Climate Action & Innovation
Explore innovation filings submitted by VGS to evaluate emerging technologies and lower-carbon energy solutions, including renewable natural gas (RNG), heat pumps, geothermal energy, hydrogen, and other thermal decarbonization initiatives.
Review innovation filings made by VGS.
VGS is committed to exploring and piloting cost-effective thermal decarbonization. Since 2022, we’ve submitted multiple innovation filings under our approved Alternative Regulation Plan (ARP). These initiatives have led to the implementation of new technology and services, like renewable natural gas (RNG), heat pumps, and geothermal systems.
Below is a listing of innovation filings made to date. The case’s linked below will navigate out of VGS’s website to ePUC, an official State of Vermont website. The ePUC system is the Vermont Public Utility Commission’s case management system. Here, you can review all actions and documents related to an innovation filing. In ePUC, select “All Other Documents” to view documents including VGS’s filing(s).
- June 15, 2026 – Case No. 26A-1191, O’Brien Brothers Hillside Single-Family Residence Geothermal Project
- June 27, 2025 – Case No. 25A-0742, Windy Ridge Geothermal Project – Revised Design
- April 16, 2025 – Case No. 25A-0742, Windy Ridge Geothermal Project
- January 17, 2025 – Case No. 25A-0102, Commercial & Industrial Hybrid Heating
- August 8, 2024 – Case No. 24A-2710, Gas Absorption Heat Pump Pilot
- September 29, 2023 – Case No. 23A-3399, GlobalFoundries Hydrogen Project Permitting
- February 22, 2023 – Case No. 23A-0623, CSWD Biosolids Feasibility Study
- September 27, 2022 – Case No. 22A-4238, RRMC Geothermal Project
- July 29, 2022 – Case No. 22A-3045, Geothermal Pilot Program
- June 23, 2022 – Case No. 22A-2094, Jay Peak Large-Scale Electric Boiler Optimization Project
- May 5, 2022 – Case No. 22A-1621, Global Foundries Green Hydrogen Pilot Project
- February 17, 2022 – Case No. 22A-0527, Farm-Based RNG Study
- January 14, 2022 – Case No. 22A-0155, Hybrid Heating Research & Development, Phase 1