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Vermont Utility Plans to End Outages by Giving Customers Batteries
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/business/energy-environment/green-mountain-home-batteries.html

Vermont Utility Plans to End Outages by Giving Customers Batteries

Green Mountain Power is asking state regulators to let it buy batteries it will install at customers’ homes, saying doing so will be cheaper than putting up more power lines.

The New York Times
@metacurity Is there a way to read these without paying NY Times?