What this means for a New Hampshire household
Over the last 12 months the average price was 26.67¢ per kWh and the average home used 641 kWh a month, so a typical New Hampshire household spent about $171 a month on electricity, or $2,051 a year. Use is 26% below the US average of 870 kWh a month, peaking in January at 811 kWh.
Driving a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD 1,000 miles a month takes 275 kWh from the wall (EPA 27.5 kWh/100 mi), about $73 at the state average. A 25.5 mpg gasoline car covering the same distance at $4.02 a gallon (New England (PADD 1A) average, August 2026) costs about $158.
The state average hides the real spread. Utilities in the same state charge different prices, and on a time-of-use plan the same kWh costs more in the peak hours than off-peak; each utility page shows by how much. Open Eversource’s page to see its periods and fixed charge, or run the calculators below with New Hampshire preloaded.
Natural gas for homes averaged $1.98 per therm over the 12 months to June 2026 (EIA, all charges included), and a typical gas-heated home uses about 526 therms a year for heating. The heat pump calculator compares that with electric heating on your plan.
A south-facing, 20° rooftop array in New Hampshire produces about 1,258 kWh per installed kW a year (NREL PVWatts at the state’s population centre). What that is worth depends on your utility’s export rule, shown on each utility’s page.