State peers

Other Virginia utilities members might otherwise face

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

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

Rate comparison

Member price against the state

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in Virginia, Northern Virginia Elec Coop comes 6th 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 9 other cooperative utilities reporting in Virginia, whose customer-weighted average is 14.64¢, Northern Virginia Elec Coop is below its own ownership class within the state (-21.0%).

Where this co-op sits on price

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Northern Virginia Elec Coop reported 167.3K residential customers, ranking 4th of 21 utilities in Virginia by customers served and covering 4.7% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,727 kWh per customer per year - +9.2% against the Virginia median of 12,575 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,588.

Ownership class peers

Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Virginia, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Northern Virginia Elec Coop in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Northern Virginia Elec Coop member rates

How much does Northern Virginia Elec Coop charge per kWh?

Northern Virginia Elec Coop reported an average residential price of 11.57¢ 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 Northern Virginia Elec Coop expensive compared with the rest of Virginia?

Its average residential price is below the Virginia customer-weighted average of 14.41¢ per kWh, a difference of -19.7%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in Virginia.

What is the average electricity bill for Northern Virginia Elec Coop customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,727 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,588 a year, or about $132 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Northern Virginia Elec Coop?

EIA classifies Northern Virginia Elec Coop as Cooperative, a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Cooperative utilities was 13.78¢ 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 why energy prices vary .

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