Virginia · Investor Owned

Appalachian Power Co Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

17.02¢
Avg residential price / kWh
465.3K
Residential customers
+18.1%
vs Virginia average
$2,140
Implied avg annual bill

Appalachian Power Co charged an average of 17.02¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - above the Virginia average and close to the US average.

Appalachian Power Co is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is above the Virginia customer-weighted average (+18.1%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 12,575 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in Virginia, Appalachian Power Co comes 20th of 21. The state's range runs from Tesla Inc. at 4.01¢ to Virginia Tech Electric Service at 17.18¢, so where a household sits inside Virginia depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other investor owned utilities reporting in Virginia, which averaged 14.19¢, Appalachian Power Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+19.9%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 21 reporting utilities.

Where Appalachian Power Co sits among Virginia utilities

2024 average residential price across the 21 utilities reporting a rate in Virginia

17.02¢/kWh 5th affordability percentile More affordable than 5% of 20 other utilities

Appalachian Power Co

average residential price, equal-width bands

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Appalachian Power Co average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Appalachian Power Co 17.02¢ -
Virginia (customer-weighted, 21 utilities) 14.41¢ +18.1%
United States average 16.48¢ +3.3%
Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) 17.36¢ -2.0%

Rate against consumption: Virginia utilities

Each dot is one of the 21 Virginia utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Appalachian Power Co is highlighted. In Virginia the cheapest rate and the smallest implied annual bill happen to belong to the same utility, Tesla Inc.; across the country they usually do not. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 21 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 21 Virginia utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Appalachian Power Co is highlighted. In Virginia the cheapest rate and the smallest implied annual bill happen to belong to the same utility, Tesla Inc.; across the country they usually do not.

Scale and consumption

Appalachian Power Co reported 465.3K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 21 utilities in Virginia by customers served and covering 13.0% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,575 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $2,140.

Within Virginia the median reporting utility sells about 12,575 kWh per customer, so Appalachian Power Co customers use +0.0% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in Virginia

All 21 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Virginia, largest first, with Appalachian Power Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Virginia, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Virginia Electric & Power Co Investor Owned 2.4M 14.09¢
Appalachian Power Co (this page) Investor Owned 465.3K 17.02¢
Rappahannock Electric Coop Cooperative 169.5K 14.89¢
Northern Virginia Elec Coop Cooperative 167.3K 11.57¢
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop Cooperative 85.3K 13.81¢
Southside Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 56.8K 15.48¢
City of Danville - (VA) Municipal 37.8K 15.01¢
Central Virginia Electric Coop Cooperative 34.9K 16.14¢
A & N Electric Coop Cooperative 33.1K 13.02¢
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Cooperative 30.0K 14.50¢
Kentucky Utilities Co Investor Owned 22.7K 14.28¢
City of Harrisonburg - (VA) Municipal 18.1K 11.36¢
Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 18.0K 16.12¢
City of Manassas - (VA) Municipal 13.9K 11.63¢
Bristol Virginia Utilities Municipal 13.6K 10.99¢
City of Salem - (VA) Municipal 11.3K 15.11¢
Prince George Electric Coop Cooperative 11.0K 13.05¢
Powell Valley Electric Coop Cooperative 6.6K 11.42¢
Virginia Tech Electric Service State 5.7K 17.18¢
Tesla Inc. Behind the Meter 66 4.01¢
Sunnova Behind the Meter 2 10.00¢

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Virginia.

Common questions about Appalachian Power Co rates

How much does Appalachian Power Co charge per kWh?
Appalachian Power Co reported an average residential price of 17.02¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
Is Appalachian Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Virginia?
Its average residential price is above the Virginia customer-weighted average of 14.41¢ per kWh, a difference of +18.1%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in Virginia.
What is the average electricity bill for Appalachian Power Co customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,575 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,140 a year, or about $178 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Appalachian Power Co?
EIA classifies Appalachian Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

  • An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
  • Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.