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This was about 20 percent more than the generation by Vermont's utility-scale photovoltaic plants. [1] Vermont's 99.9% share of electricity from renewable sources was the highest in the United States during 2019. Vermont had the second lowest population after Wyoming, and total electricity consumption was the lowest among all 50 states.
Vermont has one of the most sophisticated smart grid implementations in the United States. In 2012 the state, VELCO and all 20 distribution utilities built (with contractor IBM) a 17-terabit-capable dark fiber optic network to all electrical substations in Vermont, [2] at a cost of about $53 million recovered from operations savings (mostly prevention of outages).
Burlington Electric Department's Pine Street campus was featured as a "Hidden Treasure". [5] It was built around 1969 by architect Julian Goodrich of Freeman French Freeman, and is dedicated to BED's Superintendent from 1954 to 1975, William A. Stebbins. It is "an excellent example of the International Style" [5] with curtain wall construction.
The Moran Municipal Generation Station is a former 30-megawatt power plant known for its architecture and innovation built in Burlington, Vermont from 1952 to 1955. It is now a derelict structure that will be redeveloped to encourage year-round use, economic activity and public access. [3]
The Battery Street Historic District encompasses one of the oldest developed areas of Burlington, Vermont.With a history dating to 1790, this area, south of downtown Burlington and initially bounded roughly by Main, St. Paul, and Maple Streets, and Lake Champlain, this area includes a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses, with architecture spanning from its early period to the ...
Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County.It is located 45 miles (72 km) south of the Canada–United States border and 95 miles (153 km) south of Montreal.
The three buildings on the east side are formally oriented to Church Street, but present proper facades to the park. The southernmost building is Burlington City Hall, a large neo-Classical and Georgian Revival building constructed in 1928 to a design by W.M. Kendall of McKim, Mead, and White. The park is bounded on the other three sides by ...
The Burlington metropolitan area is a metropolitan area consisting of the three Vermont counties of Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle. The metro area is anchored by the principal cities of Burlington , South Burlington , St. Albans , Winooski , and Essex Junction ; and the towns of Colchester , Essex and Milton .