New Hampshire
Net metering in New Hampshire, provider by provider.
Every provider in the state, and every figure below read from the published tariff or interconnection document rather than a comparison site. Some credit you the full retail rate for the power you send back. Most do not, and that difference is the whole reason this page exists.
Meter reading falling from 41926 to 41753 kilowatt hours. A 619 kilowatt hour month against 792 kilowatt hours produced leaves 0 kilowatt hours billed and 173 banked for next month, so the energy charge falls from $167.19 to $0.00 at 27.01 cents per kilowatt hour.
New Hampshire average household use, 619 kWh a month, at the current published residential price of 27.01¢ per kWh. Your utility still bills a fixed monthly customer charge that no system offsets, so this is the energy part of the bill, which is the part that goes away.
Solar buyback rates in New Hampshire, utility by utility
Within each month, exports net against imports at the full per kWh rate, apart from a few charges billed on everything you import. Any monthly surplus is credited at 100% of supply plus 100% of transmission plus 25% of distribution, near 80% of the retail rate at August 2026 rates, and the formula is locked through 2040.
Credits you below retail
- EversourceInvestor owned/530K accountsFuel cost onlySupply plus transmission plus a quarter of distribution
- UnitilInvestor owned/80K accountsFuel cost onlySupply plus transmission plus a quarter of distribution
- Liberty UtilitiesInvestor owned/45K accountsFuel cost onlySupply plus transmission plus a quarter of distribution
New Hampshire net metering rules
Netted monthly, surplus near 80% of retail.
- Who it binds
- The regulated electric distribution utilities. Cooperatives set their own terms.
- What happens to a surplus
- The surplus credit carries forward as dollars. Eversource and Liberty pay a balance above $100 in cash once a year in spring, and any balance when you leave.
- How big a system you may build
- Residential and small commercial systems are limited to 100 kW AC.
NHPUC Docket DE 16-576 — checked 2026-09-05
What actually happens after you pick
Most sites in this business hand your number to a sales team and disappear. We do the preparation first, so the company that turns up already knows your situation.
You see your real terms
Your provider page shows what that specific utility credits you, when it trues up, and where the catch is. Sourced and dated, not a sales page.
You choose the company
Companies serving your territory in New Hampshire, with the reviews, years trading and BBB grade we found for each. You pick. Not a call center, not an auction.
We set the whole thing up
We call you, go through your bill and your last twelve months of use, work out what your utility owes you, and get the program paperwork in order.
They arrive prepared
The company you chose turns up to a job that is already understood, with your figures in hand. No cold pitch on your doorstep.
Solar installers in New Hampshire
Every company we list for at least one New Hampshire utility. Each profile shows the utilities it covers and what each one pays for the power you export.
Net metering in New Hampshire: the questions people ask
- Does New Hampshire have net metering?
- Within each month, exports net against imports at the full per kWh rate, apart from a few charges billed on everything you import. Any monthly surplus is credited at 100% of supply plus 100% of transmission plus 25% of distribution, near 80% of the retail rate at August 2026 rates, and the formula is locked through 2040.
- What is the solar buyback rate in New Hampshire?
- It is set utility by utility, not by the state. How the 3 providers we list in New Hampshire credit the power you export: 3 at a rate below retail. Each one’s own page gives its figure and the date we read it.
- Is solar worth it in New Hampshire in 2026?
- It depends mostly on what your utility pays for the power you export, because the 30% federal credit ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025. New Hampshire homes use about 619 kWh a month at an average of 27.01 cents per kWh, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Where exports are credited at the full retail rate, each kilowatt hour your panels send back is worth about that much; where they are credited below retail, size the system to what you use while the sun is up. Check your own utility on this page before you get a quote for solar panels.
- Is there a solar tax credit in New Hampshire in 2026?
- Not a federal one. The 30% federal credit, IRC Section 25D, ended for systems completed after 31 December 2025, and a deposit paid in 2025 does not preserve it. Anyone still quoting it is working from an old script. Any incentive left in New Hampshire comes from the state or your utility, and what your utility pays for exported power is now most of the financial case.
- Which providers does the New Hampshire rule cover?
- The regulated electric distribution utilities. Cooperatives set their own terms.
- What happens to credits you do not use in New Hampshire?
- The surplus credit carries forward as dollars. Eversource and Liberty pay a balance above $100 in cash once a year in spring, and any balance when you leave.
- How big a solar system can you install in New Hampshire?
- Residential and small commercial systems are limited to 100 kW AC.
- Which electricity providers does this cover in New Hampshire?
- We have read the published terms of 3 providers in New Hampshire: Eversource, Unitil, Liberty Utilities. Each has its own page with the figures taken from its own tariff or from the state’s own order.
Source: NHPUC Docket DE 16-576, checked 2026-09-05.
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