Average electric bill in New Hampshire (NH)
A typical New Hampshire household pays
$171a month · $2052 a year
That is 14% above the national average of $151, the 10th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 641 kilowatt hours a month at 26.60¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — January 2026
$213
Cheapest — May 2026
$136
The dearest month costs $77 more than the cheapest — 57% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 7,000 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in New Hampshire the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on New Hampshire's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 663,377 residential accounts in New Hampshire, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the New Hampshire rate page for the underlying prices.
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