Burlington recently announced that it now produces or gets more power than its citizens use. And it's all coming from renewable sources of energy like wind and solar and hydroelectric. Ken Nolan helps run Burlington Electric, the local utility company that supplies power to the city's 42,000 residents. Some might say, of course this is happening in Burlington - the town that's often cast as a liberal, progressive haven. But Burlington - and Vermont at large - has plenty of economic reasons to try and do their part to tackle climate change: Vermont's iconic, multi-million dollar industries - skiing and maple syrup - are as dependent on the climate as any industry in the U.S. And the state suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Irene - the type of storm scientists say will grow in frequency unless we reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. Nolan says that switching from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy will likely save the city about $20 million dollars over the next two decades. What's more, consumers haven't been hit with a big price increase: while residential customers across the US have seen small but gradual increases in their utility bills over the years, Burlington's rates haven't increased since 2009. There's nothing magic about Burlington in terms of where it sits. It was just a bunch of decisions made over ten years or more, to get towards renewable energy.