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Direct Energy Services
Direct Energy Services served 53,608 residential customers in New Hampshire in 2025 (8.1% of the state's residential customers), the 5th largest of 18 utilities reporting there. Energy-only service; ownership: retail power marketer; balancing authority ISNE.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Direct Energy Services's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 651 kWh
- At 12.78¢/kWh
- $83.22
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 12.78¢ sits.
This page covers energy-only service, which is only part of a household's bill, so its 12.78¢ is not compared with the New Hampshire bundled average of 24.56¢. Both are drawn for scale only.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Direct Energy Services home used 700 kWh a month at 9.92¢ and paid $69.42. In 2025 it used 651 kWh at 12.78¢ and paid $83.22: the price per kWh is up 28.8%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 9.92 | 12.78 |
| Use, kWh a month | 700 | 651 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 69.42 | 83.22 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 53,608 | 418,974 | 12.78 |
| Commercial | 1,805 | 28,510 | 10.36 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
EIA-8612025Utility 54820
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 12.78 | ¢/kWh |
| New Hampshire average price | 24.56 | ¢/kWh |
| Price change over 5 years | 28.8 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 651 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 83.22 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 53,608 | accounts |
| Share of NH residential customers | 8.1 | % |
| Size rank in NH | 5 of 18 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
New Hampshire: state average, five-year steps and every provider