Re:googling for prices... (Score 1)

Well if you'd googled some more you'd find that VT has higher than the average power costs @ $0.1107/kW-h. I know that VT'ers used to pay an even higher rate just a few years ago (highest in the nation while I was in high school). I think most people from Vermont would be willing to pay the slight premium (27% increase) for the fact that they'd be using a renewable, alternative energy source. Perhaps in your cynical view, the farmer's won't see those extra four cents AND pay for their own equipment. But this is the People's Republic of Vermont. Cow Power is run by CVPS, which is a highly-regulated company. Capital expenditures are handled by CVPS, cost of production (for the farmers and CVPS) is far less than Vermont's market rate for electricity (Which is mostly purchased from HydroQuebec, locked in at long term, graduated rates). I think it's pretty win-win all around.