02/21/2023
Do You Heat with Heating Oil, Kerosene, Propane or Natural Gas?
Contact your Legislature Now – Or Your Heating Cost Will Go Up!
The Vermont State Senators are working on Senate Bill #5 – The Affordable Heat Act (which is not so affordable).
S. 5 is a proposal in the Vermont Legislature to regulate sales of your heating fuel. The policy is an attempt to compel energy businesses to sell fuel and install equipment that lowers greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal (home heating) sector. This Clean Heat Standard bill would provide credits to any company that can demonstrate that their product or service reduces emissions.
It will cost Vermonters more than $2 BILLION in order to meet the mandates of the Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act of 2020 in just the thermal sector. If this bill becomes law, it will add a minimum of 70-cents per gallon* to heating oil, kerosene and propane. Most Vermonters will have to invest about $20,000 in a new heating system to avoid this new tax.**
Climate change issues need to be addressed, however if it is not done on a global scale the expense to Vermonters by adding 70-cents per gallon (or more) to the fuel you rely on to keep your family warm, and your home safe is not the right solution. Again, we need to address climate change, but we need to create the infrastructure and provide a solution that’s real before taking away what is working for Vermonters. Our Legislature is looking for an open checkbook as they admit they have no idea as to what this is going to cost.
PLEASE call the number below and let your voice be heard.
Contact your state Senator at the Statehouse in Montpelier by calling 802-828-2228.
Say your name, where you live and this message –
Please VOTE NO on S.5
Or questions call or e-mail your Senator today.
Chris Bray – 802-453-3444 / [email protected]
Ruth Hardy – 802-989-5278 / [email protected]
According to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) most recent report, Vermont’s carbon-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions totaled around 8.6 million metric tons in 2017 and was forecasted to decrease to around 8 million metric tons this year. By comparison, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, in 2021 total world energy-related carbon emissions were about 34 billion metric tons. That’s over 93 million tons per day. Vermont’s emissions are equivalent to about two hours of world emissions. If Vermont reduces GHG emissions to zero by 2050, the total reduction between now and then would be just over 100 million metric tons – one day’s worth of world emissions.
*According to testimony on 1/26/23 by the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
**According to analysis of electric heat pump installations by Diversified Energy Specialists
Mon, 02/20/2023 - 4:51pm -- tim The Affordable Heat Act that isn’t (affordable) by Wendy Wilton It turns out the real long-term cost of The Affordable Heat Act, S.5, proposed by the Natural Resources and Energy Committee, is $5 billion over a 5-year period as demonstrated in a detailed financial a...
