In an April 15, 2020 ruling, the Vermont Superior Court Environmental Division granted summary judgment to the City of Montpelier and Capitol Plaza Corporation, finding that the City’s proposed municipal parking garage is not subject to Act 250 jurisdiction. In October 2018, the City and Capitol … [Read more...]
Environmental Division Confirms Limited Act 250 Jurisdiction Over Municipal Projects
April 22, 2020 by
Public Utility Commission Denies Application to Construct Solar Facility in Mount Philo Viewshed
October 20, 2017 by
On July 21, 2017, the Vermont Public Utility Commission denied an application by Peck Electric, Inc. to construct a 144 kW net-metered solar project in Charlotte, Vermont, in the middle of the western viewshed of Mount Philo facing Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. The one-acre solar … [Read more...]
SP&F Assists Jeffersonville in Floodplain Protection Property Acquisition
December 8, 2014 by
On September 29th, SP&Fattorneys, working on behalf of the Village of Jeffersonville, closed on the Village’s purchase of a 4.2-acre, more or less, parcel of land lying at the southwesterly corner of the intersection of Vermont Routes 15 and 108. The highly visible property sits within a portion of … [Read more...]
U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont Allows a Private Nuisance Claim Against Operational Wind Project
November 21, 2014 by
Vermont’s federal district court, in Brouha v. Vermont Wind, LLC, denied a motion to dismiss a landowner’s private nuisance claim against the owners of the Sheffield Wind Project, an operating wind project holding a Certificate of Public Good from the Public Service Board (“PSB”). As discussed by … [Read more...]