Vermont
NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage SystemsIn force since November 4, 2025. Instrument: 2025 Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code (NFPA 1 Fire Code, 2021 edition).
- Applies
- Through NFPA 1, chapter 52, derived from the fire code edition
- Instrument
- 2025 Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code (NFPA 1 Fire Code, 2021 edition)
- Citation
- Rule 25P022; 20 V.S.A. 2731
- Scope
- Statewide
- Amendments
- None on file
- Read on
- Oct 24, 2026 from 2 state pages
- Transition rule
- Not on file yet. Which permit date decides the edition is planned research.
What the record says
The passages that set the edition, quoted from the state’s own pages, each 30 words or fewer.
Exceptions and notes
Division of Fire Safety page lists NFPA 1 2021 as the current primary adopted code; NFPA 1-2021 chapter 52 references NFPA 855-2020 (derived). Page does not name NFPA 855.
Coming next
Adoptions, proposals, and bills that would change this value.
No change to the NFPA 855 is on file for Vermont. The state pages are re-read every Monday.
Open questions from the research
- Rule page does not mention NFPA 855 or editions; edition from baseline and reference table.
- Full rule text not read.
- PUC Rule 9.000 status.
- Exact effective date of 2025 code not stated on pages read (baseline 2025-11-04; DFS table shows 2015 code through 11/05/25).
- Full rule text not read; state amendments to NFPA 1 ch. 52 unknown.
- PUC Rule 9.000 status for energy storage facilities not checked.
Cross-check
What the code adoption trackers list for Vermont. Where one differs, the state’s own record decides.
No tracker reading is on file for this value.
How Vermont adopts the NFPA 855
Not yet researched.
History
Dated NFPA 855 actions on file for Vermont.
No dated NFPA 855 action is on file for Vermont yet.
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