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36-662: The summit is part of a massif, or extended ridgeline described by state forest rangers as "a mountainous, un-roaded area dominated by Mt. Equinox, Red Mountain, Mother Myrick and Bear Mountain." Separately, a land trust described much of this same area as the "Equinox Highlands." Yet only parts of these uplands are formally conserved either as public property or privately operated land trusts. Equinox Mountain's immediate eastern flanks are incised by Skinner Hollow and Cook Hollow; its western flanks by Mears Hollow, Corbett Hollow and Hamilton Hollow. Among these small and mostly very steep valleys, all but Hamilton Hollow are undeveloped, although

72-511: A 1949 report, this former road, which reached only to Lookout Rock, had "long fallen into disuse but its route is readily discernable." Using a route on a separate part of the mountain, the current 5.2-mile toll road leads north to the summit and was completed in 1947 by Joseph George Davidson , a retired Union Carbide Corp. executive, who also built a summit hotel there (opened 1950). Davidson had acquired about 7,000 acres mostly on Equinox's western slopes, with tentative plans to develop

108-521: A commercial ski area centered on upper Hamilton Hollow. But as of his death in 1969, Davidson had completed transfer of all his Equinox property to an especially austere Catholic monastic order called the Carthusians , and paid for building their  Charterhouse of the Transfiguration  monastery (opened 1970) in the upper hollow at an elevation of 2,100 feet. The summit hotel closed in

144-543: A gas distribution network in Greater Montreal . Near the end of the 1940s, industrialists began planning the construction of a pipeline that would connect Alberta and the large cities of Ontario . Hydro-Québec was approached to extend the pipeline toward Montreal. Several meetings were organized, and the Quebec Hydroelectric Commission ordered internal studies and sought expert advice. In March 1954,

180-460: A larger scale emerged with the 1962 sale  of Manchester's Equinox House hotel and its adjoining 1,500 acres of  mountainside, after which a succession of corporate owners repeatedly made ambitious proposals for a commercial ski area there. But a 1974 bankruptcy pushed all such ideas into abeyance and Equinox House stood empty during the subsequent decade. (See also Equinox House Historic District .) Radio station WEQX 's tower

216-400: A portion of the electricity it distributes but most of its supply is purchased from other producers. Its supply portfolio comprises several sources of power generation, including wind power, solar power and hydroelectricity. GMP also buys electricity produced with "cow power," a process that uses methane from the manure of dairy cattle to generate clean energy. In March 2017, Énergir announced

252-407: A second liquefaction train will increase production from 3 billion to 9 billion cubic feet per year. Compressed natural gas (CNG) has exactly the same properties as natural gas in its gaseous state. However, it can be stored at 300 times atmospheric pressure, which reduces the volume by an equal amount. Transported in high pressure tanks, it is mostly used for short-range daily trips. Biomethane

288-517: A subsidiary of Noverco. In 1986, Gaz Métro acquired Vermont Gas Systems, which distributes all the natural gas in Vermont. On January 1, 1997, almost 40 years after removing itself from the natural gas sector, Hydro-Québec returned to the sector by acquiring a 42% stake in Noverco, the holding company that controls Gaz Métro. As such, Hydro-Québec was once again under the control of André Caillé , who left

324-537: A trail skirts Cook Hollow. The eastern slopes drain toward the Batten Kill River. The western slopes drain toward the Green River, a Batten Kill tributary that forms the 10-mile, dead-end mountain valley occupied by Sandgate, Vermont and headed by Mother Myrick Mountain. During the 1860s a Manchester group built a 4-mile road leading south from near the height of Beartown Gap Road nearly to Equinox's summit. As of

360-537: Is a renewable and carbon-neutral energy with the same properties as regular natural gas, and it is produced from organic material. Saint-Hyacinthe became the first municipality in Québec to produce energy through biomethanation, and several projects are now being developed elsewhere in the province of Quebec . Green Mountain Power (GMP), a subsidiary of Énergir, is the largest electricity distributor in Vermont, serving over 70% of

396-563: Is an energy company with 535,000 customers in Quebec and the northeastern United States . It is the largest natural gas distribution company in Quebec, and, through subsidiaries, also produces electricity from wind . In the United States the company operates through subsidiaries in seventeen states, where it produces electricity from hydroelectric , wind and solar sources, in addition to being

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432-553: Is located in northwestern Bennington County and is entirely within the Taconic Mountains . It is bordered to the north by the town of Rupert , to the east by Manchester , to the south by Arlington , and to the west by the town of Salem in Washington County , New York . Bear Mountain, with a summit of 3,301 feet (1,006 m), is the highest point, located in the northern part of the town. The eastern part of town includes

468-498: Is located on the mountain, hence the callsign of the station. A small, abandoned Cold War-era NORAD radar station can be seen near the summit. The site is now used for two-way communications by the Vermont State Police, and for the other radio station to transmit from the mountain, Vermont Public Radio 's WVTQ . At least one of these tower site operators had paid rent to the monastery. "The Mount Equinox Annual Hillclimb" on

504-564: Is the sole owner of Noverco, which owns 100% of Energir's shares. Énergir distributes approximately 97% of the gas consumed in Québec. Its underground network spans more than 10,000 km (6,200 mi) and serves more than 205,000 customers. Énergir's subsidiary Vermont Gas Systems is the sole gas distributor in the state of Vermont. It serves over 50,000 customers. Over the last few years, Gaz Métro has developed its liquefied natural gas (LNG) subsidiary for heavy and maritime transportation, and for serving industries in regions far from

540-414: The 1990s and soon became derelict. It was demolished in 2011 to make way for a "viewing center" operated by the monastery, which obtained 2019 gross receipts of $ 327,502 from its toll road and related gift shop, according to a tax filing. Prospective developments on the eastern slopes of Equinox included a 1930s federal work agency's unsuccessful proposal to cut ski trails. Development possibilities on

576-476: The United States. The Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms are an equal-share joint venture of Boralex and Beaupré Éole, which is, in turn, 51%-owned by Gaz Métro and 49%-owned by Valener. The core business of this joint venture consists in owning and operating these wind farms . The first phase includes two wind farms with an installed capacity of 272 megawatts. These wind farms were put into commercial service in

612-532: The acquisition, through one of its subsidiaries, of Standard Solar , Inc. a leading solar energy firm specializing in the development and installation of commercial solar electric systems in many states across the United States. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Standard Solar is a commercial, industrial and institutional solar developer, engineering, procurement and construction management, as well as operations and maintenance services provider operating in multiple states in

648-407: The average family size was 2.83. In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 21.5% under the age of 18, 3.7% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.6 males. The median income for a household in

684-401: The census of 2000, there were 353 people, 149 households, and 98 families residing in the town. The population density was 8.4 people per square mile (3.2/km ). There were 268 housing units at an average density of 6.4 per square mile (2.5/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 97.45% White , 0.85% Black , 0.85% Asian , and 0.85% from two or more races. Hispanic of any race were 0.28% of

720-487: The commissioners formed a committee to make a decision. The committee recommended replacing industrial gas with natural gas from Western Canada, a conversion that would be of some benefit to the public utility. The commission's president, L.-Eugène Potvin, instead recommended selling the gas sector to a private company. This solution was adopted and the Commission adopted a resolution to divest itself of all its gas assets, which

756-544: The event from the Sports Car Club of America. The 5.2-mile (8.7 km) course gains nearly 3,000 feet. In comparison, the 7.4-mile (11.9 km) Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race in New Hampshire gains 4,656 feet. Adjacent to the larger Equinox Mountains is Little Equinox, where two wind farms have previously operated. One wind turbine was installed in 1981 and three more in 1982, making Little Equinox Mountain

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792-479: The leading electricity distributor and the sole natural gas distributor in Vermont . The main natural gas distributor in Québec was created during the first nationalization of electricity in Québec, in 1944. By bringing Montreal Light, Heat and Power under state control, the new Quebec Hydroelectric Commission , better known as Hydro-Québec , not only took charge of the company's electricity assets, and also acquired

828-658: The lower slopes of Equinox Mountain , which has its summit in neighboring Manchester. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 42.2 square miles (109.3 km ), of which 42.1 square miles (109.1 km ) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km ), or 0.16%, is water. The entire town is part of the watershed of the Batten Kill , a tributary of the Hudson River in New York. As of

864-470: The majority shareholder in Gaz Métro. In 2007, Gaz Métro acquired Green Mountain Power , which distributes 70% of the electricity in Vermont. That same year, Sophie Brochu became president and chief executive officer of Gaz Métro. In 2010, Gaz Métro was restructured so that 71% of its capital was held by the private company Noverco, which was controlled by Trencap (61.11%) and Enbridge (38.9%), while 29%

900-638: The market and near 265,000 customers. GMP's core business includes the distribution, transportation, generation, purchase and sale of electricity in Vermont and, to a lesser degree, electricity transportation in New Hampshire and electricity generation in the states of New York, Maine and Connecticut. The GMP network comprises over 1,600 miles (2,600 km) of overhead transmission lines, 10,100 miles (16,300 km) of overhead distribution lines and 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of underground distribution lines, located mainly in Vermont but also extending to New Hampshire and New York. Green Mountain Power generates

936-505: The natural gas network. LNG comes from Gaz Métro's liquefaction, storage and regasification (LSR) plant in Montréal East, in operation since 1969. In 2014, the Québec government (through Investissement Québec ) and Gaz Métro teamed up to increase accessibility to liquefied natural gas, starting in 2017, by increasing the capacities of Énergir's natural gas liquefaction plant. The addition of

972-404: The population. There were 149 households, out of which 23.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and

1008-566: The position of President and CEO three months later to become the head of the Québec state company. This move was part of Mr. Caillé's convergence strategy to transform Québec into an energy hub in the northeastern part of the North American continent. In 2003, Gaz Metropolitain was abridged to Gaz Métro and accompanied by a new logo. In 2004, Hydro-Québec sold its shares of Noverco to the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec . Trencap thus became

1044-543: The site for a modern wind farm. They have conducted wind measurements as well as environmental studies of Little Equinox Mountain. To build a wind farm in Vermont, the developer needs to go through the Public Service Board's Section 248 application process. Sandgate, Vermont Sandgate is a town in Bennington County , Vermont , United States. The population was 387 at the 2020 census . Sandgate

1080-603: The site in 1988, erecting a wind measurement tower and removing the four old turbines. It installed two U.S. Windpower 100 kW turbines in 1990, which ran for four years making electricity. Green Mountain Power removed its turbines and measurement tower in 1994. The company now owns the Searsburg Wind Farm in Searsburg, Vermont . Endless Energy Corporation, a wind farm development company based in Maine , has expressed interest in

1116-444: The site of one of the first wind farms in the United States. These turbines, an early-generation design by WTG Systems of Buffalo, New York , were mounted on 80-foot (24 m) truss towers and had a nominal peak output of 350 kW. The turbines, however, were plagued with mechanical issues, and by the mid-1980s all four were out of service, standing idle on the mountain from 1985 through 1989. Green Mountain Power began operating

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1152-473: The toll road began in 1950, when the winner was William F. Milliken Jr. During the 1960s, a still-standing course record was set at "just over four minutes" and participants have exceeded 100 miles per hour on stretches of the course. Entries for this hillclimbing race since 1973 have been limited to "vintage racing cars." In that year, the Vintage Sports Car Club of America took over sponsorship of

1188-448: The town was $ 41,250, and the median income for a family was $ 46,944. Males had a median income of $ 31,042 versus $ 24,191 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 22,096. About 4.7% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 20.0% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over. Green Mountain Power Énergir ( French: [enɛʁʒiʁ] ), formerly known as Gaz Métro ,

1224-582: Was approved by the Duplessis government. Negotiations began with several groups and the sale of the network to the Quebec Natural Gas Corporation was concluded in the spring of 1957. In 1969, the company was renamed Gaz Métropolitain. Its liquefaction plant was inaugurated on October 7, 1969. In 1985, the company acquired Gaz Inter-Cité Québec (which served eastern Québec) and Gaz Provincial du Nord (which served Abitibi-Témiscamingue). It became

1260-475: Was owned by the new company Valener , listed on the TSX. In July 2011, ahead of Fortis , Gaz Métro acquired Central Vermont Public Service Corp ., "the largest electricity supplier in Vermont," for US$ 472 million. CVPS operations were merged with those of GMP in 2012–making GMP the largest electric utility in the state, providing electricity to over 75 percent of Vermont residents. On November 29, 2017, Gaz Métro

1296-568: Was renamed Énergir to reflect its wider energy portfolio. On September 27, 2019, Noverco closed a $ 1.2 billion tender offer for all Valener shares, valuing Energir at approximately $ 4.1 billion, and returning Energir to private ownership. On June 7, 2021, Enbridge announced the sale of its shares in Energir to Trencap for $ 1.14 billion, again valuing Energir at approximately $ 4.1 billion. Following this transaction, CDPQ and Fonds de Solidarité FTQ own 80.9% and 19.1%, respectively, of Trencap, which

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