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PUC Approves Utilities POR Discount Rates
The New Hampshire PUC has approved residential and nonresidential purchase of receivables (POR) discount rates at Eversource and Unitil.
For Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy, the New Hampshire PUC approved a residential POR discount rate of 0.399% effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. This discount rate is down from the current 1.285% rate.
For non-residential customers at PSNH, the PUC approved a POR discount of 0.370% effective August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027, which up slightly from the current 0.274%.
Eversource notes that in its filing that the discount POR rate changes, “are due primarily to decreases in the uncollectible percentages, lower than estimated total capital costs, and reconciliation of the prior period since the implementation of the POR program in July 2025.”
For Unitil the PUC approved a residential POR discount rate of 1.01% effective August 1, 2026, which is down from the current 1.63% rate.
At Unitil, the PUC approved a General Service POR discount rate of 0.22% effective August 1, 2026, which is down from the current 0.43%.
The new Unitil POR discount rates are to be in effect through July 2027.
