The state’s largest electric utility is asking state regulators to approve a new tariff for all its ratepayers that would fund a project to deliver up to 1,200 energy storage batteries to some of the most remote homes in Windham County.

Green Mountain Power is asking the Public Utility Commission to approve the tariff as the utility works to strengthen its electric grid in parts of the state that have seen more power outages due to an increase in severe weather.

“There’s been increasing frequency of extreme weather, and those storms are causing more costs for customers,” said GMP spokeswoman Kristin Carlson. “The storms are impacting all parts of our service territory, but particularly in southern and central Vermont, so we are looking for proactive solutions that are going to lower thos

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