Chittenden County, Vermont Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 17.53 cents per kilowatt hour for customers in Burlington, which is 10.25% below the average state price of 19.53 cents and 25.30% above the nationwide average of 13.99 cents. With an estimated 21,349 total residential customers, Burlington Electric is the largest vendor in the city. Production from renewable fuels comes to 6.2 megawatt hours produced per resident.

In Burlington, Wood/Wood Waste Solids is 99.62% of the fuel utilized for electricity generation. Natural Gas and Distillate Fuel Oil make up 0.24% and 0.13% of electricity generation, respectively. Electricity use in the city results in the release of 416,217,928.27 kilograms of CO2 emissions per year, which is the largest amount in the state out of 180 cities. Additionally, the city ranks highest in Vermont in emissions per person, which could be argued to be the more important statistic. They average 9,302.41 kilograms of emissions per capita. Burlington has 2 power producing plants, which is the 2nd most for a city in the state.

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The residential electricity price is 19.83 cents per kilowatt hour for customers in South Burlington, which is 1.49% above the average state price of 19.53 cents and 41.69% above the nationwide average of 13.99. Selling an estimated 21,452.31 megawatt hours, Green Mountain Power is the largest electricity provider in the city. There is 872.12% more electricity used in South Burlington than is generated, forcing them to purchase electricity from neighboring cities and counties.

South Burlington is home to 4 power plants, which is the highest for a city in Vermont. The city's electricity consumption results in CO2 emissions totaling 45,502,268.17 kilograms, which is 2nd highest in Vermont out of 180 cities. Perhaps a better measurement of pollution is the CO2 emissions per citizen in the city, which amounts to 2,242.37 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation the city is the 171st highest polluting city in the state. In South Burlington, Conventional Hydroelectric makes up 60.09% of the fuel utilized in electricity production.