Editing Orleans, Vermont (section)

===Electricity===
Orleans operates its own Electric Department which, aside from serving the village, also provides power to the parts of Barton outside the village, as well as West Brownington and East Irasburg. It has 665 customers.<ref>[http://publicservice.vermont.gov/electric/electric-utilities.html Electric Utilities List : Electric : Vermont Department of Public Service<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206065750/http://publicservice.vermont.gov/electric/electric-utilities.html |date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref>"Customers" refers to number of hookups, not individuals</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.digitalfrontier.com/essential_wc5/vppsa/uploads/PubPowPres.pdf |title=Municipal electric utility members of Vermont public power supply authority (group of 14) |access-date=July 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705000129/http://www3.digitalfrontier.com/essential_wc5/vppsa/uploads/PubPowPres.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2007 }}</ref> It does not generate power but purchases it in bulk.<ref>{{cite book | author = Creaser, Richard |title = Village electric rates will climb 10 percent | publisher = the Chronicle | date = October 24, 2007}}</ref> It maintains the distribution system. 70% of the department's expense is allocated for power purchases.<ref>{{Cite news | first=Richard | last=Creaser | title=Orleans looks at joint power plant with Barton | publisher=the Chronicle | location=Barton, Vermont | pages= 1 | date=August 18, 2010 }}</ref>