Vermont Electricity Prices

Vermont sits in the most expensive quarter of the country — 24.89¢ per kilowatt-hour in May 2026, 11th-highest of 51 and 28.2% above the national benchmark. The index reports the published average, not its causes.

At Vermont's May 2026 average of 24.89¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $2,613 a year — around $218 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the May 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,038 — a $575 gap between the two published averages, more for Vermont, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the Vermont jurisdiction average has risen 100% since January 2001, from 12.47¢ to 24.89¢ in May 2026 — a compound 2.8% per year. The path has been unusually smooth — Vermont is among the steadiest third of jurisdictions month to month.

November 2024, at 25.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. The May 2026 reading of 24.89¢ sits 1.1% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 12.04¢ in April 2001.

October. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Vermont, 2001 through 2025, October runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 7.3 percentage points.

Among Vermont and its land-border neighbours in May 2026, Vermont posts the lowest average at 24.89¢ and New York the highest at 29.93¢. That makes Vermont the cheapest in the group, at 24.89¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Vermont for May 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 22.14¢ in July 2025 and 24.89¢ in May 2026. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.