New Hampshire Electricity Prices

New Hampshire sits in the most expensive quarter of the country — 26.60¢ per kilowatt-hour in July 2026, 8th-highest of 51 and 38.1% above the national benchmark. The index reports the published average, not its causes.

At New Hampshire's July 2026 average of 26.60¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $2,793 a year — around $233 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the July 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,022 — a $771 gap between the two published averages, more for New Hampshire, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the New Hampshire jurisdiction average has risen 97% since January 2001, from 13.52¢ to 26.60¢ in July 2026 — a compound 2.7% per year. Month-to-month movement has been about typical for a reporting jurisdiction.

September 2022, at 32.26¢ per kilowatt-hour. The July 2026 reading of 26.60¢ sits 17.5% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 11.26¢ in September 2001.

October. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for New Hampshire, 2001 through 2025, October runs highest relative to its own year and July runs lowest — a swing of roughly 5.5 percentage points.

Among New Hampshire and its land-border neighbours in July 2026, Vermont posts the lowest average at 23.75¢ and Maine the highest at 32.41¢. New Hampshire ranks 2nd of 4 in the group, at 26.60¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in New Hampshire for July 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 24.47¢ in August 2025 and 27.82¢ in September 2025. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.