Electricity rates — West Virginia

What households in West Virginia pay, by EIA's count

Over the 12 months to June 2026, residential electricity in West Virginia averaged 15.5¢ per kWh, the 24th-lowest of the 50 states and DC and 14% below the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Florida (15.4¢) and Oregon (15.5¢).

EIA lists 5 utilities serving homes in West Virginia. By homes served, the largest 5 are Appalachian Power Co (348,946), Monongahela Power Co (334,588), The Potomac Edison Company (135,266), Wheeling Power Co (34,392), and Black Diamond Power Co (3,479). Investor-owned utilities supply about 99% of its households on full service.

West Virginia homes used the most electricity in January and the least in October (2021–2025): a winter peak, 2.0 times the lightest month. October was the dearest month per kWh, 17% above January.

The utilities with a ranked plan on this page serve about 39% of West Virginia's households: Monongahela Power Co (West Virginia) (334,588). That is less than half the state, so the plans below describe those utilities, not West Virginia; EIA's figure is the state's. Their median plan at 1,000 kWh a month works out to 13.7¢ per kWh.

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month one plan here is open to any household — Residential Service A, at $1,649.16 a year. There is no cheaper option to move to, only the restricted schedules priced below.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, come to 13.7¢ per kWh at that usage.

Who provides these plans

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

What this does not cover

Only one utility in West 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.