Electricity rates — Virginia

What a typical bill in Virginia costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 3 generally available plans here run from $2,022.36 on Residential Schedule 1 to $3,110.53 on Residential Off-Peak Plan, with a median of $2,035.99.

Effective rates span 16.9¢ to 25.9¢ per kWh at that usage.

What households in Virginia pay, by EIA's count

Virginia's residential electricity averaged 16.3¢ per kWh over the 12 months to June 2026, the 23rd-highest of the 50 states and DC and 9% below the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Minnesota (16.2¢) and Alabama (16.4¢).

EIA lists 19 utilities serving homes in Virginia. By homes served, the largest 5 are Virginia Electric & Power Co (2,383,548), Appalachian Power Co (465,283), Rappahannock Electric Coop (169,489), Northern Virginia Elec Coop (167,274), and Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop (85,281). Member-owned cooperatives supply about 17% of its households.

Prices in Virginia jumped 11.6% in a year, from 14.6¢ to 16.3¢ per kWh.

Virginia homes used the most electricity in January and the least in April (2021–2025): a winter peak, 1.9 times the lightest month. July's bills were the highest, averaging $187; April's the lowest, $107. September was the dearest month per kWh, 14% above January.

The utilities with a ranked plan on this page serve about 65% of Virginia's households: Virginia Electric & Power Co (2,383,548). Their median plan at 1,000 kWh a month works out to 17.0¢ per kWh, 4% above EIA's average, which is why this page compares that median with other states'.

Chart of this for reuse (PNG), free to republish under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WattClear. Suggested alt text: “Bar chart. Virginia's average home electricity price, July 2025 to June 2026, was 11.6% higher than the 12 months before, the 6th-largest rise of the 50 states. Washington, DC: +24.9%. United States average: +6.7%. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.”

In the guides: Summer and winter bills, state by state

How Virginia compares

At 1,000 kWh a month the median plan in Virginia costs $2,035.99 a year: the 13th-lowest of the 30 states whose indexed plans stand for them, and 12% less than their median of $2,303.60. It sits between Colorado ($2,035.24) and Wisconsin ($2,213.57).

Its cheapest open plan, Residential Schedule 1 from Virginia Electric & Power Co at $2,022.36, is the 15th-highest of the 30 states' cheapest plans.

6 of its 8 priceable plans price by the hour, the 3rd-largest share of any state here.

The largest fixed charge on any plan here is $12.99 a month, the 3rd-smallest such charge of the 30 states.

In the guides: What published electricity plans cost, state by state · What a plan charges by the hour, and what moving a kilowatt-hour is worth · What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour

Who provides Virginia's plans

Every plan here comes from Virginia Electric & Power Co — a limit of what has been indexed, not a claim that it is the only provider in Virginia. How each of its plans is built, and what changing between them saves, is set out on Virginia Electric & Power Co's own page.

What the Virginia figures do not cover

Only one utility in Virginia has been indexed so far, so the ranges above are not statewide. A household served by another provider will not find its plans here yet.

6 of these plans price by the hour; their figures assume the typical hourly pattern of homes in Virginia, not this household's own hours.