WCAX reports that the Central Vermont Public Service is saying it won’t read the meters of anyone in the Depot Square building until bed bugs are eliminated.

It’s had bedbugs for several months. Almost every unit is infested.

Now CVPS will not go in to read meters there at the request of the electric company’s employees. CVPS says it will instead rely on past power use to estimate consumption until the bedbugs are eradicated.

[Emphasis mine.]

You may recall Depot Square; back in August, 39 of the St. Johnsbury, VT building’s 47 units were found to have bed bugs.

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Representatives of various state agencies  in St. Johnsbury, Vermont met Friday to formulate an action plan in Depot Square, a heavily infested building where canine scent detection teams found bed bugs in 39 of 47 units.  WCAX.com reports,

For the last four months, tenants living in the Depot Square building have been living side by side with bedbugs, even after repeated attempts to exterminate them.

“It seems like they can’t get rid of it then you have to throw away all of your stuff and start from scratch,” Stepp said.

A dog specially trained to sniff out bedbugs recently went through the apartment complex and found that all but eight of the 47 units are infested.

Various state agencies gathered in St. Johnsbury Friday morning to work on an action plan to eradicate the bugs. The building’s owner joined the meeting by  phone.

WCAX.com reports that an exterminator is going to “go through the building” Wednesday.

Though they’re often considered for a heavily infested building such as this,  the implication is that thermal and Vikane gas treatments are not planned for the building at this time.

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