S0068 would repeal the Affordable Heat Act in its entirety, including eliminating of the Clean Heat Standard. It would also abolish certain positions at the Public Utility Commission and Department of Public Service that were created to support the program.
The Vermont Senate failed to pass S0068 on February 25, 2025 by a vote of 13 to 17. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because this bill repeals big-government overreach. Despite its misleading title, the Affordable Heat Act imposed costly mandates on heating-fuel providers, raised energy costs for Vermonters, and created unnecessary bureaucracy under the guise of environmental regulation. Repealing it would eliminate burdensome compliance requirements, abolish taxpayer-funded bureaucrat positions, and allow the free market to determine energy choices.
