New Hampshire · Investor Owned · investor
Public Service Co of NH Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 22.65¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 279.1K
- Residential customers
- -1.4%
- vs New Hampshire average
- $1,634
- Implied avg annual bill
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Public Service Co of NH ranks #19 by average cents per kWh and #99 by residential customers. Public Service Co of NH charged an average of 22.65¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the New Hampshire average and far above the Form 861 US customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. Public Service Co of NH is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the New Hampshire customer-weighted average (-1.4%). Its customers used below the national residential norm at about 7,213 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release NH-2024 · Public Service Co of NH NEAR STATE
Public Service Co of NH · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE
- RATE 22.65¢/kWh
- RANK #3/9
- VS-ST -1.4%
- VS-US +32.4%
- CUST 279k
- BILL $1,634
- OWN IOU
- PHOTO VT 0.56¢
- BOOK 99/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Green Mountain Power Corp (VT) (-0.56¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · New Hampshire rates
Public Service Co of NH in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- VT
Green Mountain Power Corp
22 ¢/kWh
- this util
Public Service Co of NH
23 ¢/kWh
- NY
Orange & Rockland Utils Inc
23 ¢/kWh
- NJ
Atlantic City Electric Co
23 ¢/kWh
- ME
Central Maine Power Co
23 ¢/kWh
What this shows Public Service Co of NH reports 22.65¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 99 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Public Service Co of NH compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in New Hampshire; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 75/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 75/100
- State renewable generation context
- 30/100
22.65¢/kWh · median 23.33¢/kWh
$1,634/yr · median $1,723/yr
12.0% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Rate comparison
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 9 utilities reporting residential rates in New Hampshire, Public Service Co of NH comes 3rd of 9. The state's range runs from Tesla Inc. at 17.77¢ to Palmetto Solar, LLC at 28.08¢, so where a household sits inside New Hampshire depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 2 other investor owned utilities reporting in New Hampshire, whose customer-weighted average is 23.15¢, Public Service Co of NH is close to its own ownership class within the state (-2.2%).
State price distribution
Where Public Service Co of NH sits among New Hampshire utilities
2024 average residential price across the 9 utilities reporting a rate in New Hampshire
22.65¢/kWh Top 34% most affordable More affordable than 75% of 8 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of NH | 22.65¢ | - |
| New Hampshire (customer-weighted, 9 utilities) | 22.96¢ | -1.4% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | +32.4% |
| Investor Owned customer-weighted US avg (183 utilities) | 18.37¢ | +23.3% |
Rate against consumption: New Hampshire utilities
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Public Service Co of NH reported 279.1K residential customers, ranking 1st of 9 utilities in New Hampshire by customers served and covering 66.2% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,213 kWh per customer per year - -8.1% against the New Hampshire median of 7,852 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,634.
State peers
Every utility reporting in New Hampshire
All 9 utilities reporting bundled residential service in New Hampshire, largest first, with Public Service Co of NH marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Co of NH (this page) | Investor Owned | 279.1K | 22.65¢ |
| New Hampshire Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 72.8K | 23.83¢ |
| Unitil Energy Systems | Investor Owned | 39.7K | 23.33¢ |
| Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri | Investor Owned | 24.7K | 22.87¢ |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | 3.6K | 27.76¢ |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | 1.2K | 17.77¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 241 | 24.30¢ |
| EverBright, LLC | Behind the Meter | 100 | 18.97¢ |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | 3 | 28.08¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in New Hampshire.
Ownership class peers
Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond New Hampshire, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Public Service Co of NH in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Power Corp | Vermont | 226.7K | 22.09¢ |
| Orange & Rockland Utils Inc | New York | 170.5K | 23.31¢ |
| Atlantic City Electric Co | New Jersey | 472.0K | 23.41¢ |
| Central Maine Power Co | Maine | 519.3K | 23.43¢ |
| Duquesne Light Co | Pennsylvania | 434.2K | 21.74¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Public Service Co of NH rates
- How much does Public Service Co of NH charge per kWh?
- Public Service Co of NH reported an average residential price of 22.65¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
- Is Public Service Co of NH expensive compared with the rest of New Hampshire?
- Its average residential price is close to the New Hampshire customer-weighted average of 22.96¢ per kWh, a difference of -1.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 9 utilities reporting residential service in New Hampshire.
- What is the average electricity bill for Public Service Co of NH customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,213 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,634 a year, or about $136 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Public Service Co of NH?
- EIA classifies Public Service Co of NH as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.
Limitations
What this page does and does not tell you
- An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
- Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.
See our methodology and comparing utility costs across states .
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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