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A comprehensive economic analysis is underway in the Northeast Kingdom to
identify potential areas of employment growth and what skills people will
need to fill those jobs.
The study, being conducted by the Northeastern Vermont Development
Association (NVDA) is funded by a federal grant in conjunction with the
Vermont Department of Labor.
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (NYSE: CV) announced today that it has completed the sale of shares of its common stock under the at-the-market offering program announced on Jan. 15, 2010. The company sold an aggregate of 1,498,745 shares in open market trading and direct placements under this program for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $30.6 million.
Vermont Yankee communications manager Larry Smith issued a statement today indicating that monitoring wells at the nuclear power plant in Vernon show that no new radioactive leaks are occurring at the plant. The statement also indicates that no drinking water wells in the area have been contaminated or are in danger of such from the tritium leaks.
Following announcements by two newly-elected governors that their states no longer intend to use federal high-speed rail funding, thus leaving more than a billion dollars on the table, Vermont’s congressional delegation today called on Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood to reallocate a portion of the funding to Vermont’s proposed Western Corridor project.
After 48 hours of tireless around-the-clock work, Central Vermont Public Service utility crews are converging on Addison County and the Jericho/Underhill area to restore power to the last 1,540 CVPS customers. More than 32,000 CVPS customer outages occurred from the massive East Coast storm that brought severe high winds to Vermont Wednesday.
US Representative Peter Welch voted to extend tax cuts for middle- and lower-income Americans on Thursday, while blasting Republican maneuvers to hold legislative business hostage as the party fights for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
Applications are now accepted for the 2011 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. Applications due January 5, 2011. You may nominate your organization or another organization or individual.
For more information go to the website:
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/ead/gap/index.htm.
Awards categories:
A proposed radioactive waste import/export rule would open Texas up to becoming the nation's radioactive waste dumping ground, according to an anti-nuclear group in Texas, thus allowing waste from around the country to go to Waste Control Specialists' site in Andrews County in West Texas, instead of limiting the site to the Compact states of Texas and Vermont.
Brattleboro, Vermont-based GS Precision will soon enlarge its manufacturing footprint in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. The company has signed an agreement with the Tucson, Arizona-based Offshore Group to expand the leased space at the Roca Fuerte Industrial Park from its current 17,000 to 36,000 square feet.
CVPS crews restored power to more than 20,000 customer outages yesterday and last night, after strong winds pounded the state Wednesday, knocking out power to more than 29,000 CVPS customers. Wind gusts above hurricane force hit several of the state, as part of a storm that affected much of the East Coast and knocked out the power to tens of thousands of Vermonters.
High winds caused significant outages throughout Vermont Wednesday night, with multiple utilities reporting a total of 33,000 customers without power. At the peak of the storm, 4,500 of Green Mountain Power customers were without power.
Strong winds that pounded VEC’s service territory left several thousand VEC members without power due to downed trees and power lines and broken utility poles. Winds knocked power out to over 12,000 VEC members at the height of the storm. As of 10:15 pm.