Stored energy doesn’t have to be in a battery - it can be in a building! Kristin Carlson talks with Eli Pereira from GMP’s Innovation team about how that works and how ‘buildings as batteries’ is helping Vermont businesses save money through GMP’s Flexible Load Management program.

Over the past two years, GMP has been doing a lot of line construction projects in some of the most frequently storm-damaged areas of Vermont. Kristin Carlson hears from GMP’s Carol Weston on how GMP is working with communities to help make the electric system more flexible and resistant to outages.

GMP customers who’ve historically seen some of the longest and most frequent outages are now staying connected through damaging weather. Kristin Carlson checks in with Mike Burke from GMP’s Field Operations to see how strategic line rebuilding is delivering benefits including reducing costs for all GMP customers.

A new pilot is testing how the benefits of more electric use can drive down costs for all GMP customers. Eli Pereira from GMP’s Innovation team joins Kristin Carlson to talk about that and how customers who go electric for heating and cooling can save even more.

Extreme weather like high winds, sticky summer storms, thick ice, and heavy wet snow are part of life in Vermont. Kristin Carlson and GMP’s Mike Burke have tips on how you can prepare for potential storms and share how we make sure we’re ready if damaging weather happens in Vermont!

A key way we reduce costs for customers is by turning to stored energy in batteries to reduce the amount of energy needed from the grid during peak energy use times. This means customers can still use their air conditioners during a heatwave while overall energy use on the grid is going down. And knowing when a peak will happen is big part of making this work. Kristin Carlson sits down with GMP expert Kathleen Cohen to find out how to predict when energy use will reach a peak.

Vermonters have been through an increasing string of extreme weather - historic storms causing frequent, repeated outages. And that’s frustrating for customers. In this episode, GMP’s Carol Weston joins Kristin Carlson to dive into how GMP is getting the job done with a big slate of projects underway in the hardest hit towns across southern and central Vermont and what it means for communities.

Its always great to share good news about solving challenging problems and that’s happening with ramped up projects to strengthen the electric system where extreme weather is repeatedly hitting communities hardest. In this episode, GMP’s Mike Burke digs into the details with Kristin Carlson about how proven line construction techniques are delivering results to more customers, more quickly.