CPCNH Announces Community Power Rates Effective August 1, 2026

On Friday, June 26, 2026, the CPCNH Board of Directors approved a rate adjustment for Community Power customers, effective August 1, 2026.

CPCNH’s Granite Basic rates will be set between 14.7 and 15.3 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), depending on the customer’s electric distribution utility (see rate tables). Rates remain relatively stable, representing an average increase of approximately 2% compared with current period rates. The adjustment reflects higher energy supply costs associated with wholesale market conditions, including impacts from geopolitical conflicts and increased electricity demand during the past winter.

Rate comparisons between Community Power and utility default service rates vary by utility service territory and by how costs are recovered through each supply option. CPCNH rates are designed to reflect current cost of service. Investor-owned utility default service rates are affected by regulatory reconciliation mechanisms, including the partial recovery of prior-period under-collections, and by rate-setting methodologies approved through the Public Utilities Commission process. These factors can affect point-in-time comparisons between Community Power rates and utility default service rates.

Recent utility default service proceedings illustrate how approved rates may differ from initially proposed or alternative rate calculations. Liberty Utilities proposed a default service rate of ~21 cents per kWh, which was reduced to ~16 cents per kWh. Eversource testified that a rate of ~15 cents per kWh would be more likely to recover actual costs, compared with the PUC-directed method and approved rate of ~14 cents per kWh.

For the August 2026 rate period, CPCNH’s Granite Basic rates are approximately 7.5% lower than Liberty’s default service rate and within 7% of the rates for Eversource, Unitil, and NHEC. For an average residential customer using 650 kWh a month, the monthly bill impact ranges from an estimated $8 per month in net savings to an estimated $6 per month in additional costs, depending on the customer’s utility service territory and electricity usage. See tables below.

Table 1 shows residential rate comparisons between CPCNH and the distribution utilities. CPCNH rates are between 7.5% less and 7% more, resulting in a net monthly cost difference of approximately ±$7 for an average residential customer. Table 2 shows CPCNH rates adopted for the August 2026 – January 2027 period and identifies a marginal increase over current rates (ending July 31) of between 0.6% - 3.2%.

Table 1. Comparison between CPCNH and utility proxy rates for the August 1, 2026 – January 31, 2027, rate period. The net monthly cost difference assumes 650 kWh of usage per month. 

Table 2. Comparison between current and adopted CPCNH rates.

Electric customers in New Hampshire have multiple supply options, including Community Power, their utility’s default service, and competitive third-party suppliers. Customers may opt in, opt out, or select cleaner power options at any time through the following options:

• Use our online portal

• Call 1-866-603-7697 (POWR) or email Info@CommunityPowerNH.gov

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View and download rate tables for individual CPCNH products below. View accessible master rate table for all CPCNH products.

Granite Basic | Granite Plus | Clean 50 | Clean 100

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Granite Basic Rates

Granite Plus Rates

Clean 50 Rates

Clean 100 Rates