Vermont § 228 - Powers of City

§ 228. Powers of City

• (a) The City shall have power to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire, or acquire
  an interest in, to maintain, operate, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of
  any plant or system, located within or outside the State, for the production, distribution,
  purchase, or sale of electricity, to extend, enlarge, or improve the same and for
  that purpose to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire any real or personal
  property. These powers may be exercised through a taking by eminent domain in the
  manner prescribed by law except that the City shall have no power to acquire timberlands
  or other fuel sources by eminent domain. The City shall also have the power to purchase,
  sell, and otherwise acquire and dispose of electricity including sale to electric
  distribution companies, cooperative, municipal, and privately owned, within or without
  the State and to make all agreements, conveyances, and regulations necessary or convenient
  in connection therewith; all of the foregoing powers to be in addition to and not
  in substitution for or in limitation of any other power conferred by law. Such plant
  or system may include facilities described in 1953 Acts and Resolves No. 298 as amended. (b) The City Council shall exercise the powers of the City with respect to its electric
  plant. The City Council may by resolution delegate any of its powers relating to the
  electric plant, improvements thereto, or electric service to the Board of Light Commissioners.