Dive Summary:

• The Vermont Public Service Board rejected an appeal Tuesday that would have required the newly-merged Green Mountain Power and the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation to refund $21 million to ratepayers.
• A June order allowed the two utilities to merge, but AARP Vermont appealed the ruling.
• The money will instead be spent on weatherization programs.

From the article:

The Vermont Public Service Board has once again rejected arguments that ratepayers should get a windfall payment when the state's two largest utilities merged.

The board upheld a key provision of its June order that allowed Green Mountain Power to merge with Central Vermont Public Service Corporation. ...