New England Grid > New Hampshire

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

18th Resources
43rd Market
49th Infrastructure

Much of the state lacks natural gas distribution infrastructure, and New Hampshire is among the lowest states in per capita natural gas consumption.

The Seabrook Station nuclear power plant is the largest nuclear facility in New England. It provided 55% of New Hampshire’s 2013 net electricity generation.

state-new-hampshire

Production trillion btu

0
Oil
0
Gas
0
Coal
1
Wind
0.00
Solar
4
Hydro
0
Biofuel
86
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-268
+91 Produced
359 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

138
Oil
74
Gas
14
Coal
47
Renewable
86
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

NH
$0.42
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires 24.8% of electricity sold to come from renewable energy resources by 2025.

  • Requires reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol in the populated areas of southeastern New Hampshire to limit ozone formation.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+76
7.74¢
NH
8.81¢
USA