NH CEPS bonds.
$3,000 flat. Soft pull.
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 $3,000 flat — 3% of the bond — with one soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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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.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
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.
The whole pricing page.
$100,000 bond × 3% = $3,000, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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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Five minutes. The whole thing.
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 typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Do I pay the $100,000? +
Who requires this bond? +
Is the bond the same as the registration fee? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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The Department of Energy is waiting on one filing.
$3,000 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.