Vermont
Net metering in Vermont, provider by provider.
Every provider in the state, and every figure below read from the published tariff or interconnection document rather than a comparison site. Some credit you the full retail rate for the power you send back. Most do not, and that difference is the whole reason this page exists.
Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41766 kilowatt hours. A 574 kilowatt hour month against 734 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 160 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $140.29 to $0.00 at 24.44 cents per kilowatt hour.
Vermont average household use, 574 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 24.44¢ per kWh. Your utility still bills a fixed monthly customer charge that no system offsets, so this is the energy part of the bill, which is the part that goes away.
Solar buyback rates in Vermont, utility by utility
Credits are measured against a statewide blended residential rate, currently $0.2071 per kWh, then adjusted by siting and renewable energy certificate adjusters set in your certificate of public good.
Credits you at retail, with a condition
- Green Mountain PowerInvestor owned/270K accountsBlended rate, adjusted up or downBlended rate, adjusted up or down
- Vermont Electric Cooperative32K accountsThe rate you pay, then adjusted by your certificateThe rate you pay, then adjusted by your certificate
- Burlington Electric DepartmentMunicipal/21K accounts11.59 cents, or 7.59 if you keep your RECs11.59 cents, or 7.59 if you keep your RECs
Vermont net metering rules
A blended rate, then adjusted by up to four cents.
- Who it binds
- All Vermont distribution utilities under the Public Utility Commission’s net metering rule.
- What happens to a surplus
- Credits carry against the bill under the applicable net metering tariff.
- How big a system you may build
- Set by the net metering rule and by each system’s certificate of public good.
Vermont Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100, net metering — checked 2026-09-05
What actually happens after you pick
Most sites in this business hand your number to a sales team and disappear. We do the preparation first, so the company that turns up already knows your situation.
You see your real terms
Your provider page shows what that specific utility credits you, when it trues up, and where the catch is. Sourced and dated, not a sales page.
You choose the company
Companies serving your territory in Vermont, with the reviews, years trading and BBB grade we found for each. You pick. Not a call center, not an auction.
We set the whole thing up
We call you, go through your bill and your last twelve months of use, work out what your utility owes you, and get the program paperwork in order.
They arrive prepared
The company you chose turns up to a job that is already understood, with your figures in hand. No cold pitch on your doorstep.
Solar installers in Vermont
Every company we list for at least one Vermont utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in Vermont: the questions people ask
- Does Vermont have net metering?
- Credits are measured against a statewide blended residential rate, currently $0.2071 per kWh, then adjusted by siting and renewable energy certificate adjusters set in your certificate of public good.
- What is the solar buyback rate in Vermont?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 3 providers we list in Vermont credit the power you export: 3 at the retail rate, with a condition. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in Vermont in 2026?
- It depends mostly on what your utility pays for the power you export, because the 30% federal credit ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025. Vermont homes use about 574 kWh a month at an average of 24.44 cents per kWh, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Where exports are credited at the full retail rate, each kilowatt hour your panels send back is worth about that much; where they are credited below retail, size the system to what you use while the sun is up. Check your own utility on this page before you get a quote for solar panels.
- Is there a solar tax credit in Vermont in 2026?
- Not a federal one. The 30% federal credit, IRC Section 25D, ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025, and a deposit paid in 2025 does not preserve it. Anyone still quoting it is working from an old script. Any incentive left in Vermont comes from the state or your utility, and what your utility pays for exported power is now most of the financial case.
- Which providers does the Vermont rule cover?
- All Vermont distribution utilities under the Public Utility Commission’s net metering rule.
- What happens to credits you do not use in Vermont?
- Credits carry against the bill under the applicable net metering tariff.
- How big a solar system can you install in Vermont?
- Set by the net metering rule and by each system’s certificate of public good.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in Vermont?
- We have read the published terms of 3 providers in Vermont: Green Mountain Power, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Burlington Electric Department. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: Vermont Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100, net metering, checked 2026-09-05.
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