Electricity and gas prices in West Virginia

Households in West Virginia paid an average of 15.45¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $24.68 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in May 2026. That is the 32nd 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$25.05
Heat pump at COP 3.0$15.09
Heat pump at COP 2.0$22.64
Electric resistance$45.28

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

Five years of prices

July 202112.10¢
October 202113.66¢
January 202211.93¢
April 202213.22¢
July 202213.74¢
October 202214.38¢
January 202313.06¢
April 202314.38¢
July 202314.08¢
October 202315.05¢
January 202413.62¢
April 202415.53¢
July 202415.12¢
October 202416.36¢
January 202514.47¢
April 202516.05¢
July 202515.43¢
October 202516.19¢
January 202614.77¢
April 202616.06¢

Who sells electricity in West 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
Appalachian Power Co	Investor Owned	348,946	16.77¢
Monongahela Power Co	Investor Owned	334,588	13.97¢
The Potomac Edison Company	Investor Owned	135,266	12.59¢
Wheeling Power Co	Investor Owned	34,392	17.41¢
Adjustment 2024		9,785	16.38¢
Black Diamond Power Co	Investor Owned	3,479	15.35¢

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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.