PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING: DOCKET NO. 7970
MARCH 21, 2013
REMARKS BY LISA VENTRISS, PRESIDENT
VERMONT BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
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Good evening. For the record, my name is Lisa Ventriss, President of Vermont Business Roundtable. On behalf of our 120 CEO members, I speak tonight in support of construction of the Addison Natural Gas Project, which consists of 43 miles of new natural gas transmission pipeline in Chittenden and Addison Counties; approximately 5 miles of new distribution mainlines in Addison County; together with three new gate stations in Williston, New Haven and Middlebury, Vermont.
This initiative is an important infrastructure project worthy of discussion and support for several reasons. (more…)