Average Electric Bill in West Virginia
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $1,977 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, West Virginia has the 12th highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 15.48¢/kWh × 1,064 kWh ≈ $165. A state can land high on either factor — West Virginia pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| West Virginia | $165 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 | |
| Maryland | $206 | |
| Pennsylvania | $172 | |
| Virginia | $171 | |
| Ohio | $157 | |
| Kentucky | $154 |
West Virginia is $9 a month above (+6.0%) the U.S. average of $155. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $240
- January 2026
- Lowest month
- $108
- April 2026
- Swing
- $132
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $125
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: West Virginia peaks in January 2026 and bottoms out in April 2026. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
West Virginia electricity bills in context
The average monthly electricity bill in West Virginia since June 2025 is $165, the twelfth highest among the 50 states and DC. This is $10 above the national average of $155, a difference of 6.0%. The state's lower price of 15.48¢/kWh compared with the national rate of 17.84¢/kWh works against it; homes use 1,064 kWh per month, which is 193 kWh more than the national average of 871 kWh, and this higher consumption pushes the bill up.
Over the past year, the bill has risen 1.6%, from $162 to $165. The longer view shows much sharper growth: since May 2021, the bill has climbed 28.3% from $128, and since December 2008 it has more than doubled, rising 105.5% from $80. Seasonal swings are pronounced. The bill peaks in January 2026 at $240 and falls to a low of $108 in April 2026, a swing of $132 around the twelve-month average.
Among neighbouring states, West Virginia's bill sits in the middle. Kentucky and Ohio come in lower at $154 and $157 respectively. Maryland is considerably higher at $206, while Pennsylvania and Virginia are marginally above West Virginia at $172 and $171.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in West Virginia may pay well above or below $165. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See West Virginia electricity prices by sector.