Electricity and gas prices in Virginia

Households in Virginia paid an average of 17.22¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $27.20 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 22nd highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$27.61
Heat pump at COP 3.0$16.82
Heat pump at COP 2.0$25.23
Electric resistance$50.47

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Virginia

Five years of prices

July 202112.53¢
October 202112.37¢
January 202211.97¢
April 202212.66¢
July 202214.23¢
October 202214.41¢
January 202313.96¢
April 202314.58¢
July 202313.88¢
October 202314.16¢
January 202413.33¢
April 202414.78¢
July 202414.17¢
October 202414.79¢
January 202513.94¢
April 202515.28¢
July 202515.78¢
October 202516.36¢
January 202615.87¢
April 202617.38¢

Who sells electricity in Virginia

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Virginia Electric & Power Co	Investor Owned	2,383,548	14.09¢
Appalachian Power Co	Investor Owned	465,283	17.02¢
Rappahannock Electric Coop	Cooperative	169,489	14.89¢
Northern Virginia Elec Coop	Cooperative	167,274	11.57¢
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop	Cooperative	85,281	13.81¢
Adjustment 2024		70,076	14.58¢
Southside Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	56,846	15.48¢
City Of Danville - (Va)	Municipal	37,781	15.01¢
Central Virginia Electric Coop	Cooperative	34,893	16.14¢
A & N Electric Coop	Cooperative	33,096	13.02¢
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	30,016	14.50¢
Kentucky Utilities Co	Investor Owned	22,669	14.28¢
City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)	Municipal	18,089	11.36¢
Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	17,991	16.12¢
City Of Manassas - (Va)	Municipal	13,947	11.63¢
Bristol Virginia Utilities	Municipal	13,633	10.99¢
City Of Salem - (Va)	Municipal	11,298	15.11¢
Prince George Electric Coop	Cooperative	10,954	13.05¢
Powell Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	6,589	11.42¢
Virginia Tech Electric Service	State	5,660	17.18¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.