Average Electric Bill in New Hampshire
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $2,078 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, New Hampshire has the 10th highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 26.96¢/kWh × 642 kWh ≈ $173. A state can land high on either factor — New Hampshire pays well above the national rate but uses less power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| New Hampshire | $173 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Massachusetts | $184 | |
| Maine | $156 | |
| Vermont | $141 |
New Hampshire is $15 a month above (+9.4%) the U.S. average of $158. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $213
- January 2026
- Lowest month
- $136
- May 2026
- Swing
- $77
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $202
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: New Hampshire peaks in January 2026 and bottoms out in May 2026. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
New Hampshire electricity bills in context
New Hampshire's average residential electricity bill is $173 per month, the tenth highest across the 50 states and DC. This bill is $15 above the national average of $158, a difference of 9.4%. The gap stems from New Hampshire's rate of 26.96¢/kWh, which exceeds the national average of 18.07¢/kWh by 8.89¢/kWh. Homes here use 642 kWh per month on average, about 234 kWh less than the national average of 876 kWh, which partially offsets the higher price.
Over the past year from September 2025 to August 2026, the average bill has climbed 15.8%, rising from $150 per month. Over the longer span since August 2021, it has grown 43.5%, and since December 2008 it has more than doubled, up 79.2% from $97. Seasonal swings are pronounced: the bill peaked at $213 in January 2026 and fell to $136 in May 2026, a spread of $77 around the twelve-month average.
Among neighbours, Massachusetts at $184 per month is higher than New Hampshire, while Maine at $156 and Vermont at $141 are both lower.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (September 2025 – August 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in New Hampshire may pay well above or below $173. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See New Hampshire electricity prices by sector.