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H 710VERMONTSession 2025-2026State BillVetoed by the governor

Did Not Advance

Vermont clarifies rules for combining multiple energy-generating facilities into a single plant

Original title: An act relating to defining electricity generating facilities

Last action · May 29, 2026: House message: Governor vetoed bill on June 17, 2026Sponsors: Scott Campbell and 1 other

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What This Bill Proposed

Official description

An act relating to defining electricity generating facilities

Why it matters

Changes how renewable energy projects are permitted and regulated by determining whether multiple generators on nearby land are treated as one combined facility or separate operations.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Public Utility Commission

Must apply the updated definitions and exceptions when evaluating renewable energy facilities.

Directly affected

renewable energy developers

Must adhere to the new criteria regarding parcel contiguity and technology types when planning and siting new generation facilities.

Directly affected

utility companies

Must manage grid interconnections and billing meters in accordance with the updated facility classifications and exceptions.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

When are multiple energy-generating facilities considered a single plant?

They are considered a single plant if they use the same electricity-generating technology and are located on the same parcel or parcels of land, unless an explicit exception applies.

What exceptions allow multiple facilities on the same or contiguous parcels to be considered separate plants?

Exceptions include individual and self-consumption on different parcels with separate meters, multi-owner net-metering in a common interest community, and colocation of renewable energy program facilities with separate points of interconnection.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Vetoed by the governor.

Procedural history

68 actions

May 29, 2026Senate
House message: Governor vetoed bill on June 17, 2026
May 29, 2026House
Vetoed by Governor on June 17, 2026
May 29, 2026House
Delivered to Governor on June 12, 2026
May 29, 2026Senate
House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
May 28, 2026House
Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)
May 28, 2026House
Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

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May 28, 2026House
Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
May 28, 2026Senate
Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
May 28, 2026Senate
Committee of Conference report adopted
May 28, 2026Senate
Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Watson for Committee, text
May 28, 2026Senate
Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
May 28, 2026House
Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
May 28, 2026SenateCommittee
Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Watson, Hardy, and Beck
May 28, 2026Senate
House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
May 27, 2026House
Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
May 27, 2026House
Speaker appointed Reps. James of Manchester , Sibilia of Dover , and Kleppner of Burlington as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
May 27, 2026House
Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Kleppner of Burlington
May 27, 2026House
Which was disagreed to on a division; division results Yes, 42; No, 65
May 27, 2026House
Pending the question, Shall the House concur in the Senate proposal of amendment with further proposal of amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Burtt of Cabot? , division demanded by Rep. Burtt of Cabot
May 27, 2026House
Rep. Burtt of Cabot moved to concur in the Senate proposal of amendment with a further amendment thereto
May 27, 2026House
Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
May 27, 2026HouseFloor
Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
May 27, 2026Senate
Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
May 27, 2026SenateFloor
Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
May 27, 2026Senate
New Business/Third Reading
May 26, 2026Senate
3rd reading ordered
May 26, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy , as amended, agreed to
May 26, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment not agreed to
May 26, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Heffernan ; text
May 26, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Watson agreed to
May 26, 2026Senate
Motion to substitue amendment agreed to
May 26, 2026Senate
Senator(s) Watson motion to substitute proposal of amendment; text
May 26, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Ingalls ; text
May 26, 2026Senate
Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations
May 26, 2026Senate
Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Watson for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
May 26, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Ingalls
May 26, 2026Senate
Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
May 26, 2026Senate
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
May 26, 2026Senate
Unfinished Business/Second Reading
May 22, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Ingalls
May 22, 2026Senate
Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
May 22, 2026Senate
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
May 22, 2026Senate
Unfinished Business/Second Reading
May 21, 2026Senate
Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Ingalls
May 21, 2026Senate
Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
May 21, 2026Senate
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
May 21, 2026Senate
New Business/Second Reading
May 20, 2026Senate
Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
May 20, 2026Senate
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
May 20, 2026Senate
Second Reading
May 20, 2026Senate
Entered on Notice Calendar
May 15, 2026SenateCommittee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
May 15, 2026Senate
Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
May 15, 2026Senate
Second Reading
May 15, 2026Senate
Entered on Notice Calendar
Apr 30, 2026SenateCommittee
Committee on Finance relieved; bill committed to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy on motion of Senator Cummings
Feb 20, 2026SenateIntroduced
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance
Feb 19, 2026HouseFloor
Read third time and passed
Feb 19, 2026House
Action Calendar: Third Reading
Feb 18, 2026House
Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 69 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 108, Nays = 30
Feb 18, 2026House
Third Reading ordered
Feb 18, 2026House
Rep. Houghton of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
Feb 18, 2026House
Report of Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure agreed to
Feb 18, 2026House
Rep. Kleppner of Burlington reported for the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure
Feb 18, 2026House
Read second time
Feb 18, 2026House
Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
Feb 17, 2026House
Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
Jan 16, 2026HouseIntroduced
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure

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Connected Entities

Public Utility Commission, General Assembly of the State of Vermont

OrganizationPublic Utility Commission“Regulates and considers whether multiple energy-generating facilities constitute”Map →

OrganizationGeneral Assembly of the State of Vermont“Enacts the legislation modifying the definition of plant.”Map →

Sources

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legislature.vermont.gov

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