What this means for a West Virginia household
Over the last 12 months the average price was 15.48¢ per kWh and the average home used 1,053 kWh a month, so a typical West Virginia household spent about $163 a month on electricity, or $1,956 a year. Use is 21% above the US average of 870 kWh a month, peaking in January at 1,622 kWh.
Driving a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD 1,000 miles a month takes 275 kWh from the wall (EPA 27.5 kWh/100 mi), about $43 at the state average. A 25.5 mpg gasoline car covering the same distance at $3.77 a gallon (Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) average, August 2026) costs about $148.
The state average hides the real spread. Utilities in the same state charge different prices, and on a time-of-use plan the same kWh costs more in the peak hours than off-peak; each utility page shows by how much. Open Mon Power’s page to see its periods and fixed charge, or run the calculators below with West Virginia preloaded.
Natural gas for homes averaged $1.40 per therm over the 12 months to May 2026 (EIA, all charges included), and a typical gas-heated home uses about 596 therms a year for heating. The heat pump calculator compares that with electric heating on your plan.
A south-facing, 20° rooftop array in West Virginia produces about 1,199 kWh per installed kW a year (NREL PVWatts at the state’s population centre). What that is worth depends on your utility’s export rule, shown on each utility’s page.