New Hampshire CEPS bonds.
$2,000 flat.
To sell electricity to retail customers in New Hampshire, a competitive electric power supplier (CEPS) must register under RSA 374-F:7 and post a $100,000 surety bond. Registration is now administered by the Department of Energy. Ours is $2,000 flat, issued instantly — a quick soft credit check may apply; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a New Hampshire CEPS bond cost?
$2,000 at the $100,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to registered.
Your CEPS registration is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Company details, the commercial questions, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Department of Energy
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your CEPS registration or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New Hampshire restructured its electric utilities under RSA 374-F, opening retail electricity sales to competitive electric power suppliers (CEPS) — companies that sell electricity to retail customers in competition with the regulated utilities. Any such supplier must register under RSA 374-F:7; since July 2021 the registration is administered by the Department of Energy.
Registration requires a $100,000 surety bond as financial security for the supplier's obligations. The bond is a customer-and-market-protection guarantee: it stands behind the supplier's compliance with the registration requirements and the obligations it owes its retail customers and the state.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The CEPS registration also carries a $250 initial fee and a $10,000 annual assessment (separate from this bond premium). We track your bond and notify you ahead of renewal so your registration stays continuous.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $100,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & file with the Department of Energy. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your CEPS registration or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $2,000 at the $100,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the commercial questions and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
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The Department of Energy is waiting on one filing.
$2,000 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.