In re Vermont Gas Systems, Inc.

¶ 1. In this case, the Public Service Board authorized Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) to condemn a pipeline easement through Geprags Park and to install the pipe underground utilizing horizontal directional drilling. Appellants-intervenors, who are park users, filed a notice of appeal, which triggered an automatic stay of the Board’s decision under 30 V.S.A. § 124. VGS asks this Court to vacate the automatic statutory stay. See id. (providing that Supreme Court may vacate statutory stay “as justice and equity require”). The Department of Public Service supports VGS’s request. As set forth below,…