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The average electric bill in Virginia

Virginia households paid $163.05 a month for electricity in 2025, at 15.28¢ per kilowatt-hour for 1,067 kWh a month. That is 11% above the national median, and ranks #11 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$163.05
US median $147.18
Price
15.28¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
1,067
kWh per month
Households
3,684,498
residential accounts

What each Virginia utility charges, most expensive first

Virginia Tech Electric Service charges 18.43¢ per kWh and City of Harrisonburg - (VA) charges 11.51¢ — 1.6× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Virginia Tech Electric ServiceState · 5,750 homes18.43¢per kWh$147.53801 kWh/mo1.33× dearer
2Appalachian Power CoInvestor Owned · 467,581 homes17.16¢per kWh$186.001,084 kWh/mo1.24× dearer
3Central Virginia Electric CoopCooperative · 35,353 homes16.16¢per kWh$200.061,238 kWh/mo1.17× dearer
4Northern Neck Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 18,199 homes16.01¢per kWh$191.701,197 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
5City of Danville - (VA)Municipal · 38,226 homes15.81¢per kWh$161.961,025 kWh/mo1.14× dearer
6City of Salem - (VA)Municipal · 11,426 homes15.51¢per kWh$146.86947 kWh/mo1.12× dearer
7Rappahannock Electric CoopCooperative · 172,883 homes15.49¢per kWh$185.191,195 kWh/mo1.12× dearer
8Southside Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 57,305 homes15.48¢per kWh$179.821,162 kWh/mo1.12× dearer
9Kentucky Utilities CoInvestor Owned · 22,759 homes15.32¢per kWh$189.591,238 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
10Virginia Electric & Power CoInvestor Owned · 2,408,901 homes15.20¢per kWh$157.751,038 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
11Shenandoah Valley Elec CoopCooperative · 86,656 homes14.49¢per kWh$173.901,200 kWh/mo1.05× dearer
12A & N Electric CoopCooperative · 33,035 homes14.40¢per kWh$142.90992 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
13Mecklenburg Electric CooperativeCooperative · 30,077 homes14.32¢per kWh$150.411,050 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
14Prince George Electric CoopCooperative · 10,917 homes13.52¢per kWh$188.361,394 kWh/mo1.02× cheaper
15Northern Virginia Elec CoopCooperative · 169,027 homes12.60¢per kWh$143.901,142 kWh/mo1.10× cheaper
16City of Manassas - (VA)Municipal · 13,945 homes12.31¢per kWh$136.341,108 kWh/mo1.12× cheaper
17Powell Valley Electric CoopCooperative · 6,571 homes12.13¢per kWh$140.061,154 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
18Bristol Virginia UtilitiesMunicipal · 13,648 homes11.62¢per kWh$143.991,239 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
19City of Harrisonburg - (VA)Municipal · 18,133 homes11.51¢per kWh$112.08974 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Virginia utility also leaves customers without power for 6.4 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Virginia utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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