By Andy Delaney Other than what's rubbed off from being a member of planning commissions for the past fifteen years or so, I spend little time in the land-use arena. I note this because both SCOV decisions issued on April 12, 2024, deal with land use and you should keep your expectations low (as regular readers of this blog should know to do). Anywho, let's get to the alphabet soup. First, we have an appeal in a decade-long battle over a natural-gas pipeline. In proceedings below, the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC for a 90s-reality-show vibe) found that Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. (VGS) made unsanctioned and substantial changes to the approved proposal underlying VGS's certificate of public good (CPG) while constructing the pipeline. But the PUC took a no-blood-no-foul approach, reasoning that the changes didn't undermine compliance with the applicable statute and thus VGS could amend its CPG. So the PUC fined VGS and directed it to submit proposed CPG amendmen
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