Renewable Energy Standard Reform Working Group

In addition to submitting draft legislation, the Working Group shall report on the following:

(1) whether any changes to Vermont’s existing renewable energy requirements, or other energy policies, are needed to increase grid stability, resiliency, modernization, and reliability;

(2) identifying any barriers to moving to a 100 percent renewable standard for all electrical utilities by 2030;

(3) recommending cost effective procurement policies to increase new renewable energy, storage, and flexible load management to offset increasing in-State load, improve grid stability and resiliency, and that consider integrated resource planning electric load growth projections;

(4) whether increasing the requirement for out-of-state renewable procurements within or delivered into the ISO-New England territory can ensure affordable electric rates;

(5) evaluating the impact legislative recommendations may have on Tier III implementation;

(6) evaluating the impact recommended legislative changes to procurement programs will have on Vermont jobs and the Vermont economy;

(7) how current programs impact environmental justice focus populations, households with low income, and households with moderate
income and how a revised Renewable Energy Standard can ensure that benefits and burdens are distributed equitably; and

(8) how any changes to the Renewable Energy Standard will address the inequity of distribution of benefits of renewables between different residential properties.