Small Customer Default Service Rate Decreasing At New Hampshire Utility

Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) has filed with the New Hampshire PUC proposed new energy service(default service) rates for the six-month period beginning February 1, 2021

All rates in this story are total, all-in rates reflecting the base energy supply rate, the RPS adder, the Energy Service Reconciliation Adjustment Factor, and the Energy Service Cost Reclassification Adjustment Factor

For the Small Customer Group, the total energy service rate for the period of February 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021 is $0.06542 per kWh, or about 4% lower than the current rate of $0.06825 per kWh

The Small Customer Group includes customers taking service under Domestic Service Rate D; Domestic Service - Optional Peak Load Pricing Rate D-10; Outdoor Lighting Service Rate M; Limited Total Electrical Living Rate T; General Service Rate G-3; or Limited Commercial Space Heating Rate V of the Company’s Retail Delivery Tariff.

The total energy service rates for the period of February 1 to July 31, 2021, for the Large Customer Group are as follows:

Large Customer Group, $/kWh
February 2021    $0.08361
March 2021       $0.07365
April 2021       $0.06565
May 2021         $0.06095
June 2021        $0.05671
July 2021        $0.06022

Rates remain subject to PUC approval

Liberty has entered into a wholesale Transaction Confirmation with NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC, the winning bidder to provide Energy Service to the Small Customer Group for the six-month period February 1, 2021, through July 31, 2021.

Liberty has entered into a wholesale Transaction Confirmation with Calpine Energy Services, L.P, the winning bidder to provide Energy Service to the Large Customer Group for the six-month period February 1, 2021, through July 31, 18 2021.