Vermont regulators finalize 5.5% rate increase for Green Mountain Power customers

Green Mountain Power in Colchester in December 2019. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTheo Wells-Spackman is a Report for America corps member who reports for VTDigger.Regulators will allow Green Mountain Power to raise electricity rates by 5.5% for its more than 275,000 Vermont customers — a smaller hike than the 7.5% increase the company initially sought. The billing change, ordered late last month by Vermont’s Public Utility Commission, will take effect Oct. 1.The first p