§ 2925 - Conservation and load management - Vermont Statutes

§ 2925. Conservation and load management

(a) Municipal electric utilities may expend their funds, including without limitation the proceeds of their notes, bonds or other obligations, for the purposes of modifying demand for electric capacity or energy through conservation or load management by participation in such facilities, projects and programs as the legislative body or other governing body of the municipal electric utility determines will effectively accomplish such purposes. Such facilities, projects and programs may include, but shall not be limited to, providing or financing facilities or programs for conservation or load management, which may be (i) owned or operated by the municipal electric utility or by others, (ii) leased or licensed by the municipal electric utility to others, or financed by loans by the municipal electric utility to others, in either case on such terms and conditions as the legislative body or other governing body of the municipal electric utility may determine.

(b) A municipal electric utility may issue its notes, bonds or other obligations pursuant to any statutory authority conferring such power for carrying out the purposes of this section. (Added 1989, No. 112, § 5, eff. June 22, 1989.)