posted on 12/22/2025

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH) announced its default “Granite Basic” residential electricity supply rate for Dover customers at 14.663 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), effective Feb. 1, 2026, through July 31, 2026. The new rate is a 1.244-cent increase above current kWh rates.

The coalition’s board of directors adopted the new rates at its Dec. 18 meeting based on CPCNH’s cost of service, which includes a community reserve adder sufficient to retire financing obligations in 2026, CPCNH announced in a press release. 

“Community Power rates transparently reflect the organization's cost requirements to serve our communities,” said CPCNCH Board Chair Kimberly Quirk in a prepared statement. “Our commitment to enhancing community joint reserves will help position CPCNH to continue to realize the long-term value of community power, which is rooted in local decision-making and developing a more resilient energy future. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and CPCNH will continue to support our communities with the benefits that come from enhanced local control, customer choice, market innovation, project development, and public advocacy.”

According to a Dec. 17 Eversource press release, the company expects its default electricity supply rate to increase from 11.2 cents per kWh to 11.3 cents, effective Feb. 1, 2026. However, final Eversource rates are dependent on the New Hampshire Public Utility Commission, which has not yet ruled on Eversource’s petition for rate adjustment....more