Energy Assistance Program
Qualifying customers receive a 12.5% discount on their electric bills
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The team at Burlington Electric Department (BED) is delighted to share with you that we recently received approval from the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) to make our Energy Assistance Program (EAP) a permanent program. The program allows BED to provide income-qualified customers with a 12.5 percent discount on energy and customer charges. As part of making this program permanent, we received PUC permission to automatically enroll eligible customers. If you are not yet enrolled in the EAP and have a household income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level, we encourage you to apply for BED’s Energy Assistance Program using the form below.
Further, we encourage customers to learn about opportunities to save energy and money through efficiency measures by connecting with our Energy Services team for a free consultation.
Terms & Conditions
- Eligibility is available to low-income customers, defined as those customers who currently are at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.
persons in household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+ max. income $27,861 $37,814 $47,767 $57,720 $67,673 $77,626 $87,579 $97,532 - Eligible Customers can opt to request BED to enroll them in the EAP Rate and verify income eligibility by providing documentation of eligibility for:
- Vermont Seasonal Fuel Assistance,
- 3SquaresVT,
- VGS Energy Assistance,
- Vermont Section 8 Assistance, or
- for any Customers who are not able to provide eligibility documentation using any of the above income verification methods, BED will work with those Customers to find an alternative verification method.
- Customers accepted into the Energy Assistance Program will receive a bill credit of 12.5%.
- Customers accepted into BED’s Energy Assistance Program who later no longer qualify for the State of Vermont Fuel Assistance Program or federal Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program are required to notify BED, as they no longer will be eligible for the BED’s Energy Assistance Program.
EAP Tariff Sheet | EAP Opt Out Form
If you have any questions, please feel free to Contact Us.
Enrollment Form