Average Electric Bill in Vermont
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $1,686 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Vermont has the 32nd highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 23.55¢/kWh × 597 kWh ≈ $140. A state can land high on either factor — Vermont pays well above the national rate but uses less power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Vermont | $140 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 | |
| Massachusetts | $183 | |
| New Hampshire | $167 | |
| New York | $164 |
Vermont is $15 a month below (-9.6%) the U.S. average of $155. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $184
- January 2026
- Lowest month
- $113
- September 2025
- Swing
- $71
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $120
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Vermont peaks in January 2026 and bottoms out in September 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Vermont electricity bills in context
The average monthly electricity bill in Vermont is $140, placing it 32nd among the 50 states and DC, counting down from the most expensive. This falls below the national average of $155 by $15, or 9.6%. Vermont's residents pay a higher rate per kilowatt-hour at 23.55¢/kWh against the national 17.84¢/kWh, but use substantially less electricity—597 kWh per month compared with the national 871 kWh. The higher price per unit is more than offset by the lower consumption, resulting in a bill that runs below the national figure.
Over the past year ending May 2026, Vermont's average bill rose 7.5% from $131. Looking back further, the rise has been sharper: the bill was $110 in May 2021, marking a 27.2% increase over five years, and $84 in December 2008, meaning it has climbed 67.1% since records began. Seasonally, bills swing widely across the twelve-month window. January 2026 brought the peak at $184, while September 2025 marked the lowest at $113, a spread of $71 around the year's $140 average.
All three neighbouring states carry higher average bills. Massachusetts runs $183 per month, New Hampshire $167, and New York $164. Vermont's below-average bill and below-average consumption place it well apart from its region.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Vermont may pay well above or below $140. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Vermont electricity prices by sector.