[ Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri / NH ]
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri electricity rates in New Hampshire
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri's average effective residential rate (22.59¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19.55¢ | — | 35,322 |
| 2016 | 16.59¢ | −15.1% | 36,333 |
| 2017 | 16.42¢ | −1.0% | 36,468 |
| 2018 | 18.26¢ | +11.2% | 36,690 |
| 2019 | 17.99¢ | −1.5% | 37,092 |
| 2020 | 17.15¢ | −4.7% | 37,561 |
| 2021 | 18.32¢ | +6.8% | 37,961 |
| 2022 | 26.19¢ | +43.0% | 38,485 |
| 2023 | 30.77¢ | +17.5% | 39,287 |
| 2024 | 22.87¢ | −25.7% | 39,667 |
| 2025 | 22.59¢ | −1.2% | 39,815 |
How this compares
Serves 5 counties in New Hampshire: Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Sullivan. 3 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri's average residential rate has gone from 19.55¢ to 22.59¢ per kWh: +15.6% over 10 years, or about +1.5% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +43.0% in 2022. The largest drop was −25.7% in 2024.
For a home using 640 kWh a month, the New Hampshire average, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri's 2025 rate works out to about $1,735 a year, $149 less than at New Hampshire's average rate of 24.53¢. Of the 4 New Hampshire utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 3rd most expensive.
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri served 35,322 homes in 2015 and 39,815 in 2025 (+12.7%), about 6% of New Hampshire's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri's rates
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri is investor-owned, so it can change its base rates only by filing a rate case with the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission. The commission holds hearings and takes public comment before it rules, and it usually approves less than the company asks for. Fuel and other pass-through charges can change between rate cases.
Commission contact: New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri is on file with the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved −1.2% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri charge per kWh?
Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri's average effective residential rate was 22.59¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). New Hampshire's 2025 average was 24.53¢.
How much have Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri rates gone up in five years?
+31.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +39.6% for New Hampshire as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electri have in New Hampshire?
39,815 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
