Virginia electricity rates and bills

Below the US price, above the US bill

Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), Virginia's residential customers paid an average of 16.64¢ per kWh, 7.8% below the US average of 18.04¢ per kWh. That puts Virginia 31st¹ from the lowest of the 50 states and DC. Average revenue per kWh is what customers paid in total, fixed charges and fuel and rider charges included, divided by what they used; it is not the price on any one tariff.

The bill points the other way. EIA's 2025 average was $163.05 a month, the 11th highest in the country and $12.37 more a month than the US average, because the average home used 1,067 kWh a month, tied for 12th highest² among the states. Over the last 12 months the computed bill reached $177.46, 7th highest¹. Households' own reports in the Census Bureau's 2025 survey put the median at about $174 a month; 26.8% said their last bill was $250 or more, +4.4 percentage points³ on 2024 (two survey estimates, the difference not tested for significance).

One of the steepest increases in the country

Virginia's price is moving faster than most states'. Against the same month a year earlier, the August 2026 residential average was +11.3% at 17.64¢ per kWh, the 5th highest change among the states, while the US average moved +3.4%. Over January to August 2026 the residential price ran +13.0% on the same months of 2025, tied for 4th highest¹. Monthly figures for 2026 are preliminary.

District of Columbia+19.8%

New Hampshire+13.8%

Maryland+12.7%

Pennsylvania+12.3%

Washington+11.9%

Ohio+11.7%

Virginia+11.5%

New York+11.2%

Illinois+10.6%

New Jersey+10.2%

Idaho+9.8%

Maine+9.7%

Montana+9.5%

Hawaii+8.8%

Indiana+8.8%

United States+6.5%

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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State	Residential change, 12 months
District of Columbia	+19.8%
New Hampshire	+13.8%
Maryland	+12.7%
Pennsylvania	+12.3%
Washington	+11.9%
Ohio	+11.7%
Virginia	+11.5%
New York	+11.2%
Illinois	+10.6%
New Jersey	+10.2%
Idaho	+9.8%
Maine	+9.7%
Montana	+9.5%
Hawaii	+8.8%
Indiana	+8.8%
United States	+6.5%

The rise is recent. Annual prices went from 7.79¢ per kWh⁴ in 2001 to 15.28¢ per kWh in 2025, up 96.1%, slightly less than the national 100.8% over the same years. The annual average last fell in 2021; it rose 6.0%⁵ from 2024 to 2025, and the monthly series shows the steeper climb since.

VirginiaUnited States

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Average revenue per kWh (all charges, nominal dollars), each month; summer and winter months differ by season. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Period	Virginia (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
Jan 2021	10.89¢	12.62¢
Feb 2021	11.24¢	13.01¢
Mar 2021	11.55¢	13.24¢
Apr 2021	12.66¢	13.73¢
May 2021	12.06¢	13.86¢
Jun 2021	12.41¢	13.83¢
Jul 2021	12.53¢	13.83¢
Aug 2021	12.71¢	13.92¢
Sep 2021	12.33¢	14.14¢
Oct 2021	12.37¢	14.06¢
Nov 2021	11.81¢	14.07¢
Dec 2021	11.71¢	13.72¢
Jan 2022	11.97¢	13.64¢
Feb 2022	11.93¢	13.76¢
Mar 2022	12.37¢	14.41¢
Apr 2022	12.66¢	14.57¢
May 2022	12.82¢	14.89¢
Jun 2022	13.32¢	15.30¢
Jul 2022	14.23¢	15.31¢
Aug 2022	14.14¢	15.82¢
Sep 2022	14.58¢	16.19¢
Oct 2022	14.41¢	15.99¢
Nov 2022	14.32¢	15.55¢
Dec 2022	13.81¢	14.94¢
Jan 2023	13.96¢	15.47¢
Feb 2023	14.32¢	15.98¢
Mar 2023	14.67¢	16.04¢
Apr 2023	14.58¢	16.10¢
May 2023	15.19¢	16.14¢
Jun 2023	15.13¢	16.09¢
Jul 2023	13.88¢	15.86¢
Aug 2023	13.85¢	15.91¢
Sep 2023	14.69¢	16.27¢
Oct 2023	14.16¢	16.48¢
Nov 2023	13.93¢	16.19¢
Dec 2023	13.54¢	15.69¢
Jan 2024	13.33¢	15.41¢
Feb 2024	13.80¢	16.10¢
Mar 2024	14.54¢	16.67¢
Apr 2024	14.78¢	16.86¢
May 2024	14.81¢	16.40¢
Jun 2024	15.10¢	16.38¢
Jul 2024	14.17¢	16.62¢
Aug 2024	14.17¢	16.60¢
Sep 2024	15.24¢	16.82¢
Oct 2024	14.79¢	17.09¢
Nov 2024	14.73¢	16.85¢
Dec 2024	14.37¢	16.27¢
Jan 2025	13.95¢	15.92¢
Feb 2025	14.21¢	16.40¢
Mar 2025	14.90¢	17.03¢
Apr 2025	15.30¢	17.20¢
May 2025	15.26¢	17.33¢
Jun 2025	15.24¢	17.44¢
Jul 2025	15.79¢	17.39¢
Aug 2025	15.85¢	17.57¢
Sep 2025	16.61¢	18.05¢
Oct 2025	16.35¢	17.95¢
Nov 2025	15.94¢	17.77¢
Dec 2025	15.27¢	17.11¢
Jan 2026	15.87¢	17.45¢
Feb 2026	15.96¢	17.65¢
Mar 2026	17.05¢	18.60¢
Apr 2026	17.38¢	18.86¢
May 2026	17.61¢	18.44¢
Jun 2026	17.22¢	18.34¢
Jul 2026	17.55¢	18.31¢
Aug 2026	17.64¢	18.16¢

Not every Virginia utility followed the same path. EIA's monthly sample shows Dominion Energy Virginia's residential average at 18.82¢ per kWh in August 2026¹, +17.2% against a year earlier, while Appalachian Power's was 15.63¢ per kWh, −10.2%⁶. These single-month utility figures are preliminary and can be revised.

Which company delivers your electricity

Virginia has no residential retail choice in practice: EIA counted 0 homes buying from a competitive supplier in 2025. The utility is set by the address, and EIA lists 32⁷ utilities with residential customers in the state.

Dominion Energy Virginia serves 66.5% of residential customers. Appalachian Power, part of American Electric Power (AEP), serves 12.9%. Electric cooperatives, owned by their members, serve much of the rural and exurban map: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (4.8%), NOVEC (4.7%) and Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative (2.4%⁷) are the largest. The investor-owned utilities' rates are approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

In 2025, bundled residential averages among the 17 utilities with 10,000 or more homes ran from 11.51¢ per kWh at City of Harrisonburg to 17.16¢ per kWh at Appalachian Power, a spread of 5.65¢ per kWh. By ownership, the state's cooperatives averaged 14.46¢ per kWh, the investor-owned utilities 15.53¢ per kWh and public power 13.97¢ per kWh. NOVEC's 12.60¢ per kWh was 17.5% below the Virginia average; Dominion's 15.20¢ per kWh was 0.5% below the Virginia average⁷.

A lower price does not guarantee a lower bill. Rappahannock's customers paid 15.49¢ per kWh in 2025, close to Dominion's, but used 1,195 kWh a month against Dominion's 1,038 kWh, so their average bill was $185.19 against $157.75. Appalachian Power's was $186.00 and NOVEC's $143.90⁷.

NOVEC (VA)$143.90

Dominion Energy Virginia (VA)$157.75

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (VA)$185.19

Appalachian Power (VA)$186.00

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utility	average monthly residential bill
NOVEC (VA)	$143.90
Dominion Energy Virginia (VA)	$157.75
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (VA)	$185.19
Appalachian Power (VA)	$186.00

Service areas overlap at county level: two or more distribution utilities report customers in 84 of Virginia's 133 counties and independent cities, and 6⁸ in Sussex County. Only the utility's own territory map settles which one serves a given address.

Dominion Energy Virginia only (of these)Appalachian Power only (of these)Rappahannock Electric Cooperative only (of these)NOVEC only (of these)Two or more of themOther utilities only

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. Counties where each utility reports serving customers (EIA-861 service territory, 2025). A utility often serves only part of a county, and several can share one: the map shows where each one is present, not street-level boundaries. Point at a county for every utility listed there.

January, not July, sets the peak

Virginia homes use the most electricity in winter. Over the last 12 months, use per home peaked at 1,509 kWh in January 2026 and fell to 748 kWh in April 2026, a ratio of 2.0 times¹. The reason shows in the Census data: 57.7% of Virginia homes heat mainly with electricity, 10th highest among the states, against 41.8%¹⁰ nationally.

869Sep

766Oct

889Nov

1,348Dec

1,509Jan

1,311Feb

905Mar

748Apr

828May

1,076Jun

1,299Jul

1,246Aug

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential kWh sold per customer in each month. The table adds that month's average residential price. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Month	kWh per customer	Residential ¢/kWh
September 2025	869	16.61¢
October 2025	766	16.35¢
November 2025	889	15.94¢
December 2025	1,348	15.27¢
January 2026	1,509	15.87¢
February 2026	1,311	15.96¢
March 2026	905	17.05¢
April 2026	748	17.38¢
May 2026	828	17.61¢
June 2026	1,076	17.22¢
July 2026	1,299	17.55¢
August 2026	1,246	17.64¢

Among the three large Virginia utilities in EIA's monthly sample, winter use was highest at Rappahannock. In its peak month, January 2026, Rappahannock's customers averaged 1,925 kWh and a bill of $265.69. Appalachian Power's peak (January 2026) came to 1,710 kWh and $274.40, a larger bill on less electricity; Dominion's (January 2026) to 1,481 kWh and $244.89⁶. The price per kWh runs the other way through the year: the statewide average was lowest in December 2025 at 15.27¢ per kWh and highest in August 2026 at 17.64¢ per kWh. In August 2026, the average residential bill was $219.74 on 1,246 kWh¹.

Businesses: a low price, the second-largest bills

Virginia's commercial customers paid an average of 10.98¢ per kWh over the last 12 months, 20.8% below the US average¹. Their bills are among the largest anywhere: $1,608.32 a month in 2025, 2nd highest among the states, because the average commercial account used 16,170 kWh a month, also 2nd highest, against 6,406 kWh² nationally. EIA's commercial category covers offices, stores, schools and other non-industrial buildings; its utility data do not split them by type.

The commercial price is also rising faster than the residential one: +17.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before, the 4th highest increase among the states, and +13.1% in August 2026 against a year earlier. Industrial prices rose 8.6%¹ over the same 12 months.

VirginiaUnited States

Residential16.64¢ 18.04¢

Commercial10.98¢ 13.87¢

Industrial10.01¢ 8.91¢

All sectors12.69¢ 14.15¢

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Average revenue per kWh: what each customer class paid in total divided by what it used. Industrial customers take power at higher voltage and in large, steady volumes, so their average is lower. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Sector	Virginia (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
Residential	16.64¢	18.04¢
Commercial	10.98¢	13.87¢
Industrial	10.01¢	8.91¢
All sectors	12.69¢	14.15¢

A state that generates less than it uses

In 2025 Virginia's power plants generated 106.4 terawatt-hours, the equivalent of 72% of the state's retail electricity sales, the 7th lowest ratio among the states (the US as a whole: 109%¹¹). The balance comes over the regional transmission grid: Dominion Energy Virginia reports to EIA as part of PJM⁷, the regional grid operator and wholesale market.

Natural gas produced 57.9% of in-state generation in 2025, up 18.5 percentage points since 2015, and nuclear power 26.5%. Coal fell from 20.4% to 3.4% over the same decade, while solar grew from 0.0% to 8.3%. Wind produced 0.0%¹¹.

Natural gasCoalNuclearHydroWindSolarPetroleumOther

Virginia, 2025

Virginia, 2015

United States, 2025

Source: EIA, Net generation by state by type of producer by energy source. Share of net generation by all power plants located in the state (utilities and independent producers), by energy source. Electricity crosses state lines, so this is what the state produces, not exactly what its customers consume. Pumped storage is a net user of power and is left out.

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	Natural gas	Coal	Nuclear	Hydro	Wind	Solar	Petroleum	Other
Virginia, 2025	57.9%	3.4%	26.5%	1.0%	0.0%	8.3%	0.6%	2.2%
Virginia, 2015	39.4%	20.4%	33.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%	4.2%
United States, 2025	40.9%	16.6%	17.7%	5.5%	10.4%	6.8%	0.4%	1.7%

Outages, meters and help with bills

Virginia customers averaged 462 minutes without power in 2025 counting major storms, the 7th highest total among the states, and 183 minutes excluding them. The burden is uneven: Appalachian Power reported 1,116 minutes including major events, NOVEC 94 minutes¹², both measured under the IEEE 1366 standard. The ranking of power outages by state sets these figures against the rest of the country.

Smart (advanced) meters made up 95.2% of residential meters in 2025, but only 0.6% of homes were on a time-of-use or other time-varying rate. Net metering covered 74,360 homes, 20.2¹³ per 1,000 residential customers.

Virginia's federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allocation was $103.9 million for fiscal 2026, about $29.86 per occupied home; the first release for fiscal 2027 was $92.2 million¹⁴. The guide to help paying your electric bill covers how to apply and the other programs that exist.

Virginia and its neighbors

Of Virginia's 6 neighbors, 4 had a lower residential price over the last 12 months. Tennessee was the lowest at 13.61¢ per kWh, and the District of Columbia the highest at 24.48¢ per kWh¹.

District of Columbia+19.8%

Maryland+12.7%

Virginia+11.5%

Kentucky+6.8%

United States+6.5%

North Carolina+5.5%

Tennessee+3.7%

West Virginia+0.9%

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Change between the trailing 12-month average price and the 12 months before it. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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Area	Residential change, 12 months
District of Columbia	+19.8%
Maryland	+12.7%
Virginia	+11.5%
Kentucky	+6.8%
United States	+6.5%
North Carolina	+5.5%
Tennessee	+3.7%
West Virginia	+0.9%