With Thursday’s vote, the House avoided a repeat of last year’s episode, during which it failed to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the clean heat standard by only one vote.
The Joint Fiscal Office found that carbon pricing combined with other climate policies could lower Vermont’s greenhouse gas emissions without harming the state’s economy or low-income residents.
The program gives electric vehicle owners free chargers and in return gets to use the technology to bring down energy costs for ratepayers during peak energy use times.
