VSPC participants for meeting preparation and archives.

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VSPC meetings are open to the public. Meetings of the full committee are listed here. For details and a full listing of subcommittee and other upcoming meetings:

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  • VSPC Quarterly Meeting

    April 19, 2023 9:30am to 3:00pm

    Location: Middlebury College - Kirk Alumni Hall

  • VSPC Quarterly Meeting

    July 19, 2023 9:30am to 3:00pm

    Location: Trapp Family Lodge

  • VSPC Quarterly Meeting

    October 25, 2023 9:30am to 3:00pm

    Location: Killington Grand Hotel

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