NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont town of Bennington has agreed to a 20-year term to buy electricity from a local hydroelectric plant.
On Monday, the select board approved purchasing electricity from a group expected to purchase the Vermont Tissue Paper mill hydro facility on the Walloomsac River.
The Bennington Banner reports Assistant Town Manager Daniel Monks told the Select Board Monday that the agreement with North Bennington Hydroelectric will allow the town to receive discounted electricity to provide power for a number of town buildings.
The facility has remained idle since 2018 when the turbines were contaminated with silt after a drilling accident near the turbine intake.
Monks said the new ownership group “feels confident” they can disassemble the turbines, remove the silt and restart them.
Monks added that North Bennington Hydroelectric expects to also upgrade the factory building, originally built in 1887.
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