The board reviewed a KAS Environmental quote showing a $48,865 nonrecurring cost plus $1,600 per-UV add-on and an estimated $21,960 annual recurring management cost to install and sample point-of-entry systems for six affected residences with PFAS above state/federal guidance.

At a PURA technical meeting on proposed WQTA filing forms, staff walked through forms for initial filings, annual reconciliations and charge calculations for PFAS-related recovery. Utilities asked for extra columns to separate initial monitoring and ongoing compliance, flagged reporting and invoice-sampling burdens, and parties discussed audits and inspections.

The Natural Resources & Energy committee considered H.727’s provisions for data centers, debating whether water quality and withdrawal reviews should be handled by ANR permits or through Act 250 (district commission) review, whether closed‑loop cooling should be required, and how to prohibit and monitor PFAS in cooling discharges.