Your electric bill will now show a breakdown of electricity prices, including distribution, generation and the various other charges that are currently included in the total amount you pay each month. You will also see other charges on your bill for costs associated with an income-based Energy Assistance Program, stranded cost recovery and the costs of transitioning to a competitive market.
You may receive two bills, one from your energy supplier and one from your electric distribution company. Or, you may receive one combined bill as you do today. This will be decided by the energy supplier. If this is important to you, be sure to ask this question when selecting a new energy supplier.
Billing
In order to help you understand your electricity charges, all energy suppliers must include certain information on their bills. Electric bills must contain the following information:
- The start and end dates of the billing period
- The prior and current meter readings
- An itemized list of all charges
- Price structure for kilowatt-hour use
- Total kilowatt-hours used during the billing period
- Average price per kilowatt-hour during that billing period
- Any penalty charges
- Name, address and telephone number of the energy supplier
- Toll free telephone number of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission's Consumer Affairs Division
- Notification that you have the right to request usage and price information for each billing period during the prior year for which the energy supplier provided you with service
- Periodically, your energy supplier will enclose in your bill information on the environmental characteristics of their energy sources
- The prior and current meter readings
