Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore Vermont's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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GHG Targets + Governance

Just Transition + Equity

Industry

Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

Electricity Generation

Transportation

Resilience

Natural + Working Lands

Climate Finance

Buildings

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Act 139 of 2018: An act Relating to Appliance Efficiency, Energy Planning, and Electric Vehicle Parking

As required by Act 139 of 2018, Vermont Department of Public Service has developed Vermont Appliance Efficiency and Water Conservation Standards for 17 appliances and water conservation devices to which the State’s efficiency standards under 9 V.S.A. chapter 74 did not previously apply:

air compressors,
commercial dishwashers,
commercial fryers,
commercial hot-food holding cabinets,
commercial steam cookers,
computers
computer monitors,
faucets,
high color rendering index fluorescent lamps,
portable air conditioners,
portable electric spas,
residential ventilating fans,
showerheads,
spray sprinkler bodies,
uninterruptible power supplies,
urinals, and
water coolers

H 736 (Act 184), An Act Relating to the Transportation Program and Miscellaneous Changes to Laws Related to Transportation

- Authorizes $12,000,000.00 for PEV purchase and lease incentives under the
Incentive Program for New PEVs, which is the State’s program to incentivize
the purchase and lease of new PEVs, and capped administrative costs.
-  Authorizes $3,000,000.00 for purchase incentives under MileageSmart, which is the
State’s used high-fuel-efficiency vehicle incentive program, and capped
administrative costs.
- Authorizes $3,000,000.00 for incentives under Replace Your Ride, which will be the
State’s program to incentivize Vermonters to remove older low-efficiency
vehicles from operation and switch to modes of transportation that produce
fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and capped administrative costs.

Electrify Your Fleet Program. Sec. 21 of this act creates the Electrify Your Fleet Program, which will provide incentives to Vermont municipalities and business entities in Vermont that maintain a fleet of motor vehicles to incentivize a transition to PEVs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a limited number of increased incentives to nonprofit mobility services organizations, and authorizes $500,000.00 in incentives under the Electrify Your Fleet Program.

Electrify Your Fleet Program

H 529 (Act 59), An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation

Establishes a used high fuel efficiency vehicle incentive and emissions repair program for Vermont residents to structure high fuel efficiency purchase incentive payments and emissions repair vouchers by income to help all Vermonters benefit from more efficient driving, including Vermont’s most vulnerable.

The high fuel-efficiency used vehicle program provides financial assistance to income-eligible Vermonters at the point-of-sale to purchase used fuel-efficient vehicles. MileageSmart can contribute up to 25% of the vehicle purchase price, with a maximum of $5,000.

MileageSmart Vermont

S.100 (Act 47). An act relating to housing opportunities made for everyone

This act makes multiple changes to programs and funding to promote housing, including multiple changes to municipal planning and zoning.