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Residential customers
464 thousand
464,024 homes
Average price
24.17 cents
New Hampshire average 24.53
Average bill
$149.82
Per month at 620 kWh
Price rank
3 of 4
Lowest to highest in New Hampshire
Eversource New Hampshire rates and average bill
Eversource New Hampshire reported 263,458 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 620 kWh a month on average at 24.17 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 4 New Hampshire utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Eversource New Hampshire ranks 3 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eversource New Hampshire | 24.17 | 620 | $149.82 |
| New Hampshire (all utilities) | 24.53 | 640 | $156.94 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $150.68 |
Another 200,566 residential customers use Eversource New Hampshire for delivery only and buy their energy from a different supplier. EIA reports their delivery revenue at about 14.20 cents per kWh, or $92.72 a month, which does not include the supply price.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.
Service area
EIA lists the counties where Eversource New Hampshire has distribution equipment. That covers 10 counties in New Hampshire. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
New Hampshire (10 counties)
Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan
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Reliability
For 2025, Eversource New Hampshire reported an average of 83 minutes without power per customer and 0.74 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 112 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Eversource New Hampshire had about 44 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The New Hampshire figure across its utilities was 86 minutes. One interruption lasting 112 minutes and 0.74 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 83 minute total.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.
Rate options and rooftop solar
- Time-of-use pricing. Eversource New Hampshire reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 97 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
- Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 18,774 residential net-metered systems on the Eversource New Hampshire grid in 2025, with 157.3 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.
Who owns and regulates it
A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. In New Hampshire, that review is done by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission.
Eversource New Hampshire is an investor-owned utility based in New Hampshire.
Eversource New Hampshire operates in the ISONE power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.
Eversource New Hampshire compared with New Hampshire
By residential customers, Eversource New Hampshire ranks 1st of the 4 utilities that report homes in New Hampshire, with about 70.5% of the state's homes. New Hampshire has too few other investor-owned utilities with reported prices to compare Eversource New Hampshire with its type, so the state average of 24.53 cents per kWh is the fairest yardstick. At $149.82 a month, an average Eversource New Hampshire home pays about $85 a year less than the New Hampshire average of $156.94, and uses 20 kWh a month less. Eversource New Hampshire lists distribution equipment in 10 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 18,774 of its residential customers use net metering, or 40.5 per 1,000 homes, against 40.3 for New Hampshire as a whole.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in New Hampshire with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.
Other New Hampshire utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eversource New Hampshire | Investor-owned | 464,024 | 24.17 |
| New Hampshire Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 74,619 | 24.70 |
| Unitil Energy Systems | Investor-owned | 69,081 | 21.72 |
| Liberty Utilities Granite State Electric | Investor-owned | 39,815 | 22.59 |
See every one on the electric companies in New Hampshire page.
Official site and where to get help
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- New Hampshire allows retail choice in part or all of the state. See the provider guide.
Eversource New Hampshire questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Eversource New Hampshire?
Eversource New Hampshire residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 24.17 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 620 kWh a month and an average bill of $149.82 (EIA Form EIA-861). The New Hampshire average was 24.53 cents.
How many customers does Eversource New Hampshire have?
EIA reports about 464,024 residential customers for Eversource New Hampshire in 2025.
Who regulates Eversource New Hampshire?
A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. See the regulator for New Hampshire on the New Hampshire state page.
How reliable is Eversource New Hampshire?
For 2025, Eversource New Hampshire reported an average of 83 minutes of outage per customer and 0.74 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.