State electricity profile · EIA monthly through May 2026
Vermont Electricity
As of May 2026, residential electricity in Vermont costs 24.89¢ per kWh (+4.8% vs May 2025). EIA publishes these figures monthly and this page follows them. Vermont's 2025 annual residential electricity rate is 22.92¢/kWh, 32.5% above the US average. That is an above-average rate on a grid already 100% renewable, so the price here is not waiting on more clean generation to arrive. The commercial, industrial and fuel-by-fuel figures below show where it does come from.
- 24.89¢
- May 2026 rate
- +4.8%
- year over year
- 22.92¢/kWh
- Residential rate
- +32.5%
- vs US average
- 100%
- Renewable
- 314.8K
- Customers
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22.92¢/kWh residential, 19.92¢/kWh commercial
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2025 annual-frequency retail-sales series, Vermont's residential average revenue per kWh is 22.92¢/kWh, with a commercial average of 19.92¢/kWh and an industrial average of 12.39¢/kWh; a separate EIA generation series for 2025 reports 100% of the state's generation from renewables.
- 32.5% above the US average vs national residential average
- 100% renewable generation
The verdict · 2025
Vermont's residential electricity runs 22.92¢/kWh - 32.5% above the 17.30¢/kWh national average, pricier than 82% of other states, with 100% of its power from renewables.
This is EIA state average revenue per kWh across 314.8K reported residential customers, a benchmark for comparing states, not the tariff on any single bill. Source: EIA retail-sales API, annual frequency.
Annual rate change
What changed in the 2025 annual EIA period
- Vermont's industrial average rose from 11.58¢/kWh to 12.39¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +7.0%.
- Vermont's commercial average rose from 18.89¢/kWh to 19.92¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +5.5%.
- Vermont's residential average rose from 21.90¢/kWh to 22.92¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +4.7%.
Where Vermont's residential rate sits nationally
2025 average revenue per kWh across every reporting state
22.92¢/kWh 18th affordability percentile More affordable than 18% of 50 other states
all reporting states, equal-width bands
Each bar spans 5¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more states; the dashed marker locates this state. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.
Source U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · 2025 annual frequency
How Vermont compares
Average revenue per kWh, EIA retail-sales API. Pick a benchmark above to compare Vermont against the US average or a peer state.
Residential Price History
Vermont residential average revenue per kWh moved from 17.37¢/kWh in 2016 to 22.92¢/kWh in 2025 (32.0% over the window).
- Vermont residential avg
- 22.92¢/kWh 32% since 2016
- 2016 → 2025
- Vermont residential: 2016, 17.4¢
- Vermont residential: 2017, 17.7¢
- Vermont residential: 2018, 18¢
- Vermont residential: 2019, 17.7¢
- Vermont residential: 2020, 19.5¢
- Vermont residential: 2021, 19.3¢
- Vermont residential: 2022, 19.9¢
- Vermont residential: 2023, 20.8¢
- Vermont residential: 2024, 21.9¢
- Vermont residential: 2025, 22.9¢
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · annual frequency. Vermont full trend →
Vermont Average Price by Sector and Year (¢/kWh)
The chart above tracks households only. In 2025, Vermont households paid 22.92¢/kWh while businesses paid 19.92¢/kWh, a 15.1% residential premium, a moderate household-versus-business gap. Every year EIA has published is below, so a single year can be read across all three sectors rather than assembled from three separate EIA queries.
| Year | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.92¢/kWh | 19.92¢/kWh | 12.39¢/kWh |
| 2024 | 21.90¢/kWh | 18.89¢/kWh | 11.58¢/kWh |
| 2023 | 20.82¢/kWh | 18.00¢/kWh | 11.27¢/kWh |
| 2022 | 19.93¢/kWh | 17.29¢/kWh | 11.88¢/kWh |
| 2021 | 19.26¢/kWh | 16.59¢/kWh | 11.38¢/kWh |
| 2020 | 19.54¢/kWh | 16.39¢/kWh | 11.20¢/kWh |
| 2019 | 17.71¢/kWh | 15.98¢/kWh | 11.05¢/kWh |
| 2018 | 18.02¢/kWh | 15.24¢/kWh | 10.66¢/kWh |
| 2017 | 17.68¢/kWh | 14.61¢/kWh | 10.21¢/kWh |
| 2016 | 17.37¢/kWh | 14.54¢/kWh | 10.23¢/kWh |
Average revenue per kilowatt-hour, U.S. Energy Information Administration annual-frequency retail-sales series. Revenue per kWh is what customers in each sector actually paid on average, not an advertised tariff rate. Years with no EIA figure for a sector show —.
What Vermont's Electricity Data Tells Us
Residential customers in Vermont pay 22.92¢/kWh in 2025, across 314.8K metered households, placing the state 32.5% above the national residential average of 17.30¢/kWh. Commercial rates sit at 19.92¢/kWh while industrial buyers pay 12.39¢/kWh. These sector averages describe recorded revenue per kWh; this dataset alone does not establish why they differ. Annual residential sales total 2.2M MWh on roughly $510.0M in utility revenue. Sales and revenue are reported retail-series measures and should not be treated as a local load forecast.
Vermont prices its sectors in step: 10 of 51 residential against 12 industrial. A state this consistent is the exception rather than the rule, and it means the residential figure above is a fair proxy for how the whole grid is priced. Hydro carries the majority of Vermont's in-state generation at 58.2%, though not the whole grid: solar supplies 23.2% and wind a further 18.5%. It is the leading fuel in 4 states. Renewable fuels (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass) account for 99.9% of Vermont's electricity output. These shares describe in-state generation, not a utility-specific customer bill.
Looking back across EIA records, residential prices in Vermont moved from 17.37¢/kWh in 2016 to 22.92¢/kWh in 2025, a 32.0% shift over that window. States charging a similar rate include New Jersey, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, a useful peer set for a sanity check. Hydro is the one leading fuel whose availability is weather, not a purchase. A dry year in Vermont means replacing water with something bought on a market, so the rate above is stable in ordinary years and carries a drought exposure no fuel contract can hedge. At this level it matters what the figure is made of: it is total revenue divided by total kilowatt-hours, so delivery, taxes and fees are inside it but never broken out. In a state as dear as Vermont that hides which part of the bill a household could actually act on.
+32.5%
Much more expensive vs the US residential average
18%
of states have higher rates — Among the costliest
100%
Heavily renewable — above the 25% US mix
314.8K
residential customers served
Energy Generation Mix (2025)
How Vermont generates its electricity, from the EIA generation series for 2025 (separate from the 2025 retail-sales price figures above). Renewable sources account for 99.9% of generation.
- Hydrorenewable58.2%
- Solarrenewable23.2%
- Windrenewable18.5%
- Natural Gas0.1%
Who generates Vermont's electricity
Vermont has 207 operable generating units on EIA's inventory totalling 853 MW of net summer capacity. The largest single plant is Kingdom Community Wind , a onshore wind turbine station operated by Green Mountain Power Corp , rated 65 MW.
The grid here is run by ISO New England Inc, the balancing authority that keeps supply and demand matched across the state.
Showing the 16 largest of 117 operable plants in Vermont by net summer capacity.
| Plant | Operator | Technology | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Community Wind | Green Mountain Power Corp | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 65 |
| J C McNeil | City of Burlington Electric - (VT) | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | – | 52 |
| Bellows Falls | Great River Hydro, LLC | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 47 |
| Harriman | Great River Hydro, LLC | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 41 |
| Sheffield Wind | Evergreen Wind, LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 40 |
| Wilder | Great River Hydro, LLC | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 39 |
| VPPSA Project 10 | Vermont Public Power Supply Authority | Petroleum Liquids | – | 38 |
| Berlin 5 | Green Mountain Power Corp | Petroleum Liquids | – | 35 |
| Vernon Dam | Great River Hydro, LLC | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 34 |
| Deerfield Wind LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 30 |
| Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric | Central Rivers Power US, LLC | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 24 |
| Burlington GT | City of Burlington Electric - (VT) | Petroleum Liquids | – | 20 |
| Ryegate Associates, LLC | Ryegate Associates, LLC | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | – | 20 |
| Coolidge Solar 1, LLC | Coolidge Solar I, LLC | Solar Photovoltaic | – | 20 |
| Essex Junction 19 | Green Mountain Power Corp | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 15 |
| Mcindoes | Great River Hydro, LLC | Conventional Hydroelectric | – | 10 |
| Operating company | Plants | Net summer MW |
|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Power Corp | 40 | 271 |
| Great River Hydro, LLC | 6 | 175 |
| City of Burlington Electric - (VT) | 3 | 79 |
| Evergreen Wind, LLC | 1 | 40 |
| Vermont Public Power Supply Authority | 1 | 38 |
| Avangrid Power LLC | 1 | 30 |
| Central Rivers Power US, LLC | 1 | 24 |
| Ryegate Associates, LLC | 1 | 20 |
| Coolidge Solar I, LLC | 1 | 20 |
| Altus Power America Management, LLC | 8 | 19 |
Operable units only, from EIA's generator inventory as reported for 2026-05. Capacity is net summer rating, which is what a unit can reliably deliver in peak conditions rather than its nameplate figure. Ownership and operatorship can differ; the company shown is the one EIA records as operating the unit.
Market Overview
Residential Revenue
$510.0M
Commercial Revenue
$394.2M
Residential Sales
2.2M MWh
Residential Customers
314.8K
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Using Vermont's numbers
A grid this renewable is close to the end of the supply-build phase, so Vermont's rate is increasingly set by what it costs to keep power available in the hours renewables do not cover, not by adding more of them.
- Vermont sits 32.5% above the national average, see exactly where it lands among all 50 states. See the rankings
- Check the multi-year trend before you judge the rate, a low price rising fast can cost more over a decade than a steady one. Vermont price trend
- Compare Vermont side by side with the US average and peer states using the tool above, then estimate your own bill from your monthly kWh. Cost calculator
Figures are EIA state averages by sector, computed as revenue divided by sales, so delivery and taxes are inside them but not broken out. Your actual rate depends on your utility, plan, and usage, see our disclaimer.
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Where Vermont's figures come from
Every price and generation figure on this page is drawn from the EIA series below, and from nothing else.
Utilities serving Vermont
The 6 utilities that reported bundled residential service in Vermont to EIA Form 861 (2024), largest first. Entity prices below are Form 861 averages for that release, not the same survey as the 2025 retail-sales statewide average above, and not a household tariff. What an individual household pays depends on which of these serves its address.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Power Corp | Investor Owned | 226.7K | 22.09¢ |
| Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc | Cooperative | 36.0K | 23.26¢ |
| City of Burlington Electric - (VT) | Municipal | 17.9K | 18.88¢ |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | 2.4K | 24.58¢ |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | 1.6K | 20.35¢ |
| SunPower Capital, LLC | Behind the Meter | 335 | 35.41¢ |
The 1 serving 100.0K+ residential customers link to a full profile. Presence in EIA Form 861 is not evidence that a utility is available at a given address or that a customer may choose it.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Statewide prices use the EIA retail-sales annual series (2025). Generation mix uses a separate EIA generation series (2025). Utility rows use Form EIA-861 (2024) and are not averaged into the statewide retail-sales figure. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.