Average electric bill in Vermont
A typical Vermont household pays
$140a month · $1686 a year
That is 6% below the national average of $149, the 32nd highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 597 kilowatt hours a month at 24.89¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — January 2026
$184
Cheapest — September 2025
$113
The dearest month costs $71 more than the cheapest — 63% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 7,300 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Vermont the amount of electricity used is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Vermont's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 313,825 residential accounts in Vermont, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Vermont rate page for the underlying prices.