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North America // Policy
Efficiency Vermont provides funds to Hannaford for CO 2 and R290 equipment and to a food bank for a transcritical system
— by Michael Garry
Ali White, VEIC, at ATMOsphere America 2019
VERMONT UTILITY E GIVES INCENTIVES FOR NATREF SYSTEMS
f f i c i e n c y Ve r m o n t , a n efficiency utility under the auspices of the nonprofit Vermont Energy Investment Corp. ( VEIC), has begun giving customized financial incentives for natural refrigerant systems implemented in the state, including $100,000 to the Hannaford Bros. for a new supermarket and $50,000 to a food bank. Efficiency Vermont, funded by Vermont utility rate payers, is also planning to launch incentive programs for self-contained cases using hydrocarbon refrigerants and for leak repair. And it is developing a test of CO 2 condensing units – rarely used in the U.S. – in a variety of applications. The Hannaford store, in South Burlington, Vt., which is expected to open early next year, will employ a transcritical
Accelerate Magazine // September 2019