Commercial electricity rates in Virginia

What businesses in Virginia actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 8.07¢ to 13.00¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Virginia by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Virginia.

Commercial customers in Virginia pay 37% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Virginia used 18,840 kWh in August 2026. At 11.14¢ per kWh that is about $2,099 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Virginia's commercial price rose 34.4%, from 8.29¢ in September 2023 to 11.14¢. The high point was 13.00¢ in February 2026 and the low 8.07¢ in August 2024 — a spread of 61% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was February (10.43¢) and the cheapest September (9.05¢), a seasonal swing of 15%.

Virginia against its region

Virginia is in EIA's South Atlantic division, where the commercial average was 12.31¢ in August 2026. Virginia is 10% below that, and 2 of 9 on price within the region.

Others in the region: North Carolina, Florida, West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia.

States priced near Virginia

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states