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Electric utilities serving Berkeley County, West Virginia
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
1 utility list Berkeley County, West Virginia, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024: The Potomac Edison Company.
Its average residential price was 12.59¢ per kilowatthour, against a West Virginia average of 15.07¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its West Virginia customers, not for this county alone.
The median SAIDI they reported was 275.0 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all West Virginia utilities reporting was 756.5.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 139,522. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole West Virginia operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac Edison Company | Investor-owned | 135,266 | 12.59¢ | $152.73 | 275.0 | 253.4 |
Ordered by residential customers in West Virginia. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Berkeley County | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 12.59¢ median | 15.07¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $152.73 median | $154.76 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 275.0 median | 756.5 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 253.4 median | 519.0 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 1 | 5 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Berkeley County itself.
Population: 139,522 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 6,044 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other West Virginia counties
- Barbour County 3
- Boone County 1
- Braxton County 1
- Brooke County 2
- Cabell County 1
- Calhoun County 1
- Clay County 3
All 55 counties and every West Virginia utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Berkeley County?
The Potomac Edison Company list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Berkeley County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 12.59¢ per kilowatthour across their West Virginia customers in 2024; the state average was 15.07¢.
How reliable is power in Berkeley County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 275.0 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 253.4 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.