West Virginia (WV) electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
15.78¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$2.38
per therm
Gas and electricity in the same unit
A therm is 29.3 kilowatt hours of energy, so West Virginia's gas works out at 8.12¢ per kWh against 15.78¢ for electricity.
That compares the energy you buy, not the heat you get. A furnace throws away a fifth of every therm up the flue, while a heat pump delivers two to three times the heat in a kilowatt hour — so the cheaper unit here is not automatically the cheaper way to heat a house.
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-07. Updated monthly. West Virginia last reported gas in 2026-05, so that figure is older than the electricity one.
How West Virginia compares
At 15.78¢ per kWh, West Virginia is below the national average of 19.26¢, making it the 21st cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical West Virginia household uses
Electricity a month
1,053 kWh
Bill a month
$163
Households in West Virginia use 22% more electricity than the national average and pay 8% more than average. Cheap power absorbs most of that: the meter turns faster here, but at 15.78¢ each unit costs less than it does nationally. The climate is fairly balanced — 5,000 heating degree days against 900 cooling ones — so neither season dominates the bill.
More on this: the average electric bill in West Virginia, including how far it swings between seasons.
Averaged over twelve months across 868,071 residential accounts in West Virginia. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
West Virginia sees around 110 freezing nights a year. Whether a heat pump beats a furnace here depends on the gap between those two prices above — not on the equipment.
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