Average Electric Bill in Vermont
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $1,697 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Vermont has the 33rd highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 23.93¢/kWh × 591 kWh ≈ $141. 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 | $141 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Massachusetts | $184 | |
| New Hampshire | $173 | |
| New York | $168 |
Vermont is $17 a month below (-10.7%) the U.S. average of $158. 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
- $142
- August 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 $141, ranking 33rd most expensive among the 50 states and DC. This bill is $17 below the national average of $158. Vermont households pay 23.93¢/kWh, which is 5.86¢ higher than the national rate of 18.07¢/kWh, but they use considerably less electricity—591 kWh per month against the national average of 876 kWh. The lower usage pulls the bill down, offsetting the higher rate.
Over the past year, Vermont's average bill rose to $141 from $132, an increase of 7.1%. Over the longer run, the figure has climbed steeply: since August 2021 it rose 29.4% to $141 from $109, and since December 2008 it has grown 68.3% from $84. Seasonally, bills peak in January 2026 at $184 and drop to their lowest in September 2025 at $113, a swing of $71 around the twelve-month average.
Vermont's bill sits well below those of its neighbouring states. Massachusetts averages $184 per month, New Hampshire $173, and New York $168. Vermont's $141 is substantially lower than all three, making it a relative bargain among the region's states.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 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 (September 2025 – August 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 $141. 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.