Burlington Electric solar export rate
What Burlington Electric pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Vermont, with the source and the date it was checked.
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Burlington Electric · Vermont
Burlington Electric Department confirms on its own net-metering page that its customers are billed under net metering, but that page publishes no credit rate, and the previously cited BED tariff URL now returns 404. No fetchable source supports a dollar rate for BED, so the rate is left unverified rather than estimated.
Source: burlingtonelectric.com
Full Burlington Electric detail →Vermont rules that apply to Burlington Electric
The state framework sets the default. Where Burlington Electric pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Net metering: excess generation is credited on the customer's bill at the applicable blended residential rate, with REC and siting adjustors applied according to the system's certificate of public good. |
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| Export rate | The statewide blended residential base credit is $0.2071/kWh effective August 1, 2026. Actual compensation varies by utility and system category because the applicable tariff may use a lower utility blended rate and may apply REC and siting adjustors; the 2026 order lists Category I and II compensation of $0.1571/kWh for customers transferring RECs, before any utility-specific difference. |
| Rate effective | The statewide blended residential rate of $0.2071/kWh and the 2026 REC and siting adjustors apply beginning August 1, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Unused bill credits carry forward to later billing periods, subject to the 12-month use limit. |
| Credit expiration | Credits must be used within 12 months from the month earned; otherwise they revert to the electric company without compensation. |
| Annual true-up | No annual true-up date is specified in the reviewed rule or tariffs; credits are billed monthly and expire on a rolling 12-month basis. |
| Grandfathering | Yes. Pre-existing systems with a complete CPG application filed before January 1, 2017 retain the applicable pre-existing rates and incentives for 10 years from commissioning; they are not subject to the newer REC and siting adjustors during that period. |
| Regulator | Vermont Public Utility Commission; it regulates construction and operation of net-metering systems and reviews and approves utility net-metering tariffs. |
| Governing rule | 30 V.S.A. §§ 8002 and 8010, implemented through Vermont Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100; Rule 5.128 governs the biennial updates to rates, adjustors, and eligibility criteria. |
| Pending change | The 2026 Commission order says the current Rule 5.100 framework may have run its course and that the Commission will issue an order announcing a process for making changes to the net-metering rule; further Rule 5.100 changes in response to Act 179 of 2024 are to be considered in a rulemaking. |
Other Vermont utilities
- Green Mountain PowerFixed rateBase excess-generation credit: $0.20710/kWh under the tariff effective with bills rendered on o
- VEC (Vermont Electric Co-op)Fixed rateBlended residential rate currently $0.2071/kWh for excess energy sent back to the grid.