Here is an opportunity to learn more about the new carbon pricing proposal. This proposal involves putting a price on fossil fuel to encourage efforts to decrease its use and returning the funds collected through lowered electric rates.This is a much simpler system than envisioned in earlier legislative proposals. It will make Vermont's electric rates the lowest in New England which should help our economy. The invite below is from Vermont Natural Resources Council

You may have heard that a little over a week ago, business, low income and community leaders rolled out the ESSEX Plan — an Economy Strengthening Strategic Energy eXchange. It’s a new carbon pricing proposal intended to build off Vermont’s unique assets. The basics? Put a gradually rising price on heating and transportation fuels and take all the dollars raised to dramatically cut Vermonters electric rates. A well crafted, equitable price on carbon is an essential, though not singular, tool to dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. You can read about the ESSEX Plan here — and we want to tell you more about it. https://www.seventhgeneration.com/sites/default/files/the_essex_plan_for_ean_-_final_-_11.06[...]pdf

Join us! THIS Monday, Nov. 20th, at 7:00 PM, VNRC and Energy Independent Vermont will be hosting a webinar so we can dive deeper into this exciting plan with you, share our take on it, and answer your questions.

Will you join us? Reserve your spot in the webinar by registering here.
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=2042063