Average electric bill in New Hampshire
What a typical New Hampshire household pays for electricity, how that compares with the rest of the country, and what to expect for your size of home.
Updated · EIA data
- Bill vs. U.S. average
- 9.1% higher
- Price vs. a year ago (May–Jul)
- Up 15.4%
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, residential sales, revenue and customers, August 2025 to July 2026. Bill and use per home are our calculation. How we calculate this
By home size
- Studio or 1-bedroom apartment$80/mo
- 2-bedroom apartment$113/mo
- 3-bedroom house$195/mo
- Large house, 2,500+ sq ft$245/mo
BillAverage estimate based on EIA data: typical use for each home type in the Northeast (EIA's 2020 home energy survey), scaled to New Hampshire's average use and priced at 26.67¢ per kWh.
Is your bill higher than this?
New Hampshire bills ran highest in January, about $213, and lowest in May, about $136. Heating drives the winter peak. If yours is well above $171 in a mild month, your rate or plan, electric heat or the size of your home are the usual reasons.
Homes here use about 640 kWh a month, 26% less than the U.S. average of 870 kWh, and pay 26.67¢ per kWh, 48% higher than the U.S. average of 18.01¢, so the higher price, not heavier use, is what pushes bills above the national average.
Only about 9% of homes here heat mainly with electricity; most heat with natural gas, heating oil or other fuels, which keeps winter electric bills down, according to EIA's 2020 home energy survey.
New Hampshire lets you pick your electricity supplier
Most homes can buy power from a competing supplier while the local utility still delivers it, so the rate you pay depends on the supplier and plan you chose.
New Hampshire electricity price trend
Average residential price per kWh each month. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Questions
- What is the average electric bill in New Hampshire?
- $171 a month over the 12 months to July 2026. The average home used about 640 kWh a month at an average 26.67¢ per kWh. That's our calculation from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data on residential sales, revenue and customers.
- How much is electricity per kWh in New Hampshire?
- 26.60¢ per kWh for homes in July 2026, the latest month EIA has published, and 26.67¢ on average over the 12 months to July 2026. The U.S. average over the same 12 months was 18.01¢.
- Are electric bills in New Hampshire higher than average?
- Yes. The typical New Hampshire bill of $171 a month is above the U.S. average of $157, and ranks 10th highest of the 50 states and D.C..
- What's a normal electric bill for a 1-bedroom apartment in New Hampshire?
- About $80 a month. That's our estimate: a studio or 1-bedroom apartment in the Northeast uses about 47% as much electricity as the average home there (EIA's 2020 home energy survey), priced at New Hampshire's average of 26.67¢ per kWh.