West Virginia · Investor Owned · investor
Appalachian Power Co Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 16.77¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 348.9K
- Residential customers
- +11.5%
- vs West Virginia average
- $2,226
- Implied avg annual bill
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Appalachian Power Co ranks #60 by average cents per kWh and #81 by residential customers. Appalachian Power Co charged an average of 16.77¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - above the West Virginia average and close to the Form 861 US customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. 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 West Virginia customer-weighted average (+11.5%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 13,275 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release WV-2024 · Appalachian Power Co ABOVE STATE
Appalachian Power Co · Form 861 2024 · ABOVE STATE
- RATE 16.77¢/kWh
- RANK #4/5
- VS-ST +11.5%
- VS-US -2.0%
- CUST 349k
- BILL $2,226
- OWN IOU
- PHOTO AL 0.01¢
- BOOK 81/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Alabama Power Co (AL) (+0.01¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · West Virginia rates
Appalachian Power Co in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- OH
Cleveland Electric Illum Co
17 ¢/kWh
- this util
Appalachian Power Co
17 ¢/kWh
- AL
Alabama Power Co
17 ¢/kWh
- TX
Frontier Utilities, LLC
17 ¢/kWh
- TX
Value Based Brands LLC
17 ¢/kWh
What this shows Appalachian Power Co reports 16.77¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 81 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Appalachian Power Co compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in West Virginia; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 25/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 0/100
- State renewable generation context
- 8/100
16.77¢/kWh · median 15.35¢/kWh
$2,226/yr · median $1,833/yr
6.7% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Rate comparison
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 5 utilities reporting residential rates in West Virginia, Appalachian Power Co comes 4th of 5. The state's range runs from The Potomac Edison Company at 12.59¢ to Wheeling Power Co at 17.41¢, so where a household sits inside West Virginia depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 4 other investor owned utilities reporting in West Virginia, whose customer-weighted average is 13.85¢, Appalachian Power Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+21.1%).
State price distribution
Where Appalachian Power Co sits among West Virginia utilities
2024 average residential price across the 5 utilities reporting a rate in West Virginia
16.77¢/kWh 25th affordability percentile More affordable than 25% of 4 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co | 16.77¢ | - |
| West Virginia (customer-weighted, 5 utilities) | 15.04¢ | +11.5% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -2.0% |
| Investor Owned customer-weighted US avg (183 utilities) | 18.37¢ | -8.7% |
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Appalachian Power Co reported 348.9K residential customers, ranking 1st of 5 utilities in West Virginia by customers served and covering 40.7% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,275 kWh per customer per year - +22.7% against the West Virginia median of 10,821 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,226.
State peers
Every utility reporting in West Virginia
All 5 utilities reporting bundled residential service in West 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.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co (this page) | Investor Owned | 348.9K | 16.77¢ |
| Monongahela Power Co | Investor Owned | 334.6K | 13.97¢ |
| The Potomac Edison Company | Investor Owned | 135.3K | 12.59¢ |
| Wheeling Power Co | Investor Owned | 34.4K | 17.41¢ |
| Black Diamond Power Co | Investor Owned | 3.5K | 15.35¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in West Virginia.
Ownership class peers
Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond West Virginia, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Appalachian Power Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Alabama | 1.3M | 16.77¢ |
| Cleveland Electric Illum Co | Ohio | 131.4K | 16.76¢ |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | Wisconsin | 437.2K | 16.89¢ |
| Duke Energy Florida, LLC | Florida | 1.8M | 16.63¢ |
| Potomac Electric Power Co | District of Columbia | 285.9K | 16.58¢ |
FAQ
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 16.77¢ 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 West Virginia?
- Its average residential price is above the West Virginia customer-weighted average of 15.04¢ per kWh, a difference of +11.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 5 utilities reporting residential service in West Virginia.
- What is the average electricity bill for Appalachian Power Co customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,275 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,226 a year, or about $185 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, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.
Limitations
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 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.
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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, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.