14.49¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop / VA ]
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop electricity rates in Virginia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+4.9%
vs 2024
86,656
residential customers
+27.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (14.49¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.95¢ | — | 72,550 |
| 2016 | 11.39¢ | −4.7% | 73,066 |
| 2017 | 11.01¢ | −3.3% | 78,137 |
| 2018 | 11.15¢ | +1.3% | 79,578 |
| 2019 | 11.82¢ | +6.0% | 80,398 |
| 2020 | 11.36¢ | −3.9% | 81,151 |
| 2021 | 10.86¢ | −4.4% | 82,160 |
| 2022 | 12.44¢ | +14.6% | 84,189 |
| 2023 | 13.69¢ | +10.1% | 84,064 |
| 2024 | 13.81¢ | +0.9% | 85,281 |
| 2025 | 14.49¢ | +4.9% | 86,656 |
How this compares
15.28¢
Virginia average, 2025
−5.2%
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop vs VA 2025 average
−15.9%
vs US 2025 average
#11
priciest in VA
Serves 12 counties in Virginia: Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Nelson, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren, Winchester City. 91 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.95¢ to 14.49¢ per kWh: +21.3% over 10 years, or about +1.9% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −4.7% in 2016.
For a home using 1,067 kWh a month, the Virginia average, Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,855 a year, $101 less than at Virginia's average rate of 15.28¢. Of the 19 Virginia utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 11th most expensive.
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop served 72,550 homes in 2015 and 86,656 in 2025 (+19.4%), about 2% of Virginia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's rates
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Virginia State Corporation Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Virginia State Corporation Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Virginia State Corporation Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +4.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 14.49¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Virginia's 2025 average was 15.28¢.
How much have Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+27.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +40.1% for Virginia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop have in Virginia?
86,656 residential customers in 2025, across 12 counties including Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)