[It's not just Canadian oil and gas that is in flux. HydroQuebec and Vermont have a contract to supply electricity to Vermonters Now that the state has subsidized/encouraged residents to install "heat pumps" that use electricity to heat and cool their homes, and to eliminate backup heating fuel equipment, failure of Canada to deliver this electricity could cause problems.]

A second, smaller interconnection, known as Highgate, is used to transfer clean electricity from Québec’s power grid to Vermont’s, under Hydro-Québec’s long-term energy contract with Vermont utilities.

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Long-term contracts with Vermont

Hydro-Québec is connected to the Vermont grid via an approximately 24-km (15-mile), 120-kV transmission line that runs from Bedford substation in Québec’s Montérégie region to Highgate substation in the northwest corner of Vermont. The interconnection also includes a back-to-back converter station to synchronize Hydro-Québec’s energy deliveries with the New England grid. With a maximum capacity of 225 MW, the interconnection was commissioned in 1985, enabling Hydro-Québec to supply Vermont utilities under long-term agreements.

The first long-term contract between Hydro-Québec and Vermont was signed in 1987. In 2010, the parties signed a second contract for up to 225 MW, under which Hydro-Québec committed to deliver approximately 1.3 TWh of energy each year through 2038—a volume equivalent to about 25% of Vermont’s annual electricity needs.

Designed to stabilize prices, these long-term contracts are part of the reason why Vermont consumers have not experienced the sharp rate increases that have occurred in other parts of New England in recent years.

https://www.hydroquebec.com/clean-energy-provider/markets/new-england.html

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Not so. Only about 50% are Bernie bro. The rest are real quiet.

[600 people work at the Vermont department of "Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), that invent and enforce the "pie in the sky" fantasitcal environmental regulations in Vermont. That is almost 1% of the population of the state (623,989) that works for environmental enforcement.]

What a 2nd Trump presidency could mean for environmental regulations in Vermont

Vermont Public's Jenn Jarecki spoke with climate and environment reporter Abagael Giles.

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Abagael Giles: The most important agency in the state for enforcing environmental regulations is Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources.

I spoke with secretary Julie Moore there, and she said right now, federal funding accounts for about a third of ANR’s budget every year.

In particular, ANR’s [primary] enforcement branch — the Department of Environmental Conservation — is very dependent on federal support from the EPA.

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Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Accords. That’s the international agreement that Vermont’s own statutory commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the Global Warming Solutions Act, is based on.

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Moore says ANR has received a lot of federal stimulus money for work on climate change and the environment in recent years.

She says her agency has identified some $160 million that hasn’t been drawn down and could get clawed back.

https://www.nhpr.org/2024-12-05/what-a-2nd-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-environmental-regulations-in-vermont

An Official Vermont Government Website

State of Vermont

Agency of Natural Resources

>>22497771

An Official Vermont Government Website

State of Vermont

Agency of Natural Resources

Our Agency motto guides the work of our team of more than 600 people at the Agency of Natural Resources who are charged with protecting and sustaining the health and beauty of Vermont’s forests, waters, and wildlife. We all benefit from time in nature. Every person’s relationship with the outdoors and the natural world is unique. It is therefore essential we protect the health of our ecosystems so that that every person has opportunities to cultivate their personal connection to Vermont’s public lands, facilities, and natural resources.

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[Local Vermonters wonder why it is so expensive to live in Vermont since services provided by towns are minimal. If Trump's EPA can get rid of the almost 10% of environmental enforcers that work for the state that would be helpful for real Vermonters. Here is an example of what they are offering to ANR employees.]–

ANR partners with colleges and universities to advance many mutually beneficial projects. Students have researched the effects of maple sugaring operations on wildlife, synthesized citizen-based water quality data, and developed assessment tools that evaluate the impact of recreation in town forests.

80% of the State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources employees are eligible to participate in the telework program.

Our total compensation package includes benefits that are worth about 30% of your salary. We also offer a wide variety of career and growth opportunities, competitive pay, training programs, and more.

Health and Dental

Vacation

Tuition

Flexible Spending Acct

Child Care

Employee Support

457 Plan

Retirement

Wellness Program

https://anr.vermont.gov/fpr/about-us/careers

https://anr.vermont.gov/fpr/about-us/careers