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Virginia Electricity Rates & Data

Compare electricity rates in Virginia to other states around the country

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Virginia Electricity Rates
USA avg. Electricity Rate

17.98¢

/kWh

Virginia Electricity Rate

16.36¢

/kWh

Average Virginia Electric Rates

Last updated January 2026

Virginia ranks 29th in average electricity rates in the United States based on the average rates for all sectors from the Energy Information Administration.

Here's how the individual sectors of California's energy market stack up.

  • The average Virginia residential electricity rate is 16.36 ¢/kWh (9% lower than the national average).
  • The average Virginia commercial electricity rate is 10.15 ¢/kWh (24% lower than the national average).

Energy rate data sourced from the Energy Information Administration.

Virginia Electricity Generation by Energy Source

Source
Percentage of Total
Renewable
12%
Non-Renewable
88%

Virginia Electricity Rates versus other States:

Residential rates:

State
Current Month
Previous Month
Virginia
16.36¢
16.62¢
Louisiana
12.39¢
12.36¢
Idaho
12.46¢
12.5¢
North Dakota
12.82¢
13.66¢
Missouri
12.95¢
15.84¢
Tennessee
13.06¢
13.29¢
Nebraska
13.13¢
13.85¢
Arkansas
13.26¢
13.79¢
Iowa
13.48¢
14.79¢
Kentucky
13.62¢
13.56¢
Utah
13.69¢
14.12¢
Nevada
13.77¢
11.95¢
Washington
14.06¢
13.79¢
South Dakota
14.09¢
14.76¢
Montana
14.27¢
14.64¢
Oklahoma
14.42¢
14.79¢
Mississippi
14.47¢
13.97¢
Georgia
14.53¢
15.3¢
New Mexico
14.93¢
16.52¢
North Carolina
15.05¢
15.12¢
Wyoming
15.11¢
15¢
Kansas
15.16¢
15.2¢
Arizona
15.55¢
15.27¢
South Carolina
15.64¢
15.34¢
Florida
15.7¢
15.76¢
Texas
16.11¢
15.84¢
Oregon
16.16¢
15.96¢
West Virginia
16.19¢
16.14¢
Colorado
16.26¢
16.7¢
Minnesota
16.37¢
17.1¢
Alabama
16.72¢
16.43¢
Indiana
17.34¢
17.33¢
Ohio
17.85¢
17.61¢
Delaware
18.31¢
18.12¢
Wisconsin
18.37¢
18.73¢
Illinois
18.74¢
19.05¢
Michigan
20.46¢
21.2¢
Pennsylvania
20.49¢
20.46¢
Maryland
22.3¢
21.05¢
New Jersey
22.55¢
23.39¢
District of Columbia
23.92¢
23.67¢
Vermont
24.78¢
23.92¢
Alaska
26.46¢
27.16¢
New York
26.95¢
27.23¢
New Hampshire
27.27¢
27.82¢
Connecticut
27.72¢
30.48¢
Maine
29.42¢
27.98¢
Rhode Island
31.16¢
28.3¢
Massachusetts
31.37¢
30.41¢
California
33.6¢
32.04¢
Hawaii
39.74¢
39.54¢

Business rates:

State
Current Month
Previous Month
Virginia
10.15¢
9.96¢
North Dakota
6.96¢
7.73¢
Texas
8.3¢
9.1¢
Nebraska
8.82¢
9.44¢
Idaho
9.08¢
10.02¢
Nevada
9.14¢
9.86¢
Oklahoma
9.16¢
10.18¢
Wyoming
9.6¢
9.6¢
Missouri
9.79¢
12.53¢
Utah
10.39¢
11.1¢
New Mexico
10.39¢
12.34¢
Iowa
10.43¢
11.66¢
North Carolina
10.49¢
10.36¢
Oregon
10.56¢
10.62¢
Louisiana
10.67¢
10.61¢
South Dakota
10.8¢
11.38¢
Georgia
10.93¢
11.24¢
Arkansas
10.95¢
11.18¢
South Carolina
11¢
10.96¢
Kansas
11.37¢
12.03¢
Washington
11.49¢
10.99¢
Florida
11.61¢
11.6¢
Kentucky
11.71¢
12.26¢
West Virginia
11.83¢
11.77¢
Minnesota
12.04¢
13.19¢
Arizona
12.2¢
12.59¢
Tennessee
12.28¢
12.98¢
Ohio
12.48¢
12¢
Delaware
12.49¢
12.57¢
Colorado
12.58¢
13.58¢
Montana
12.62¢
12.94¢
Pennsylvania
12.84¢
12.75¢
Wisconsin
12.99¢
13.42¢
Mississippi
13¢
12.89¢
Illinois
13.65¢
14.03¢
Indiana
13.88¢
14.11¢
Michigan
14.26¢
14.4¢
Alabama
14.68¢
14.42¢
Maryland
15.39¢
15.13¢
New Jersey
16.27¢
17.31¢
New Hampshire
20.32¢
20.81¢
Maine
20.64¢
21.14¢
New York
20.82¢
22.73¢
Vermont
20.86¢
20.52¢
District of Columbia
21.46¢
19.42¢
Connecticut
21.58¢
21.95¢
Massachusetts
21.98¢
22.08¢
Alaska
22.23¢
23.12¢
Rhode Island
23.03¢
22.43¢
California
26.96¢
30.35¢
Hawaii
35.88¢
35.16¢