West Virginia electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
16.80¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$2.38
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How West Virginia compares
At 16.80¢ per kWh, West Virginia is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 29th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical West Virginia household uses
Electricity a month
1,064 kWh
Bill a month
$165
Households in West Virginia use 23% more electricity than the national average and pay 10% more than average. Cheap power absorbs most of that: the meter turns faster here, but at 16.80¢ 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.
Averaged over twelve months across 866,822 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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