MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The Scott administration is calling for an independent audit of the Burlington Electric Department.

It comes as energy regulators raise red flags on shortfalls they say cost ratepayers money.

The regulatory Vermont Public Utility Commission sent a letter to the Scott administration in late July, outlining a “troubling pattern of regulatory errors, inconsistencies and shortfalls” at Burlington Electric.

The list includes a failure to report renewable electricity credits from the McNeil Generating Station last year, costing ratepayers just shy of $1 million.

In a response on Friday, the Scott administration is calling for a ratepayer-funded independent audit of BED’s business practices, internal controls and management.

They say they still have confidence in BED

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