New Hampshire electricity rates and bills

Cents per kWh: four periods, four answers

A cents-per-kWh figure means little without its period. EIA publishes the average residential price, total revenue from homes divided by the kWh they used, for single months, for the year to date and for whole years. In New Hampshire those readings differ by more than a cent:

• over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026: 26.95¢ per kWh, the 8th highest among the 50 states and DC;
• in August 2026 alone: 27.64¢ per kWh, +13.1% on the same month a year earlier;
• for January to August 2026: 26.91¢ per kWh, +15.0%¹ on the same months of 2025;
• for the full year 2025: 24.53¢ per kWh⁴, from EIA's final annual survey.

Months since January 2026 are preliminary. All four figures include every charge homes paid, delivery, supply and riders, but not most taxes, and they blend customers on utility energy service with those who buy from a supplier. None of them is a rate on a tariff sheet. Over the 12 months, the New Hampshire average was 8.91¢ per kWh more than the US average¹.

How fast prices rose in the last 12 months

The 12-month residential average was 13.8% higher than in the 12 months before (September 2025 to August 2026 against the year earlier), the 2nd highest increase among the states; the largest was in the District of Columbia (+19.8%). The US average rose 6.5%. Within New England the paths split: Connecticut recorded the largest decline of any state (−9.0%) and Massachusetts barely moved (+0.8%¹).

District of Columbia+19.8%

New Hampshire+13.8%

Maryland+12.7%

Pennsylvania+12.3%

Washington+11.9%

Ohio+11.7%

Virginia+11.5%

New York+11.2%

Illinois+10.6%

New Jersey+10.2%

Idaho+9.8%

Maine+9.7%

United States+6.5%

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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State	Residential change, 12 months
District of Columbia	+19.8%
New Hampshire	+13.8%
Maryland	+12.7%
Pennsylvania	+12.3%
Washington	+11.9%
Ohio	+11.7%
Virginia	+11.5%
New York	+11.2%
Illinois	+10.6%
New Jersey	+10.2%
Idaho	+9.8%
Maine	+9.7%
United States	+6.5%

Businesses saw much smaller increases. Over the same 12 months the commercial average rose 6.4% and the industrial average 6.4%, both close to the middle of the state rankings. In August 2026, commercial prices were +2.7% and industrial prices +1.8% against a year earlier, while the residential price was +13.1%, the 3rd highest¹ change for that month.

2022, 2023, a fall in 2024, and the rise since

The recent rise has a back story that a single year hides. New Hampshire's annual residential average jumped in 2022 and again in 2023, then fell in 2024, the latest year with an annual decline. It rose 4.8% in 2025 to 24.53¢ per kWh⁴, still below the 2023 average. Over the last 12 months it reached 26.95¢ per kWh¹. The monthly chart shows the steps.

New HampshireUnited States

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Average revenue per kWh (all charges, nominal dollars), each month; summer and winter months differ by season. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Period	New Hampshire (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
Jan 2021	18.93¢	12.62¢
Feb 2021	19.27¢	13.01¢
Mar 2021	19.22¢	13.24¢
Apr 2021	19.81¢	13.73¢
May 2021	19.95¢	13.86¢
Jun 2021	19.27¢	13.83¢
Jul 2021	19.05¢	13.83¢
Aug 2021	19.58¢	13.92¢
Sep 2021	20.66¢	14.14¢
Oct 2021	21.06¢	14.06¢
Nov 2021	21.16¢	14.07¢
Dec 2021	21.02¢	13.72¢
Jan 2022	21.23¢	13.64¢
Feb 2022	22.11¢	13.76¢
Mar 2022	22.94¢	14.41¢
Apr 2022	23.13¢	14.57¢
May 2022	23.02¢	14.89¢
Jun 2022	22.67¢	15.30¢
Jul 2022	21.77¢	15.31¢
Aug 2022	27.42¢	15.82¢
Sep 2022	32.26¢	16.19¢
Oct 2022	30.43¢	15.99¢
Nov 2022	30.61¢	15.55¢
Dec 2022	30.88¢	14.94¢
Jan 2023	31.68¢	15.47¢
Feb 2023	30.98¢	15.98¢
Mar 2023	30.25¢	16.04¢
Apr 2023	30.80¢	16.10¢
May 2023	30.60¢	16.14¢
Jun 2023	29.53¢	16.09¢
Jul 2023	28.96¢	15.86¢
Aug 2023	26.13¢	15.91¢
Sep 2023	23.24¢	16.27¢
Oct 2023	25.49¢	16.48¢
Nov 2023	25.58¢	16.19¢
Dec 2023	24.74¢	15.69¢
Jan 2024	24.85¢	15.41¢
Feb 2024	23.56¢	16.10¢
Mar 2024	22.30¢	16.67¢
Apr 2024	22.84¢	16.86¢
May 2024	23.11¢	16.40¢
Jun 2024	22.52¢	16.38¢
Jul 2024	21.79¢	16.62¢
Aug 2024	22.93¢	16.60¢
Sep 2024	24.93¢	16.82¢
Oct 2024	24.78¢	17.09¢
Nov 2024	24.46¢	16.85¢
Dec 2024	23.68¢	16.27¢
Jan 2025	23.37¢	15.92¢
Feb 2025	22.97¢	16.40¢
Mar 2025	22.79¢	17.03¢
Apr 2025	23.68¢	17.20¢
May 2025	23.99¢	17.33¢
Jun 2025	23.47¢	17.44¢
Jul 2025	22.76¢	17.39¢
Aug 2025	24.44¢	17.57¢
Sep 2025	27.74¢	18.05¢
Oct 2025	27.22¢	17.95¢
Nov 2025	27.33¢	17.77¢
Dec 2025	26.24¢	17.11¢
Jan 2026	26.32¢	17.45¢
Feb 2026	26.52¢	17.65¢
Mar 2026	26.92¢	18.60¢
Apr 2026	27.24¢	18.86¢
May 2026	27.33¢	18.44¢
Jun 2026	27.01¢	18.34¢
Jul 2026	26.60¢	18.31¢
Aug 2026	27.64¢	18.16¢

Over the long run the state has tracked the country in percentage terms but from a higher starting point. Homes paid 12.49¢ per kWh in 2001; the 2025 average was 96.4% higher, against a rise of 100.8% for the US, from 8.58¢ per kWh⁵. Since 2020 the state's average has risen 28.8% (31.0% nationally). The annual average went up in 18⁴ of the years since 2002.

Average electric bill: high price, low use

The average residential bill was $156.94 a month in 2025, 8.3% more than the $144.87⁶ of 2024. That ranks 17th highest, well below the price rank, because the typical home used only 640 kWh a month (12th lowest among the states; US 874 kWh²). Over the last 12 months, with prices higher, the computed average bill rose to $173.23, the 10th highest¹ in the country.

Few homes heat with electricity. The Census Bureau found that 12.3% of New Hampshire homes heat mainly with electricity in 2025, the 3rd lowest⁷ share among the states, despite 6,847 heating degree days a year on average (NOAA, 2016–2025), the 9th highest⁸. EIA's 2020 household survey put space heating at 4% of household electricity use, tied for lowest⁹ among the states.

Bills still peak in winter. Over the last 12 months use per home was highest in January 2026 at 811 kWh and lowest in May 2026 at 498 kWh, a ratio of 1.6 times. In August 2026 the average home used 730 kWh and paid $201.82¹ (preliminary).

509Sep

527Oct

578Nov

755Dec

811Jan

736Feb

634Mar

545Apr

498May

614Jun

778Jul

730Aug

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential kWh sold per customer in each month. The table adds that month's average residential price. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Month	kWh per customer	Residential ¢/kWh
September 2025	509	27.74¢
October 2025	527	27.22¢
November 2025	578	27.33¢
December 2025	755	26.24¢
January 2026	811	26.32¢
February 2026	736	26.52¢
March 2026	634	26.92¢
April 2026	545	27.24¢
May 2026	498	27.33¢
June 2026	614	27.01¢
July 2026	778	26.60¢
August 2026	730	27.64¢

Households' own reports, which include taxes, sit close to EIA's figure: a median of about $152 a month in the Census Bureau's 2025 survey (US $169). 21.8% of households paying for electricity reported $250 or more (±1.1 percentage points), and 24.2%¹⁰ under $100.

Four companies deliver the power

Which company delivers your electricity depends on the address, not on choice. Eversource, legally Public Service Company of New Hampshire, has 71.7% of the state's residential customers on its wires. The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, owned by its members, has 11.5%; Unitil Energy Systems 10.7%; and Liberty Utilities 6.1%³. Small town systems, among them Littleton, Wolfeboro and Ashland, serve the rest.

Their full-service customers paid different averages in 2025. Among the 4 utilities with 10,000 or more such customers, Unitil Energy Systems had the lowest average (21.72¢ per kWh) and New Hampshire Electric Cooperative the highest (24.70¢ per kWh), a spread of 2.98¢ per kWh. Eversource's energy-service customers paid 24.17¢ per kWh, 1.5% below the New Hampshire average³. These are bundled averages for customers who buy supply from their utility; for the investor-owned companies they describe only part of each customer base.

Unitil Energy Systems (NH)21.72¢

Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri (NH)22.59¢

Eversource (NH)24.17¢

New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NH)24.70¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utility	average residential price (bundled customers)
Unitil Energy Systems (NH)	21.72¢
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri (NH)	22.59¢
Eversource (NH)	24.17¢
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NH)	24.70¢

Service areas overlap at the county level. All 10 of the state's counties have two or more distribution utilities, and Grafton County has 6¹¹. EIA records service by county, so the utility's own map decides who serves a street.

Eversource only (of these)Two or more of themOther utilities only

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. Counties where each utility reports serving customers (EIA-861 service territory, 2025). A utility often serves only part of a county, and several can share one: the map shows where each one is present, not street-level boundaries. Point at a county for every utility listed there.

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County	Utilities reporting service
Belknap County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Town of Wolfeboro, New Hampton Village Precinct
Carroll County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Town of Wolfeboro
Cheshire County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri
Coos County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
Grafton County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri, Town of Littleton, Town of Ashland, Precinct of Woodsville
Hillsborough County	Eversource, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri
Merrimack County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Unitil Energy Systems
Rockingham County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Unitil Energy Systems, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri
Strafford County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
Sullivan County	Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri

Energy service, suppliers and Community Power

New Hampshire customers of the utilities can keep the utility's default energy service or buy supply elsewhere; delivery stays with the utility either way. In 2025, 286,343 residential customers, 40.8% of the total, bought supply from one of 14 competitive suppliers or aggregation programs. That share was the 5th highest in the country; nationally it was 15.1%. At Eversource, 43.2%³ of residential delivery customers bought supply elsewhere.

Much of that switching is municipal rather than individual. EIA's 2025 records list 1 community choice aggregator in the state, the Community Power Coalition of NH, which buys supply for residents of member towns; it served 169,038³ residential customers.

The parts of the market paid different averages in 2025, for different parts of the bill:

• full-service customers on utility energy service paid 23.82¢ per kWh for supply and delivery together;
• customers of suppliers and Community Power paid them 11.83¢ per kWh for supply only;
• those same customers paid their utility 13.72¢ per kWh³ for delivery only.

The figures cover different customers and different services, so they are not a like-for-like comparison and must not be added. The supply-only average mixes every contract in force during the year; it is not an offer anyone can sign today. The delivery vs supply charges guide explains the two halves of a bill.

Utility full-service customers (default service): supply and delivery23.82¢

Competitive suppliers and CCAs: supply only11.83¢

Utility delivery for customers of a supplier: delivery only13.72¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh by service part, EIA-861 2025. Supply-only and delivery-only averages each cover only part of a bill and different groups of customers; adding them gives only a rough estimate of what a shopping customer paid in total.

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Part of the market	¢/kWh
Utility full-service customers (default service): supply and delivery	23.82¢
Competitive suppliers and CCAs: supply only	11.83¢
Utility delivery for customers of a supplier: delivery only	13.72¢

Seabrook and a generation surplus

Nuclear plants produced 57.1% of New Hampshire's electricity in 2025 (1st of 51 among the states), up 9.7 percentage points since 2015. All of it comes from one reactor, Seabrook Station, on the coast south of Portsmouth, according to EIA's New Hampshire nuclear profile. Natural gas supplied 27.8% and hydropower 5.7%; coal fell to 1.3%, and solar plants registered 0.0% of generation, tied for lowest¹³ among the states.

Natural gasCoalNuclearHydroWindSolarPetroleumOther

New Hampshire, 2025

New Hampshire, 2015

United States, 2025

Source: EIA, Net generation by state by type of producer by energy source. Share of net generation by all power plants located in the state (utilities and independent producers), by energy source. Electricity crosses state lines, so this is what the state produces, not exactly what its customers consume. Pumped storage is a net user of power and is left out.

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	Natural gas	Coal	Nuclear	Hydro	Wind	Solar	Petroleum	Other
New Hampshire, 2025	27.8%	1.3%	57.1%	5.7%	2.5%	0.0%	0.9%	4.7%
New Hampshire, 2015	30.2%	4.7%	47.4%	6.3%	2.1%	0.0%	0.9%	8.3%
United States, 2025	40.9%	16.6%	17.7%	5.5%	10.4%	6.8%	0.4%	1.7%

The state's plants generated the equivalent of 172% of its retail electricity sales, the 3rd highest ratio among the states (109%¹³ for the US as a whole). A large surplus has not brought low retail prices: New Hampshire's 12-month residential average was above Vermont's (23.90¢ per kWh) and below Massachusetts's (30.39¢ per kWh); 1¹ of its 3 neighbors had a lower price.

Massachusetts30.39¢

Maine29.60¢

New Hampshire26.95¢

Vermont23.90¢

United States18.04¢

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kilowatt-hours sold over the 12 months 2025-09 to 2026-08 (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). Average revenue per kWh, all charges included; not a tariff. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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Area	Residential ¢/kWh, 12 months
Massachusetts	30.39¢
Maine	29.60¢
New Hampshire	26.95¢
Vermont	23.90¢
United States	18.04¢

Business electricity

Commercial customers paid an average of 21.12¢ per kWh over the last 12 months, 52.3% above the US average (10th highest), and industrial customers 17.64¢ per kWh, 98.0% above the US average¹. Commercial accounts in New Hampshire use little electricity: the average used 3,106 kWh a month in 2025, 4th lowest among the states (US 6,406 kWh), so the average commercial bill of $624.49 was below the national $856.32² despite the higher price.

Meters, solar, outages and help paying

Smart meters are rare. Only 22.1% of residential meters were advanced meters in 2025, the 2nd lowest share among the states, largely because Eversource, the biggest utility, reported 0.0%. Time-varying rates are almost unused: 0.1% of residential customers were enrolled (11.3%¹⁴ nationally).

Massachusetts 22.0%District of Columbia 99.7%

Source: EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering. Each dot is a state. Advanced (two-way) meters as a share of residential meters. Period: 2025.

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State	Smart meters
District of Columbia	99.7%
Maine	98.6%
Pennsylvania	98.0%
Colorado	97.7%
Michigan	97.2%
Nevada	96.9%
Texas	96.4%
Florida	96.2%
New Jersey	96.2%
Tennessee	96.2%
Alabama	96.1%
Hawaii	96.1%
Virginia	95.2%
Arizona	94.3%
Delaware	94.3%
Minnesota	93.6%
Georgia	93.5%
Oregon	93.4%
Illinois	93.3%
Kansas	93.3%
Oklahoma	93.3%
North Carolina	92.9%
South Carolina	92.9%
Louisiana	92.6%
Wisconsin	91.8%
Arkansas	91.6%
Kentucky	88.3%
California	87.8%
Maryland	87.8%
Utah	87.8%
Missouri	87.3%
South Dakota	87.2%
New York	85.8%
Montana	84.6%
Idaho	82.2%
Mississippi	82.2%
Indiana	81.6%
Vermont	79.8%
Alaska	78.1%
Washington	75.1%
Ohio	74.5%
North Dakota	68.3%
Iowa	46.3%
West Virginia	44.5%
Wyoming	40.4%
Rhode Island	40.1%
New Mexico	36.6%
Nebraska	32.8%
Connecticut	22.3%
New Hampshire	22.1%
Massachusetts	22.0%

Rooftop solar is close to the national rate: utilities reported 25,210 net-metered residential installations in 2025, 38.3 per 1,000 residential customers against 38.1¹⁴ for the US. Power those panels produce and use on site is not counted in the kWh per home above.

Customers averaged 231 minutes without power in 2025 counting major storms, and 135 minutes excluding them, with 1.45 interruptions each. Eversource's customers averaged 161 minutes, fewer than the New Hampshire average of 231 minutes¹⁵. The power outages ranking puts these minutes beside the other states'.

New Hampshire received $33.3 million in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds for fiscal 2026, $58.09 per occupied home, the 6th highest amount among the states; the first fiscal 2027 release was $28.1 million¹⁶. The help paying your electric bill guide covers LIHEAP and utility assistance programs.