Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Living in Derby, VT: what to set up and who to call
Power in Derby comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Derby runs its own elections, so the Derby Town Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Derby, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Derby.
Power comes from Vermont Electric Cooperative
Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Derby. Its homes paid an average of 24.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $138 a month (its average across Vermont).
Start or move service: vermontelectric.coop · (800) 832-2667
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Derby Line Village Water District
Derby Line Village Water District supplies Derby: about 23% of residents live in its service area. Derby Center Water System serves another 20%. Derby MHP serves another 7%. Shattuck Hill MHP serves another 7%. About 39% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 897 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 1.2 ppb. That’s higher than 55% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. VT0020568.
6 home internet providers serve Derby
81% of 2,396 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 80% | 2,000/250 |
| Consolidated Communications | DSL | 46% | 10/1 |
| VTel Wireless | Fixed wireless | 67% | 25/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 31% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 27% | 100/20 |
| New England Wireless | Fixed wireless | 21% | 100/33 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Derby’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Derby.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Derby (33%) is in Derby School District; parts are in North Country Junior/Senior UHSD 22 (7-12) (33%) and North Country Supervisory Union (33%).
CSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Derby spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Derby residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Derby | ZIP’s residents in Derby |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05855 | Newport, VT | 43% | 27% |
| 05829 | Derby, VT | 36% | 88% |
| 05830 | Derby Line, VT | 21% | 68% |
A few homes fall in 05872.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Derby
Who supplies Derby’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Derby Line Village Water District (EPA ID VT0020568). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.1 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Derby?
Vermont Electric Cooperative (Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 24.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Derby?
Xfinity, Consolidated Communications, VTel Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, New England Wireless (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Derby?
05855 (43%), 05829 (36%), 05830 (21%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Derby in?
Derby School District. Parts of the city are in North Country Junior/Senior UHSD 22 (7-12) and North Country Supervisory Union.
How do I register to vote in Derby?
In Vermont you can register online up to and including Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received by Election Day). Elections here are run by the Derby Town Clerk. Check your registration at mvp.vermont.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.