Burlington Electric AI Policy

At a glance

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• What: whether Burlington Electric needs its own policy on artificial intelligence tools.
• Where it stands: a city AI policy dated September 26, 2026 exists and the department is largely adopting it, possibly with minor changes.
• Next: possible strategy item for next year; tighter guidance on which tools staff use.

Details

• Raised by a commissioner after a conference, stressing efficiency gains with guardrails.
• Management: proofreading and document design are fine uses; unchecked AI-written products are discouraged.
• Staff pushed toward Microsoft Copilot where possible; other tools may need a request form.
• The department runs a website chatbot widget and a customer-care kiosk.

Sources

• 2026-10-14 - Burlington Electric Commission
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=6qw2y51ofPw

Discussion time

About 4 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Log

• 2026-10-14 - Burlington Electric Commission - Commissioner's Corner discussion of AI policy.