Vermont Renewable Energy Goals

In Vermont Renewable Energy Goals, you'll learn ...

• How Vermont’s initiatives will contribute to meeting the State Renewable Energy Goals
• How these initiatives affect different disciplines of engineering
• The three categories of Renewable Energy Standard

Overview

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Credit: 1 PDH

Length: 13 pages

The state of Vermont has enacted continuing education requirements for its professional engineers. More specifically, the Vermont Board of Professional Engineering requires licensees to earn 30 PDH (or Professional Development Hours) biennially.

Additionally, the Board requires that one PDH is earned by completing an education module regarding the state’s energy goals and how each licensee’s specific profession can further those goals. This course has been designed to cover the Renewable Energy Programs portion of the requirement.

The 2016 Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP) sets out a pathway for Vermont to obtain 90% of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. This ambitious goal calls on all citizens to take actions that will collectively transform the way we use and produce energy in our electric, transportation, and heating sectors.

The 2016 Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan (CEP) sets out a pathway for Vermont to obtain 90% of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. This ambitious goal calls on all citizens to take actions that will collectively transform the way we use and produce energy in our electric, transportation, and heating sectors.

This course introduces the student to the basics of the Vermont CEP, Clean Energy Development Fund, and standard price offerings for renewables. This course gives an overview of the three tiers of the Renewable Energy Standard: Total Renewable Energy, Distributed Renewable Generation, and Energy Transformation.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The implementation timeline of the Renewable Energy Standard programs
• Procedures developed to reach renewable energy goals
• Various requirements for energy storage facilities
• Key points of the Vermont Renewable Energy Program

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.