Vermont § 210 - Electric companies; interconnection facilities

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 210 — Electric companies; interconnection facilities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 210. Electric companies; interconnection facilities

  • (a) The Public Utility Commission shall have jurisdiction to order electric companies
    subject to its supervision to build or rebuild electric transmission lines in order
    to provide adequate interconnection between the transmission systems of the State.
    The Commission shall have power to exercise this jurisdiction only after due notice
    to all interested parties and opportunity for hearing and after making findings based
    upon adequate evidence that the ordered construction: (1) is necessary in the interests of consumers of electrical energy; (2) is not detrimental to the interests of the investors of the company ordered to build
    or rebuild; and (3) will serve the public good. (b) The Commission may allocate the cost of building or rebuilding between the companies
    whose facilities are to be interconnected, providing that the findings referred to
    are made as to each company affected by the allocation. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1999, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 366, eff. July 1, 2024.)

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