Virginia · Cooperative
Northern Virginia Elec Coop Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 11.57¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 167.3K
- Residential customers
- -19.7%
- vs Virginia average
- $1,588
- Implied avg annual bill
Northern Virginia Elec Coop charged an average of 11.57¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - below the Virginia average and far below the US average.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop is cooperative - a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Its reported average residential price is below the Virginia customer-weighted average (-19.7%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 13,727 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
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, which averaged 14.27¢, Northern Virginia Elec Coop is below its own ownership class within the state (-18.9%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 21 reporting utilities.
Where Northern Virginia Elec Coop sits among Virginia utilities
2024 average residential price across the 21 utilities reporting a rate in Virginia
11.57¢/kWh Top 29% most affordable More affordable than 75% of 20 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Virginia Elec Coop | 11.57¢ | - |
| Virginia (customer-weighted, 21 utilities) | 14.41¢ | -19.7% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -29.8% |
| Cooperative utilities nationally (622) | 14.14¢ | -18.2% |
Rate against consumption: Virginia utilities
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 - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,588.
Within Virginia the median reporting utility sells about 12,575 kWh per customer, so Northern Virginia Elec Coop customers use +9.2% 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 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.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Investor Owned | 2.4M | 14.09¢ |
| Appalachian Power Co | Investor Owned | 465.3K | 17.02¢ |
| Rappahannock Electric Coop | Cooperative | 169.5K | 14.89¢ |
| Northern Virginia Elec Coop (this page) | 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 Northern Virginia Elec Coop 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, Cooperative utilities averaged 14.14¢ 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.
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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 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.