Central Virginia Electric Coop: rates, outages and net metering

In Virginia, Central Virginia Electric Coop bills 39,573 accounts, 88.2% residential, as an cooperative utility. Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (351 with them, 351 without).

At 1,184 kWh a month a Central Virginia Electric Coop home pays about $191 in energy: 16.14 ¢/kWh, 12.0% above the Virginia average of 14.41 ¢.

Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (351 with them, 351 without).

Central Virginia Electric Coop: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events: 0%351 minutes with events, 351 without

Major events weigh on Central Virginia Electric Coop: 351 minutes with them, 351 without, so 0% of the total comes from event days, 1.00 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 2.61 interruptions a customer a year, 2.58 times the national median (1.01), with 134 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Central Virginia Electric Coop
Central Virginia Electric Coop, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Central Virginia Electric Coop	16.14 ¢/kWh	14.06 ¢/kWh	$191at 1,184 kWh	351 minSAIDI
Virginia average against this company, which is 9 of 10 on priceLowest in this table	-1.73 ¢/kWhcompany 12.0% above	-5.34 ¢/kWhcompany 61.2% above	-$21a month at 1,184 kWh	-172 mincompany 172 above
Southside Electric Coop, Inc	15.48 ¢/kWhcompany 4.3% above	12.08 ¢/kWhcompany 16.3% above	$1838 less than company	309 mincompany 42 above

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Central Virginia Electric Coop: 2025

Central Virginia Electric Coop: +0.1% on 2024 for homes, Virginia +6.0%.

Central Virginia Electric Coop home price, 2025: 16.16 ¢/kWh+0.1% on 2024, early release
Central Virginia Electric Coop SAIDI, 2025: 501 min+43% on 2024, early release
Central Virginia Electric Coop against Virginia, 2025: -5.9 pointsCentral Virginia Electric Coop +0.1%, Virginia +6.0%, price in Virginia 15.28 ¢

Central Virginia Electric Coop: 16.16 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +0.1% from 16.14 ¢; Virginia as a whole went +6.0%, so Central Virginia Electric Coop trailed it by 5.9 points. Its SAIDI is 501 minutes against 351 in 2024.

Carbon context

Central Virginia Electric Coop serves 34,893 homes in Virginia. At 1,184 kWh a month that is about 288 kg of CO₂, or 3,460 kg a year, at the Virginia plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Virginia generation mix.

Central Virginia Electric Coop charts

Residential price since 2015: 16.14 ¢ in 2024

13.23 ¢ in 2015, 16.14 ¢ in 2024 (+22.0%); Virginia 11.37 to 14.41 ¢.

Central Virginia Electric Coop residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Central Virginia Electric Co	Gap to Virginia residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	13.23	+1.86	+0.58
2016	12.85	+1.49	+0.30
2017	12.47	+0.92	-0.42
2018	13.68	+1.95	+0.81
2019	14.70	+2.63	+1.69
2020	13.91	+1.88	+0.76
2021	13.59	+1.63	-0.07
2022	13.97	+0.63	-1.07
2023	16.03	+1.77	+0.03
2024	16.14	+1.73	-0.34

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Central Virginia Electric Coop SAIDI, 2015-2024

329 min in 2015, 351 in 2024.

Central Virginia Electric Coop SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Central Virginia Elect, no major events
2015	329
2016	276
2017	239
2018	174
2019	251
2020	322
2021	254
2022	362
2023	334
2024	351

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 351.0 min

351.0 min, 3.53x the median reporter, rank 625 of 673.

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Company, no major events351.0
Company, with major events351.0

Central Virginia Electric Coop, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 13.23 ¢ in 2015 to 16.14 ¢ in 2024, a move of +22.0%: Central Virginia Electric Coop lagged its state (+26.7%) by 4.7 points, and -8.3 points against the U.S. Central Virginia Electric Coop's sharpest move came in 2023, +14.8%. The latest year is the high at 16.14 ¢; the low was 12.47 ¢ (2017). 2024: +0.7% here, +1.1% for the Virginia average. SAIDI at Central Virginia Electric Coop (major events excluded) went from 329 minutes in 2015 to 351 in 2024, +7%, between 174 (2018) and 362 (2022). Against the national median, Central Virginia Electric Coop came in lower on SAIDI in 0 of 10 years, and 2024 ended at 351 minutes, +252 from the median. 2022: 2738 minutes with major events, 362 without, the widest gap of any year. Central Virginia Electric Coop has 8 cheaper and 1 higher-priced Virginia peers among 10 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Southside Electric Coop, Inc, bills 15.48 ¢ (-0.66). Next higher-priced, Appalachian Power Co, bills 17.02 ¢ (+0.87).

Both measures lean against customers: 12.0% above the Virginia average on price and 3.5x the national median on outage minutes (351).

Home accounts at Central Virginia Electric Coop went from 32,181 in 2015 to 34,893 in 2024, +8.4%. Business customers paid 0.87 times the home price in 2024 (14.06 against 16.14 ¢); the ratio was 0.84 in 2015. SAIFI went from 2.82 in 2015 to 2.61 in 2024, between 1.98 and 3.06.

Outages and home price of Central Virginia Electric Coop (EIA utility 3291), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Central Virginia Electric Coop: 329 minutes in 2015, 351 in 2024, little changed (+7%). The low came in 2018 at 174, the high in 2022 at 362; 10 years were filed. The Virginia median in 2024 was 169 minutes, so Central Virginia Electric Coop ran above it.

Home rates at Central Virginia Electric Coop went from 12.34 ¢ in 2013 to 16.14 ¢ in 2024 (+30.8%), which is 17.06 ¢ to 16.57 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−2.9%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,047 in 2013 and $1,988 in 2024. Of 20 Virginia utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Central Virginia Electric Coop stood 18th cheapest (25th of 29 in 2013).

Central Virginia Electric Coop outage minutes a customer, 2015 to 2024: 351 in 2024

Central Virginia Electric Coop at 351 min in 2024 and the Virginia median at 169.

Central Virginia Electric Coop home price since 2013: −2.9% after inflation

Central Virginia Electric Coop: 16.57 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 16.14 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Central Virginia Electric Coop, EIA utility 3291, year by year among Virginia utilities

Central Virginia Electric Coop 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Central Virginia E	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Central Virgin	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Central Virgin	Virginia median SAIDI
2013	12.34	17.06	25 of 29	–	–	–	–
2014	12.71	17.28	23 of 29	–	–	–	–
2015	13.23	17.98	25 of 29	329	2.82	15 of 16	160
2016	12.85	17.23	24 of 29	276	2.61	14 of 16	165
2017	12.47	16.38	21 of 29	239	2.13	12 of 15	141
2018	13.68	17.54	26 of 29	174	1.98	7 of 14	176
2019	14.70	18.51	29 of 30	251	2.42	10 of 14	197
2020	13.91	17.30	18 of 21	322	2.32	10 of 10	168
2021	13.59	16.15	19 of 21	254	2.89	11 of 13	148
2022	13.97	15.36	17 of 21	362	3.06	12 of 13	208
2023	16.03	16.94	20 of 21	334	2.82	13 of 14	145
2024	16.14	16.57	18 of 20	351	2.61	13 of 13	169

Central Virginia Electri, EIA utility 3291: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Virginia real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 39,5731.0% of Virginia total
Residential accounts: 34,8931.0% of Virginia homes
Commercial accounts: 4,65211.8% of the base
Residential rate: 16.14 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 10, +12.0% against the state
Commercial rate: 14.06 ¢/kWhplace 14 of 17, +61.2% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 351.0 minbetter than 7% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.612.58x the median
SAIDI with major events: 351.0 min0.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 7.4 MW858 installations
Counties served: 14all in Virginia
Average residential use: 14,209 kWh/yr1,184 a month
Implied monthly bill: $191-$4 on the U.S. rate, 1,184 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +22.0%13.23 to 16.14 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +7%329 min in 2015, 351 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Central Virginia Electric Coop

Central Virginia Electric Coop sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Virginia ¢/kWh
Residential	34,893	16.14	+1.73
Commercial	4,652	14.06	+5.34

Year by year, Central Virginia Electric Coop

Year	Home accounts, Central Virginia Elect	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	32,181	13.23	11.07	0.84	329	2.82
2016	32,423	12.85	10.80	0.84	276	2.61
2017	32,780	12.47	10.38	0.83	239	2.13
2018	33,075	13.68	11.86	0.87	174	1.98
2019	33,334	14.70	12.49	0.85	251	2.42
2020	33,704	13.91	12.80	0.92	322	2.32
2021	34,060	13.59	12.34	0.91	254	2.89
2022	34,060	13.97	12.46	0.89	362	3.06
2023	34,744	16.03	14.07	0.88	334	2.82
2024	34,893	16.14	14.06	0.87	351	2.61

Peers of Central Virginia Electric Coop in Virginia, place 9 of 10 on home price

Utility near Central Virginia Electric Coop on price	SAIDI min, gap to Central Virginia Electric Coop	Home ¢, gap to Central Virginia Electric Coop	Gap % to Central Virginia Electric Coop	Accounts, Central Virginia Electric Coop = 1
6. Rappahannock Electric Coop	-162	-1.26	-7.8%	4.57
7. City of Danville	No data	-1.14	-7.0%	1.09
8. Southside Electric Coop, Inc	-42	-0.66	-4.1%	1.50
9. Central Virginia Electric Coop (this utility)	351	16.14	-	1.00
10. Appalachian Power Co	-9	+0.87	+5.4%	13.88

Who buys Central Virginia Electric Coop's electricity

Class at Central Virginia Electric Coop	Accounts	Of Central Virginia Electric Coop accounts	Of Central Virginia Electric Coop MWh sold	kWh a year per Central Virginia Electric Coop account
Residential	34,893	88.2%	69.4%	14,209
Commercial	4,652	11.8%	15.7%	24,139
Industrial and other	28	0.07%	14.9%	3,813,821

Central Virginia Electric Coop among Virginia cooperatives

Central Virginia Electric Coop and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Central Virginia Electric Coop	Home ¢, gap to Central Virginia Electric Coop	Accounts, Central Virginia Electric Coop = 1
1. Northern Virginia Elec Coop (VA)	-289	-4.57	4.60
2. Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop (VA)	-125	-2.33	2.55
3. Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (VA)	-77	-1.64	0.81
4. Rappahannock Electric Coop (VA)	-162	-1.26	4.57
5. Southside Electric Coop, Inc (VA)	-42	-0.66	1.50
6. Central Virginia Electric Coop (VA, this utility)	351	16.14	1.00

Central Virginia Electric Coop: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Central Virginia Electric Coop	Virginia context	Central Virginia Electric Coop detail
Time-of-use rate for Central Virginia Electric Coop homes	Not on file	7 of 17 Virginia utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Central Virginia Electric Coop
Net-metered installations	858	97% residential	24.0 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.6 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Central Virginia Electric Coop

kWh	Share of a 1,184 kWh month	Cost a month at 16.14 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	21%	$40.36	-$0.84	$484
500	42%	$80.71	-$1.69	$969
750	63%	$121.07	-$2.53	$1,453
1,000	84%	$161.43	-$3.37	$1,937
1,500	127%	$242.14	-$5.06	$2,906
2,000	169%	$322.85	-$6.75	$3,874

Outage record, Central Virginia Electric Coop

Measure, Central Virginia Ele	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	351.0	351.0	5.85 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.610	2.610	0.38 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	134.5	134.5	2.24 h

Territory of Central Virginia Electric Coop

14 Virginia counties, region SERC:

Virginia other states: 14 of 14 counties of Central Virginia Electric Coop drawn

Central Virginia Electric Coop: 14 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Albemarle
Amherst
Appomattox
Augusta
Buckingham
Campbell
Cumberland
Fluvanna
Goochland
Greene
Louisa
Nelson
Orange
Prince Edward

Questions on Central Virginia Electric Coop

How many customers does Central Virginia Electric Coop serve in Virginia?

39,573 accounts in 2024: residential 34,893, commercial 4,652, industrial 28.

What is the average residential rate of Central Virginia Electric Coop?

In 2024 homes paid 16.14 cents; against the Virginia average that is +12.0%.

How reliable is Central Virginia Electric Coop by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 351.0 min and SAIFI 2.61 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 3.53, CAIDI 134 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Central Virginia Electric Coop grid?

858 installations with 7.4 MW, of which residential installations number 836.

What is the monthly bill at Central Virginia Electric Coop for average use?

1,184 kWh at 16.14 cents comes to about $191, energy only.

How does Central Virginia Electric Coop rank on price within Virginia?

Rank 9 of 10 in Virginia on price, +12.0% against the state average; 8 charge less than 16.14 ¢.

How much of the Central Virginia Electric Coop load is business?

Homes take 69.4% of 714,870 MWh, commercial accounts 15.7%, industrial and other 14.9%; the 4,652 commercial accounts use 24,139 kWh each, 1.7 times a home.

Since 2015, has Central Virginia Electric Coop become cheaper than other Virginia utilities?

9th cheapest of 10 in 2015, 9th of 10 in 2024; its price rose 22.0% while Virginia rose 26.7%.

Where does Central Virginia Electric Coop stand among 5 peers?

Place 6 of 6 on home price at 16.14 ¢ (Virginia cooperatives); median 14.70 ¢, cheapest member 11.57 ¢.

Did Central Virginia Electric Coop cut or raise its 2025 home price?

16.16 cents per kWh, +0.1% on the 16.14 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Central Virginia Electric Coop at 16.14 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Baltimore Gas & Electric CoMaryland, 16.12 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Amigo EnergyTexas, 16.19 ¢/kWh, 0.05 ¢ above
Tipmont Rural Elec Member CorpIndiana, 16.07 ¢/kWh, 0.07 ¢ below
Wisconsin Public Service CorpWisconsin, 16.23 ¢/kWh, 0.09 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

2 home plan records, energy charges: 1.5 to 10.3 ¢/kWh.

No time-of-use, tiered or demand-charge plan flagged.

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Central Virginia Electric Coop: rates, outages and net metering

EIA-861 annual report entry for Central Virginia Electric Coop: rates, outages and net metering, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Central Virginia Electric Coop: rates, outages and net metering, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Central Virginia Electric Coop: rates, outages and net metering, the state price average