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Burlington Electric seeks 4.5% rate filing; expands energy-assistance eligibility to shelters and certain affordable housing
Summary
Burlington Electric Department asked the council to authorize a 4.5% rate filing with the Vermont Public Utility Commission and to expand its Energy Assistance Program to include residential shelters, qualifying affordable-housing providers and net-metered customers; council approved both actions unanimously.
Burlington Electric Department (BED) officials presented a proposed 4.5% rate increase request for fiscal 2026 and a tariff revision expanding the department’s Energy Assistance Program.
BED leadership told the council the 4.5% change is the department’s proposed filing to the Vermont Public Utility Commission; staff said the PUC process could justify a somewhat higher figure but the department was seeking a lower mid-single-digit increase. BED representatives presented long-term comparisons showing Burlington residential rates remain below the Vermont and New England averages and said the department sought to keep rate…
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