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Programs · Vermont
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Rule 5.100: blended residential rate plus REC and siting adjustors · verified 2026-09-01
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Tax credit
#01
Federal Residential Clean Energy Credit (Section 25D) - ENDED
The 30 percent federal Residential Clean Energy Credit under Section 25D expired for property placed in service after December 31, 2025. Cash and loan purchases made now receive no federal tax credit. Vermont net metering compensation remains comparatively strong, so the stack is thinner than it was rather than empty.
Source ↗ Tax credit
#02
Federal Commercial ITC (Section 48E) - via Lease / PPA
Section 48E, the commercial Clean Electricity Investment Credit, survives at 30 percent and is available to third-party owners of residential systems under leases and power purchase agreements. The provider claims it and may reflect part of the value in the rate offered. Ask what they claim and what actually reaches you, and confirm with a tax advisor.
Source ↗ Net metering
#03
Net metering under PUC Rule 5.100 - blended rate plus adjustors
Vermont net metering compensation under Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100 is built from a blended residential rate, then modified by a REC adjustor and a siting adjustor set by the Commission. In the 2026 biennial update the Department recommended a statewide blended residential rate of $0.2071 per kWh, an increase of $0.0231 per kWh, with utilities directed to file tariffs no later than June 15, 2026 to take effect on August 1, 2026. Because the components are revised through a biennial process, confirm the current figures with your utility rather than relying on a published guide.
Source ↗ Program
#04
REC adjustor - keeping your RECs costs 3 cents per kWh
Vermont prices a choice most states do not put to homeowners at all. If you retain the Renewable Energy Credits your system generates, the REC adjustor is minus 3 cents per kWh as of 2026. If you transfer them to the utility, you avoid that reduction. So keeping the environmental attributes of your own generation, and being able to say your home runs on renewable energy you produced, costs three cents on every kilowatt hour. Neither answer is wrong, but it should be a decision you made rather than one made for you in the paperwork.
Program
#05
Siting adjustor
A siting adjustor modifies compensation based on where and how the system is sited, with the Commission favouring preferred sites. For a residential rooftop system the relevant question is simply which category your installation falls into and what adjustor value applies. Ask your installer to state the category and the adjustor in the projection rather than folding everything into a single compensation figure.
Program
#06
Biennial review - adjustor values have been reduced
The net metering programme is reviewed biennially, and the Commission has steadily reduced the value of the adjustors over successive updates. That means the compensation a system receives is a function of when it enrols, and it means a long projection should state what it assumes about future reviews. Ask whether your terms are fixed for a period once you enrol, and get that answer from the utility or the Commission rather than from a sales conversation.
Utility
#07
Municipal utilities and cooperatives set their own tariffs
Vermont is served by Green Mountain Power alongside municipal utilities such as Burlington Electric Department and cooperatives such as Vermont Electric Cooperative. Each files its own tariff under the Commission rule, so the blended residential rate and the resulting compensation differ between them. Check the utility name on a recent bill before applying any Green Mountain Power figure to your address.
Net metering · Vermont
Rule 5.100: blended residential rate plus REC and siting adjustors
Vermont net metering under Public Utility Commission Rule 5.100 is more explicitly constructed than most, which is useful because it means every component can be questioned separately. Compensation begins from a blended residential rate, calculated by each utility and reviewed through a biennial process. In the 2026 biennial update the Department provided worksheets recommending a statewide blended residential rate of $0.2071 per kWh, an increase of $0.0231 per kWh, and the Commission directed electric distribution utilities to file tariffs no later than June 15, 2026 to take effect on August 1, 2026. Two adjustors then modify that base. The siting adjustor reflects where and how the system is sited. The REC adjustor reflects what happens to the Renewable Energy Credits your system generates: if you keep them, the adjustor is minus 3 cents per kWh as of 2026, and if you transfer them to the utility you avoid that reduction. That is a genuine decision with a price on it, and it is one most states never put to a homeowner at all. Keeping your RECs means you can accurately say your household runs on renewable energy you generated; transferring them means three cents more per kilowatt hour. The Commission has steadily reduced the adjustor values over successive biennial reviews, so the terms a system receives depend on when it enrols, and a long projection should state what it assumes about that. Vermont is served by Green Mountain Power alongside municipal utilities and cooperatives, each filing its own tariff, so confirm the figures that apply at your address.
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