Electricity rates in Vermont

Residential customers in Vermont pay an average of 24.44¢ per kilowatt-hour — 33% above the national average, and 10th highest of the 51 states and DC.

June 2026 · EIA Electric Power Monthly · New England division

Average rate
24.44¢

per kWh, residential

A year ago
23¢

+6.3% change

vs US average
+33%

US is 18.34¢

Rank
10 / 51

1 = most expensive

Every figure below is that rate applied to the same appliance models used across this site. The rate is the only thing that changes between states — a refrigerator in Vermont draws exactly what it draws in Nevada, it just costs 1.9× as much to run.

What a typical bill looks like in Vermont

Vermont sits in the New England census division, where the EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey puts average household electricity at 7,308 kilowatt-hours a year — 31% below the national figure of 10,566 kWh. At 24.44¢ that is $1,786 a year, or $149 a month before fixed charges and taxes.

Typical annual bill in Vermont

$1,786a year

$149 a month · 7,308 kWh, the New England average

Using the national average instead would put this at $2,582 — 45% higher. Region is the second-biggest variable after the rate itself.

Where the electricity goes in the New England

The New England is a heating region: electric heating runs to 1,748 kWh against 1,136 kWh for cooling. These are conditional averages — each is the mean among households in the division that actually use electricity for that purpose, so they describe a home that has the thing, not a blend across homes that do not.

EIA RECS 2020, table CE4.6, New England division, priced at Vermont’s 24.44¢/kWh. The parts do not sum to the total because each is conditioned on different households.

End useNew EnglandNationalDifferenceCost in Vermont
Water heating2,124 kWh2,706 kWh-22%$519
Space heating1,748 kWh2,484 kWh-30%$427
Air conditioning1,136 kWh2,318 kWh-51%$278
Refrigeration709 kWh839 kWh-15%$173
Everything else4,257 kWh5,108 kWh-17%$1,040

What Vermont households pay against everyone else

The same grid sells to households, businesses and factories at different prices, because delivery costs are spread over very different volumes. In Vermont a household pays 24.44¢ while industry pays 12.9¢ — 1.9× as much per kilowatt-hour. That ratio is not a scandal; it is the cost of running low-voltage distribution to individual houses rather than a single high-voltage feed to one plant. But it is the reason a household’s cost-saving arithmetic never looks like a business’s.

Average price by end-use sector, Vermont. EIA Electric Power Monthly table 5.6.A. A dash means the EIA published no figure for that sector.

SectorJune 2026June 2025Change
Residential — your bill24.44¢23¢+6.3%
Commercial21.22¢19.87¢+6.8%
Industrial12.9¢12.44¢+3.7%
All sectors20.38¢19.29¢+5.7%

One month is weather. The year is your bill.

The June 2026 figure above is a single month. Across 2026 so far, Vermont residential customers have averaged 23.98¢ — 1.9% below that single month.

That is a small gap, so Vermont prices are fairly flat through the year and either figure will do for planning.

Vermont, year to date

23.98¢per kWh

Against 24.44¢ in June 2026 alone · 22.52¢ over the same period last year

An annual bill reflects the year-to-date figure far more closely than any single month. Use it in the calculators if you are planning a year ahead.

What each appliance costs in Vermont

Every appliance on this site, priced at Vermont’s 24.44¢. Each figure uses the appliance’s real duty cycle — the share of its running time it actually draws power — so a refrigerator here is 420 kWh a year rather than the 1,314 kWh that nameplate arithmetic produces.

All 120 appliances at Vermont’s average residential rate of 24.44¢/kWh, on this site’s standard usage assumptions. “Real average” is the draw averaged over the hours the appliance is in service.

ApplianceRatedReal averageElectricityA monthA year
Crypto mining rig3,000 W3,000 W26,280 kWh$535$6,423
Electric furnace15,000 W3,755 W9,012 kWh$184$2,203
EV charging (Level 1 wall socket)1,400 W1,403 W3,747 kWh$76$916
EV charging (Level 2 home)7,200 W7,241 W3,541 kWh$72$865
Hot tub1,500 W375 W3,285 kWh$67$803
Pool heat pump5,000 W3,270 W3,139 kWh$64$767
Electric water heater4,500 W311 W2,720 kWh$55$665
Heat pump (heating)1,800 W999 W2,307 kWh$47$564
Central air conditioner3,500 W2,125 W2,295 kWh$47$561
Pool pump1,500 W1,500 W2,160 kWh$44$528
Oxygen concentrator350 W350 W2,044 kWh$42$500
Grow light300 W301 W1,755 kWh$36$429
Standalone ice maker350 W158 W1,380 kWh$28$337
Koi pond pump150 W150 W1,314 kWh$27$321
Wine cellar cooling unit450 W149 W1,301 kWh$26$318
Dehumidifier480 W288 W1,244 kWh$25$304
Electric baseboard heater1,000 W400 W1,188 kWh$24$290
Heated towel rail120 W120 W1,051 kWh$21$257
Pottery kiln8,000 W4,800 W1,037 kWh$21$253
Furnace blower / air handler500 W516 W1,032 kWh$21$252
Space heater1,500 W827 W992 kWh$20$243
Heat pump water heater550 W110 W964 kWh$20$236
Waterbed heater300 W105 W920 kWh$19$225
Oil-filled radiator1,500 W675 W810 kWh$16$198
Portable air conditioner1,100 W771 W771 kWh$16$189
Infrared heater1,500 W903 W759 kWh$15$185
Golf cart charger950 W969 W727 kWh$15$178
Garage refrigerator180 W81 W710 kWh$14$173
Electric clothes dryer3,000 W2,273 W682 kWh$14$167
Electric underfloor heating1,200 W423 W676 kWh$14$165
Septic aerator pump70 W70 W613 kWh$12$150
Gaming PC400 W415 W606 kWh$12$148
Engine block heater600 W600 W600 kWh$12$147
Window air conditioner900 W541 W596 kWh$12$146
Mini split (cooling)900 W461 W553 kWh$11$135
Electric fireplace1,500 W758 W530 kWh$11$130
Home server or NAS60 W60 W526 kWh$11$128
Radon mitigation fan60 W60 W526 kWh$11$128
Electric sauna heater6,000 W3,330 W500 kWh$10$122
Aquarium150 W53 W460 kWh$9.37$112
Evaporative cooler500 W500 W450 kWh$9.17$110
Well pump1,000 W1,000 W438 kWh$8.92$107
Refrigerator150 W48 W420 kWh$8.56$103
Heat pump clothes dryer900 W824 W396 kWh$8.06$97
Hot water recirculation pump45 W45 W394 kWh$8.03$96
Air purifier45 W45 W394 kWh$8.03$96
Kegerator95 W40 W350 kWh$7.12$85
Chest freezer130 W39 W342 kWh$6.96$83
Electric oven3,000 W1,119 W336 kWh$6.84$82
Water cooler / dispenser100 W35 W307 kWh$6.24$75
Wine fridge85 W34 W298 kWh$6.07$73
Reptile heat lamp100 W65 W285 kWh$5.80$70
Mini fridge75 W30 W263 kWh$5.35$64
Dishwasher1,200 W407 W244 kWh$4.97$60
Pool salt chlorinator160 W166 W239 kWh$4.87$58
Electric cooktop2,000 W931 W230 kWh$4.69$56
UPS battery backup25 W25 W219 kWh$4.46$54
Espresso machine1,300 W293 W214 kWh$4.36$52
Games console180 W194 W212 kWh$4.33$52
Desktop computer100 W104 W208 kWh$4.24$51
OLED television110 W114 W208 kWh$4.23$51
LED television90 W94 W171 kWh$3.49$42
AV receiver130 W151 W165 kWh$3.37$40
Whole house fan400 W400 W160 kWh$3.26$39
Projector280 W289 W144 kWh$2.94$35
Toaster oven1,400 W957 W144 kWh$2.92$35
Microwave oven1,200 W1,485 W136 kWh$2.76$33
Treadmill700 W855 W128 kWh$2.61$31
CPAP machine45 W50 W127 kWh$2.59$31
Laptop50 W52 W125 kWh$2.54$31
Garden fountain pump45 W45 W113 kWh$2.31$28
Incandescent bulb60 W60 W110 kWh$2.23$27
Wi-Fi router and modem12 W12 W105 kWh$2.14$26
Coffee maker1,000 W958 W105 kWh$2.14$26
Tanning bed4,500 W5,095 W102 kWh$2.08$25
Hair dryer1,600 W1,600 W99 kWh$2.02$24
Food dehydrator550 W330 W99 kWh$2.02$24
Washing machine500 W323 W97 kWh$1.97$24
Air fryer1,500 W959 W96 kWh$1.95$23
Welder5,000 W1,165 W93 kWh$1.90$23
Sump pump800 W894 W89 kWh$1.82$22
Air compressor1,900 W475 W86 kWh$1.74$21
Electric kettle1,500 W1,500 W82 kWh$1.67$20
E-scooter charger90 W93 W74 kWh$1.51$18
E-bike charger110 W113 W68 kWh$1.37$16
Box or pedestal fan55 W55 W66 kWh$1.34$16
Central vacuum system1,500 W1,618 W65 kWh$1.32$16
3D printer120 W69 W62 kWh$1.26$15
Computer monitor30 W31 W62 kWh$1.26$15
Slow cooker200 W120 W58 kWh$1.17$14
Range hood150 W173 W57 kWh$1.16$14
Rice cooker650 W283 W57 kWh$1.15$14
Electric smoker800 W402 W56 kWh$1.15$14
Humidifier40 W24 W55 kWh$1.12$13
Robotic pool cleaner180 W197 W54 kWh$1.10$13
Laser printer600 W1,794 W54 kWh$1.10$13
Ceiling fan35 W37 W53 kWh$1.09$13
Bread maker550 W171 W48 kWh$0.97$12
Table saw1,800 W450 W45 kWh$0.92$11
Security camera5 W5 W44 kWh$0.89$11
Electric pressure cooker1,000 W381 W43 kWh$0.87$10
Electric blanket100 W35 W42 kWh$0.86$10
Egg incubator60 W27 W41 kWh$0.83$9.98
Garage door opener550 W5,346 W39 kWh$0.79$9.54
Massage chair200 W388 W39 kWh$0.79$9.48
Battery trickle charger25 W9 W38 kWh$0.77$9.24
Irrigation controller4 W4 W35 kWh$0.71$8.56
Robot vacuum40 W97 W35 kWh$0.71$8.53
Water softener40 W157 W34 kWh$0.70$8.40
Sous vide circulator900 W140 W34 kWh$0.68$8.21
Vacuum cleaner900 W900 W27 kWh$0.55$6.60
Electric lawn mower1,400 W1,190 W25 kWh$0.51$6.11
Clothes iron1,300 W520 W21 kWh$0.42$5.08
Electric snow blower1,800 W1,620 W19 kWh$0.40$4.75
Bathroom exhaust fan35 W35 W19 kWh$0.39$4.68
Pressure washer1,700 W1,190 W18 kWh$0.36$4.36
LED light bulb9 W9 W16 kWh$0.33$4.01
Electric leaf blower1,100 W1,100 W14 kWh$0.28$3.36
Garbage disposal600 W600 W11 kWh$0.22$2.68
Hair straightener150 W75 W5.6 kWh$0.11$1.37

How that compares

Vermont against the national average and the extremes of the range.

Hawaii — most expensive52.72¢
Vermont24.44¢
US average18.34¢
Nevada — cheapest13.11¢

Questions

What is the average electricity rate in Vermont?
24.44 cents per kilowatt-hour for residential customers in June 2026, according to the EIA’s Electric Power Monthly. That is 33% above the national average of 18.34¢, and ranks 10 out of 51 for price.
What is a typical electricity bill in Vermont?
A household using the US average of 7,308 kWh a year would pay about $1,786 a year, or $149 a month, at Vermont’s average rate. Actual usage varies far more than rates do — an all-electric home with electric heat can use two to three times that.
Have electricity rates in Vermont gone up?
Vermont residential rates are up 6.3% against the same month a year earlier, from 23¢ to 24.44¢. The national average moved up 5.0% over the same period.
Why is my rate different from this number?
This is a statewide average across every residential customer and every utility, including fixed monthly charges spread over the kilowatt-hours sold. Your own effective rate depends on your utility, your tariff and whether you are on time-of-use pricing. Divide the total amount on your bill by the kilowatt-hours it lists to get the figure that actually applies to you — that is the number to type into the calculators here.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, June 2026. U.S. Government work, public domain.

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