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Residential Service Rates:

Central Vermont Public Service provides electric rates under price schedules, known as rates, that have been filed with, and accepted by, the Vermont Public Service Board.

We're pleased to say that according to the Edison Electric Institute, our rates are the lowest in New England among major utilities.

The electric rates noted on this page are available to residential and farm customers. Some of the rates are available only to existing customers at existing locations. For more information, call 1-800-649-2877.

This page is meant to convey a summary of residential rates, terms and conditions. In the event of a difference between this page and the tariff, the terms of the tariff control.

In addition to all rates is the Energy Efficiency Charge (EEC), which funds energy efficiency services provided by Efficiency Vermont, the independent statewide energy efficiency utility.

For more information on Efficiency Vermont and the services it provides, call toll-free, 1-888-921-5990.

RATE 1: Residential Service
This rate is for single-phase electric serviceat secondary voltage for domestic purposes inprivate residences, individual apartments, and farms where there isdomestic use on the same account. Service under this rate shall not be available where the state’s rooms and meals tax is imposed on a dwelling unit’s rental, unless such customers can show that the premise's predominant use is residential. This rate is not available at locations where consumption exceeds an average of 11,300 kWh during the billing months of December, January, February and March.

RATES 3 & 15: (Off-Peak Water Heating Service)
These rates are for separately metered service to electric storage-type water heaters where the balance of the customer’s load is not supplied under a rate where charges vary by time of day.

Rate 3 current ripple and pager-controlled hot water tank schedule:
1 p.m. off
6 p.m. on

RATE 3
This service is available at least 15 hours per day with interruptions of not more than five hours in any 10-hour period. The 15 hours during which service is available are not the same for all customers. The maximum capacity of the heating elements connected to the company’s system at any time is limited to 60 watts per gallon of water storage capacity or 4,500 watts, whichever is greater.

RATE 15
This service is available for separately metered service for electric storage-type water heaters with a capacity of 80 gallons or more. This rate is available at least eight hours per day, which may vary per customer. The maximum capacity of the heating elements connected to the company’s system at any time is limited to 60 watts per gallon of water-storage capacity and an electric current level not to exceed 30 amps.

RATE 7: Security Lighting
This rate is available to customers with dusk-to-dawn security and flood lighting service. CVPS provides and maintains lighting units of a type and size specified by the company and mounts them on existing company-owned wood poles. The power for the lights is supplied by overhead conductors.

If a customer requests CVPS to install a pole to support one or more lighting units, the customer will make a one-time payment to CVPS to cover the cost of installation, all applicable taxes and any other charges associated with installing the requested pole. Lights mounted on brackets longer than 6 feet are subject to an additional charge.

RATE 9: Residential Time-of-Day Service
This is an optional rate available to all private residences, individual apartments, and farms where all service is taken at one point through one meter. This rate shall not apply for entities engaged in farming where there is no domestic use and is not available where the state’s rooms and meals tax is imposed on a dwelling unit’s rental unless such customers can show that the premise's predominant use is residential. Rate 9 is divided into three pricing periods that are designated as peak, intermediate, and off-peak hours:
- PEAK -- Period of four consecutive hours between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. EST (or EDT) each day, plus a period of four consecutive hours between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. EST (or EDT) each day, Monday through Friday.
- INTERMEDIATE -- Period between the two peak-hour periods, Monday through Friday, plus a period of 13 consecutive hours between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. EST (or EDT) on Saturday.

For a graphic representation of Rate 9 hours and rates, click HERE.

RATE 11: Residential Service Rate (not available to new service locations)
This rate is available to new or existing customers at locations where service was billed under Rate 11 prior to Aug. 1, 1987. Customers terminating all service on a temporary basis, such as a seasonal home, may have Rate 11 service re-established. The rate may not be transferred to a new service location.

Service under this rate shall not be available where the state’s rooms and meals tax is imposed on a dwelling unit’s rental unless such customers can show that the premise's predominant use is residential. Rate 11 is divided into two pricing periods:

- PEAK -- Period of four consecutive hours between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. EST (or EDT), plus a period of four consecutive hours between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. EST (or EDT), Monday through Saturday.
- OFF-PEAK -- Include the remaining hours of Monday through Saturday, and all day Sunday.

RATE 13: Electric Load Management Service
(not available to new service locations)
This rate is available for separately metered service at existing service locations with electric storage-type space heating or similar equipment that does not require the availability of service on a continuous basis. This rate may not be transferred to a new service location. The rate is divided into two pricing periods, designated as peak hours and off-peak hours:

Peak hours shall be a period of 16 consecutive hours between the hours of 6 a.m. and 12 a.m. EST (or EDT) daily. All other hours shall be designated off-peak.