Rappahannock Electric Coop Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 21 utilities reporting residential rates in Virginia, Rappahannock Electric Coop comes 14th 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 13.90¢, Rappahannock Electric Coop is close to its own ownership class within the state (+7.1%).

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

Scale and consumption

Rappahannock Electric Coop reported 169.5K residential customers, ranking 3rd 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 13,740 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $2,046.

Within Virginia the median reporting utility sells about 12,575 kWh per customer, so Rappahannock Electric Coop customers use +9.3% 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 Rappahannock Electric 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.

Common questions about Rappahannock Electric Coop rates

How much does Rappahannock Electric Coop charge per kWh?

Rappahannock Electric Coop reported an average residential price of 14.89¢ 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 Rappahannock Electric Coop expensive compared with the rest of Virginia?

Its average residential price is close to the Virginia customer-weighted average of 14.41¢ per kWh, a difference of +3.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 21 utilities reporting residential service in Virginia.

What is the average electricity bill for Rappahannock Electric Coop customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,740 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,046 a year, or about $170 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Rappahannock Electric Coop?

EIA classifies Rappahannock Electric 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.