Average electric bill in Virginia
A typical Virginia household pays
$171a month · $2056 a year
That is 15% above the national average of $149, the 8th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 1,063 kilowatt hours a month at 17.61¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — January 2026
$240
Cheapest — October 2025
$125
The dearest month costs $114 more than the cheapest — 91% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 4,000 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Virginia the amount of electricity used is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Virginia's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 3,717,653 residential accounts in Virginia, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Virginia rate page for the underlying prices.