Energy Committee
At their December 15, 2022 meeting, the Energy Committee voted 3-0 to recommend that the Select Board dissolve the Energy Committee due to lack of recruits and capacity. At their December 20, 2022 meeting, the Select Board accepted the Energy Committee’s recommendation to dissolve the committee, and voted 4-0 in favor of doing so.
Consequently, the Town of Bolton no longer has an active Energy Committee, but will continue to use this page to provide energy information and resources.
Should there be community interest in re-instating the Energy Committee, community members can contact the Town Office to request an appointment with the Select Board to start that process.
The former charge of the Energy Committee was to support a range of activities to decrease energy consumption in Town, promote energy efficiency, and support the development of renewable energy in the Town of Bolton. including a focus on activities that lower energy bills for the Town, residents, and businesses of Bolton, and create jobs in Vermont.
Note: Documents linked to this page are PDFs.
Energy Information
The Energy Committee put together a flier about weatherizing your home for the winter. Click Save Money on Your Heating Bills for tips on what you can to reduce your energy consumption and your bills.
Home & Business Energy Assessments & Improvements
Save money; save energy. It’s a win/win.
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunities (CVOEO) provides free and comprehensive weatherization if you meet the income threshold. Check out their website or call 1-800-545-1084 for more information or complete an application and save on your future energy bills. Brochures on the program are available in the Town Office.
- Efficiency Vermont is the place to start for guidance for both homes and businesses in Vermont. Efficiency Vermont works to “provide objective advice, technical services, and financial support to help you create healthier, happier, more comfortable spaces.”
- The US Department of Energy has many links related to energy saving. See their “save energy, save money” tab for a list of categories. It’s worth taking a few minutes to go through their home energy checklist, most of which are “common sense” items, but it still worthwhile to see if there are items on the list that your home could benefit from.
- Energy Star is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) website for homes and businesses. They have a good on-line home assessment. Note: you will need your home’s heated area and totals of your utility and/or heating bills for the past year.
- A Vermonter’s Guide to Residential Clean Heating and Cooling
- Renters . . . While much of the available information is for home owners, both Efficient Vermont and the US Department of Energy have pages focused on renters: Efficiency Vermont renters and Department of Energy renters.
2022 MINUTES AND AGENDAS
- EC_Agenda_December_15_2022
- EC Draft Minutes December 15, 2022
- EC_Agenda_November_9_2022 Cancelled – no quorum
- The EC did not meet in October 2022
- EC Agenda September 14, 2022
- EC Draft Minutes September 14, 2022
- The EC did not meet in August 2022
- EC Agenda July 13, 2022 – Cancelled – No Quorum
- EC Minutes June 8, 2022
- EC Agenda June 8, 2022
- EC Minutes May 11, 2022
- EC Agenda May 11, 2022
- EC Minutes April 13, 2022
- EC Agenda April 13, 2022
- EC Minutes March 9, 2022
- EC Agenda March 9, 2022
- EC Minutes February 9, 2022
- EC Agenda February 9, 2022
- EC Minutes January 3, 2022
- EC Agenda January 3, 2022
2021 ACCEPTED MINUTES AND AGENDAS
- EC Minutes December 8, 2021
- EC Agenda December 8 2021
- EC Agenda November 10, 2021 No quorum, no minutes
- EC Agenda September 8 2021 No quorum, no minutes
- EC Final Minutes July 22, 2021
- EC Special Meeting Agenda July 22, 2021
- EC Minutes May 13, 2021
- EC Agenda May 13, 2021
- EC Minutes March 11, 2021
- EC Agenda March 11, 2021
- EC Minutes January 14, 2021
- EC Agenda January 14, 2021