NHEC (New Hampshire Electric Co-op) solar export rate
What NHEC (New Hampshire Electric Co-op) pays for power exported from rooftop solar in New Hampshire, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
NHEC compensates members for surplus generation exported to the Co-op's distribution system under its Terms and Conditions Section X—Net Metering; no single statewide cents-per-kWh rate applies.
NHEC (New Hampshire Electric Co-op) · New Hampshire
NHEC is member-owned and directs members to its Terms and Conditions and Schedule of Rates and Fees for the applicable rate code and compensation.
Source: nhec.com
Full NHEC (New Hampshire Electric Co-op) detail →New Hampshire rules that apply to NHEC (New Hampshire Electric Co-op)
The state framework sets the default. Where NHEC (New Hampshire Electric Co-op) pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Utility net energy metering with monthly measurement and monetary bill credits under the alternative tariff for post-August 2017 projects; small-system exports receive credit for default energy service, transmission, and 25% of distribution, while certain non-bypassable charges receive no credit. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate: for small customer-generators, the alternative tariff credits 100% of Default Energy Service, 100% of Transmission, and 25% of Distribution; the dollar value changes with each utility's rates. Large systems receive credit for Default Energy Service only. |
| Rate effective | The alternative net-metering tariff applies beginning September 1, 2017; the reviewed Liberty tariff page is effective May 1, 2025. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Small and large customer-generators receive monetary credits over subsequent billing periods and do not accumulate surplus kWh after each billing period. |
| Credit expiration | Credits do not have a stated annual expiration in the reviewed tariff; they continue over subsequent billing periods, with cash payment available after the March 31 balance date when the monetary credit exceeds $100, or for any balance when service ends or the customer moves. |
| Annual true-up | March 31 is the annual cash-out balance date; customers with a monetary credit balance exceeding $100 as of March 31 may request payment. |
| Aggregate program cap | The Puc 900 utility-specific capacity allocations are Granite State Electric/Liberty 4.12 MW, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative 3.16 MW, Public Service Company of New Hampshire/Eversource 36.55 MW, and Unitil 6.17 MW; no more than 2 MW statewide may be combined heat and power. |
| Program status | Open only within each utility's remaining allocation and on a first-come, first-served basis; the reviewed rules do not establish that every utility currently has unused capacity. |
| Grandfathering | Yes. Customer-generators with a net-metering capacity allocation on or after September 1, 2017 are entitled to the alternative tariff through December 31, 2040; the tariff also preserves applicable terms after qualifying ownership transfers. |
| Regulator | The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission regulates the investor-owned distribution utilities' net-metering tariffs under Puc 900 and RSA 362-A:9; NHEC's member-elected board sets its tariff. |
| Governing rule | RSA 362-A:9 and New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules Puc 900, including Puc 903.02 for net-metering measurement, credits, and capacity allocations. |
| Pending change | Liberty's DE 26-035 is a pending adjudicative proceeding on a proposed Net Metering Credit Adjustment Mechanism to change how Liberty recovers NEM credits; the filing states the proceeding was commenced and a hearing was set for October 15, 2026. |
Other New Hampshire utilities
- Eversource NHFormula basedSmall customer-generators: each kWh of Net Sales earns a monetary bill credit equal to the sum
- Unitil NHFormula basedSmall customer-generators: Default Service, the Transmission portion of the External Delivery C
- Liberty Utilities NHFormula basedFor installations of 100 kW AC or less: Default Energy Service, Transmission, and twenty-five p