Chittenden County, Vermont Electricity Rates & Statistics

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The residential electricity price is 19.01 cents per kilowatt hour for customers in Burlington, which is 9.10% below the average state price of 20.91 cents and 18.76% above the nationwide average of 16.01 cents. With an estimated 21,540 total residential customers, Burlington Electric is the largest vendor in the city. Production from renewable fuels comes to 4.12 megawatt hours produced per resident.

In Burlington, Wood/Wood Waste Solids is 99.66% of the fuel utilized for electricity generation. Distillate Fuel Oil and Natural Gas make up 0.19% and 0.15% of electricity generation, respectively. Electricity use in the city results in the release of 294,539,033.44 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 6,588.8 kilograms of emissions per capita. Burlington has 2 power producing plants, which is the 3rd most for a city in the state.

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The residential electricity price is 21.12 cents per kilowatt hour for customers in South Burlington, which is 1.00% above the average state price of 20.91 cents and 31.96% above the nationwide average of 16.01. With an estimated 1,415 total residential customers, Green Mountain Power is the largest vendor in the city. The city produces 0.33 megawatt hours per resident from solar, which is 5th out of 180 cities in Vermont.

South Burlington is home to 3 power plants, which is the highest for a city in Vermont. The city's electricity consumption results in CO2 emissions totaling 31,539,257.09 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 1,573.66 kilograms of CO2 emissions per person per year. Using this calculation the city is the 168th highest polluting city in the state. In South Burlington, Conventional Hydroelectric makes up 62.63% of the fuel utilized in electricity production.