COLCHESTER, Vermont, Jan. 13 -- Green Mountain Power issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: Green Mountain Power (GMP) announced today it is launching two programs to connect income-qualified customers with solar energy that has too often been out of reach for them. The Shared Solar Program (SSP) unlocks incentives in the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to create a qualified low-income program that saves participants money. Another program, the Affordable Community Renewable  more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 14 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2023: Governor Phil Scott today announced he has appointed Shawn Nailor as secretary and chief information officer (CIO) of the Agency of Digital Services (ADS), and Denise Reilly-Hughes as the Agency's deputy secretary. "Both Shawn and Denise bring a high level of expertise to their new roles at ADS," said Governor Scott. "Their decades of work in the area of information technology and cy more PR

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 11 -- The Vermont Agency of Education issued the following news release: The Agency of Education announced preliminary state-level results from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Program and the Vermont Science Assessment. Overall, the results show that the COVID-19 pandemic likely continues to impact student learning. The Smarter Balanced assessments are administered annually in the spring to students in grades three through nine, measuring student's mastery of Common C more PR