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investor-owned utility · EIA utility 733

Appalachian Power Co

814,229 residential customers in 2 states · 55 counties in territory · balancing authority PJM

Form EIA-861, 2024 final2025 early release shown in trendMonthly to Jul 2026

Average residential price, 2024. Dial position: 87% of 1,230 US utilities had this price or lower. Ticks: Virginia and US averages.

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. Annual figures: Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release. Monthly state figures run to July 2026.

Appalachian Power Co serves 814,229 residential customers in Virginia and 1 other state as an investor-owned utility, according to its 2024 Form EIA-861 filing, with a service territory that touches 55 counties.

Its average residential price that year was 16.91¢ per kilowatthour, 17% above the Virginia average of 14.41¢ and about the same as the US average of 16.48¢. The figure is residential revenue divided by residential sales, so it folds in fixed charges, riders and every rate schedule the utility bills under.

That works out to an average residential bill of $181.38 a month on average use of 1,073 kWh a month. Across Virginia the average bill was $148.77 on 1,032 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.

For reliability it reported a SAIDI of 1,764.9 minutes per customer with major event days included and 443.4 minutes with them excluded, calculated under IEEE 1366 standard. The median among Virginia utilities reporting was 301.0 minutes with major event days; this utility's figure is 486% above that median.

The average price is up 49.5% on 2019, against up 19.4% for Virginia as a whole, and up 6.1% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 17.08¢.

16.91¢average residential price per kWhVirginia 14.41¢ · US 16.48¢

$181.38average monthly residential billon 1,073 kWh a month

814,229residential customers967,408 customers in all sectors

1,764.9SAIDI minutes per customer, all eventsVirginia median 301.0

Compared with Virginia, the US and other investor-owned utilities

Measure, 2024	This utility	Investor-owned utilities, US median	Virginia	United States
Average residential price per kWh	16.91¢	16.17¢	14.41¢	16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill	$181.38	$131.47	$148.77	$142.26
Average monthly use, kWh	1,073	787	1,032	863
Residential price change, 1 year	+6.1%	—	+1.1%	+3.0%
Residential price change, 5 years	+49.5%	—	+19.4%	+26.7%
SAIDI, all events (minutes)	1,764.9	278.7	301.0 median	184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days	443.4	106.5	131.3 median	99.8 median

State and US prices, bills and use are EIA's own averages over every customer. The ownership column and the reliability columns are medians across utilities with at least 1,000 residential customers, computed on this site from the final 2024 file. Among the 3 filings by investor-owned utilities in Virginia, the median price was 14.28¢. In Virginia this utility's price ranks 2 of 19, counting from the highest.

Average price by year

Appalachian Power CoVirginia averageUS average

Cents per kWh, nominal. The hollow point is EIA's 2025 early release, which has not been fully edited.

Year by year

Year	¢ per kWh	Virginia ¢	Monthly bill	kWh a month	Residential customers	All sales
2025 early release	17.08¢	15.28¢	$190.43	1,115	815,235	26.3 TWh
2024	16.91¢	14.41¢	$181.38	1,073	814,229	25.9 TWh
2023	15.94¢	14.26¢	$165.57	1,038	812,538	25.4 TWh
2022	14.03¢	13.34¢	$160.63	1,145	812,256	26.9 TWh
2021	12.30¢	11.96¢	$141.13	1,147	813,862	26.8 TWh
2020	11.66¢	12.03¢	$130.83	1,122	810,840	26.5 TWh
2019	11.31¢	12.07¢	$131.49	1,163	806,338	28 TWh
2018	11.18¢	11.73¢	$137.00	1,225	807,450	28.9 TWh
2017	11.61¢	11.55¢	$128.08	1,103	808,570	27.6 TWh
2016	11.51¢	11.36¢	$135.23	1,175	810,223	28.4 TWh
2015	10.69¢	11.37¢	$126.26	1,182	810,741	28.9 TWh
2014	10.32¢	11.10¢	$128.96	1,250	812,470	30.2 TWh
2013	10.24¢	10.84¢	$124.86	1,220	814,014	30 TWh

Bundled residential service only in the price, bill and use columns. Bill = residential revenue ÷ customers ÷ 12; use = residential sales ÷ customers ÷ 12. EIA describes its early release as not fully edited; it is shown for this utility alone and enters no average, median or rank on this site.

Month by month

Appalachian Power Co (VA)Virginia average

Form EIA-861M monthly sample, bundled residential service in Virginia. Preliminary until EIA finalises the year. Latest: 15.54¢ in July 2026, average bill $177.73 on 1,144 kWh.

Sales by sector, 2024

Sector	Customers	Sales	Share of sales	Revenue	¢ per kWh, bundled
Residential	814,229	10.5 TWh	40%	$1,772,264,000	16.91¢
Commercial	149,055	6.8 TWh	26%	$877,525,000	13.03¢
Industrial	4,124	8.7 TWh	33%	$813,137,000	9.66¢

Customers, sales and revenue count every service type the utility reported (bundled, energy-only and delivery-only). The price column uses bundled service alone, because part-bill revenue would understate it. Sources of energy: 32.3 TWh in total, of which 62% was its own net generation and 12.3 TWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 5,450 MW.

By state

State	Residential customers	¢ per kWh	State average ¢	Monthly bill	SAIDI, all events
Virginia	465,283	17.02¢	14.41¢	$178.32	1,714.0
West Virginia	348,946	16.77¢	15.07¢	$185.47	1,831.9

Reliability

SAIDI, all events1,764.9 min

SAIDI, without major event days443.4 min

Minutes of sustained interruption per customer in 2024, as the utility reported them under IEEE 1366 standard. SAIFI: 2.72 interruptions per customer with major event days, 2.01 without; CAIDI 649.5 minutes per interruption. EIA's Virginia total across all reporting utilities was 418.3 minutes with major event days and 166.4 without. Major event days are storms and similar events that a utility's chosen method sets apart; methods differ, so treat comparisons as approximate. What SAIDI and SAIFI mean.

Year	SAIDI, all events	SAIDI, no major events	SAIFI, all events	SAIFI, no major events	Method
2025 early release	1,080.7	421.7	2.63	1.99	IEEE 1366
2024	1,764.9	443.4	2.72	2.01	IEEE 1366
2023	655.3	405.4	2.05	1.74	IEEE 1366
2022	1,021.4	587.6	2.61	2.17	IEEE 1366
2021	1,231.7	447.9	2.17	1.79	IEEE 1366
2020	578.9	445.8	2.19	1.95	IEEE 1366
2019	710.8	500.9	2.58	2.22	IEEE 1366
2018	1,167.7	544.9	2.72	2.19	IEEE 1366
2017	623.5	428.8	2.10	1.91	IEEE 1366
2016	729.3	440.5	2.32	2.04	IEEE 1366
2015	668.2	459.8	2.34	2.16	IEEE 1366
2014	568.7	472.6	2.24	2.15	IEEE 1366
2013	922.8	450.8	2.54	1.84	IEEE 1366

Generation at plants it operates, 2025

Coal 72.2% 15.9 TWh
Natural gas 23.5% 5.2 TWh
Hydro 3.6% 801.6 GWh
Wind 0.3% 73.6 GWh
Petroleum 0.3% 66.6 GWh

Net generation of 22 TWh at power plants this utility operates, from Form EIA-923. It is not the mix delivered to customers: utilities also buy power wholesale (12.3 TWh in 2024), sell generation to others and may co-own plants that another company operates.

Counties in its service territory

Counties the utility listed on Form EIA-861 for 2024. Listing a county does not mean the utility serves all of it.

Other utilities in Virginia

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	¢ per kWh	Monthly bill	SAIDI, all events	SAIDI, no major events
Virginia Electric & Power Co	Investor-owned	2,492,204	14.09¢	$142.75	171.9	129.8
Rappahannock Electric Coop	Cooperative	169,489	14.89¢	$170.46	301.0	188.6
Northern Virginia Elec Coop	Cooperative	167,274	11.57¢	$132.36	94.6	62.4
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop	Cooperative	85,281	13.81¢	$160.97	480.8	225.9
Southside Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	56,846	15.48¢	$171.45	392.1	309.2
City of Danville	Municipal	37,781	15.01¢	$149.24	—	—
Central Virginia Electric Coop	Cooperative	34,893	16.14¢	$191.14	351.0	351.0
A & N Electric Coop	Cooperative	33,349	13.03¢	$120.51	107.9	85.6

All Virginia utilities · Investor-owned utilities nationwide

Questions and answers

How much does electricity cost from Appalachian Power Co?

Residential customers paid an average of 16.91¢ per kilowatthour in 2024. EIA derives this by dividing residential revenue by residential sales; it is an average across all rate schedules and charges, not a tariff rate.

How does that compare with Virginia?

The Virginia average residential price in 2024 was 14.41¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Appalachian Power Co was 17% above the state figure. Among 19 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Virginia, it had the 2nd highest.

What is the average Appalachian Power Co bill?

$181.38 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,073 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Virginia average was $148.77 on 1,032 kWh.

How reliable is Appalachian Power Co service?

It reported 1,764.9 minutes of interruption per customer (SAIDI) including major event days and 443.4 minutes excluding them, with 2.72 interruptions per customer (SAIFI) in 2024. Utilities calculate these under differing methods, so comparisons are approximate.

Is the Appalachian Power Co price rising?

The average residential price was up 6.1% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 49.5% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 17.08¢.

Which counties does Appalachian Power Co serve?

Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 55 counties, including Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA and Botetourt County, VA. A county can appear in several utilities' territories.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures are from Form EIA-861 (sales to ultimate customers, reliability, operational data and service territory files), final release for 2024, respondent "Appalachian Power Co", utility number 733; the 2025 row is from EIA's early release. Monthly utility figures are from the Form EIA-861M sample. State and US averages are from the Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, published through July 2026. Generation by fuel is from Form EIA-923, 2025 final. All are US government works in the public domain. Page built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. For tariffs and rate schedules, consult the utility or the state utility commission.