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Northern Virginia Elec Coop electricity: 182,074 accounts in Virginia, SAIDI 62 min in 2024
Northern Virginia Elec Coop is a cooperative utility serving 182,074 customer accounts in Virginia; 167,274 of them are residential. Businesses and industry take 81% of the 12,231,081 MWh it sells; homes take 19%.
At 1,144 kWh a month a Northern Virginia Elec Coop home pays about $132 in energy: 11.57 ¢/kWh, 19.7% below the Virginia average of 14.41 ¢.
Businesses and industry take 81% of the 12,231,081 MWh it sells; homes take 19%.
Who buys power from Northern Virginia Elec Coop
Business share of sales
81%homes 19% of 12,231,081 MWh
The customer mix of Northern Virginia Elec Coop is its own: 167,274 home accounts buy 18.8% of 12,231,081 MWh, 14,796 commercial accounts buy 81.0%, and the remaining 0.2% goes to 4 industrial and other accounts. A typical Northern Virginia Elec Coop home uses 13,727 kWh a year, a typical business account 669,950.
How it compares
Northern Virginia Elec Coop
Northern Virginia Elec Coop, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Northern Virginia Elec CoopLowest in this table
11.57 ¢/kWh
6.21 ¢/kWh
$132at 1,144 kWh
62 minSAIDI
Virginia average against this company, which is 1 of 10 on price
No 2025 early-release row for Northern Virginia Elec Coop; 2024 stays the latest year.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop 2024 against Virginia 2025
-3.71 ¢11.57 ¢ for Northern Virginia Elec Coop in 2024, 15.28 ¢ for Virginia in 2025
Northern Virginia Elec Coop has no 2025 early-release row; for its 167,274 home accounts the latest year is 2024, at 11.57 ¢/kWh and 62 SAIDI minutes.
Carbon context
Northern Virginia Elec Coop serves 167,274 homes in Virginia. At 1,144 kWh a month that is about 279 kg of CO₂, or 3,343 kg a year, at the Virginia plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Virginia generation mix.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop charts
Residential price since 2015: 11.57 ¢ in 2024
12.65 ¢ in 2015, 11.57 ¢ in 2024 (-8.6%); Virginia 11.37 to 14.41 ¢.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Northern Virginia Elec Coop billed homes 12.65 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 11.57 ¢ in 2024, -8.6% in all, and lagged the Virginia average (+26.7%) by 35.3 points. Northern Virginia Elec Coop's sharpest move came in 2024, -16.9%. The high is 13.92 ¢ (2023) and the low 11.44 ¢ (2016). 2024: -16.9% here, +1.1% for the Virginia average. SAIDI at Northern Virginia Elec Coop (major events excluded) rose from 50 minutes in 2015 to 62 in 2024, +25%; worst year 2024 at 62. At 62 minutes in 2024, Northern Virginia Elec Coop sat -37 from the national SAIDI median, with 4 of 4 years below it. 2023: 111 minutes with major events, 40 without, the widest gap of any year. Northern Virginia Elec Coop has 0 cheaper and 9 higher-priced Virginia peers among 10 with 20,000+ homes. Next higher-priced, A & N Electric Coop, bills 13.02 ¢ (+1.45).
The data favor customers here: bills run 19.7% under the Virginia norm, and 62 outage minutes sit 37% under the national median.
Home accounts at Northern Virginia Elec Coop went from 148,766 in 2015 to 167,274 in 2024, +12.4%. Business customers paid 0.54 times the home price in 2024 (6.21 against 11.57 ¢); the ratio was 0.91 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.76 in 2015 to 0.77 in 2024, between 0.57 and 0.77.
Outages and home price of Northern Virginia Elec Coop (EIA utility 13640), 2013 to 2024
By 2024 the average Northern Virginia Elec Coop customer sat through 62 minutes of outage, against 51 in 2014 (+21%). Its best year was 2023 (40 min), its worst 2024 (62 min), across 5 filed years. Against a Virginia median of 169 minutes in 2024, Northern Virginia Elec Coop was below the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Northern Virginia Elec Coop home paid 11.87 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 15.71 ¢ in 2013, −24.4%; the bill itself went 11.37 ¢ to 11.57 ¢ (+1.8%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,885 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,425 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 20th cheapest of 29 in 2013, 4th of 20 in 2024 among Virginia utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop outage minutes a customer, 2014 to 2024: 62 in 2024
Northern Virginia Elec Coop at 62 min in 2024 and the Virginia median at 169.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop home price since 2013: −24.4% after inflation
Northern Virginia Elec Coop: 11.87 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 11.57 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Northern Virginia Elec Coop, EIA utility 13640, year by year among Virginia utilities
Northern Virginia Elec Coop 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Northern Virginia Elec Coop
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Northern Virginia Elec Coop
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Northern Virginia Elec Coop
Virginia median SAIDI
2013
11.37
15.71
20 of 29
–
–
–
–
2014
11.89
16.16
20 of 29
51
0.71
4 of 13
141
2015
12.65
17.19
20 of 29
50
0.76
4 of 16
160
2016
11.44
15.35
13 of 29
46
0.64
3 of 16
165
2017
11.90
15.63
17 of 29
–
–
–
–
2018
11.98
15.37
16 of 29
–
–
–
–
2019
12.53
15.78
19 of 30
–
–
–
–
2020
11.52
14.34
8 of 21
–
–
–
–
2021
12.06
14.33
13 of 21
–
–
–
–
2022
13.28
14.61
12 of 21
–
–
–
–
2023
13.92
14.70
9 of 21
40
0.57
2 of 14
145
2024
11.57
11.87
4 of 20
62
0.77
4 of 13
169
Northern Virginia Elec Coop, EIA utility 13640: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Northern Virginia Elec Coop?
Northern Virginia Elec Coop files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Virginia, cooperatives serve 17% of residential customers at an average 13.8 cents per kWh, 5% below investor-owned utilities in Virginia. Northern Virginia Elec Coop itself averaged 11.6 cents, 2.2 cents below its type in Virginia.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 5,252 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 3.2 per 100 accounts (Virginia: 12.7; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Northern Virginia Elec Coop customer was without power 62 minutes without major events and 95 with them. That is 4th fewest of 12 Virginia utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Virginia utility reported 169 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 29% of its 189,798 residential meters.
How big is Northern Virginia Elec Coop in Virginia, by customer accounts?
182,074 accounts in 2024: residential 167,274, commercial 14,796, industrial 4.
How many cents per kWh does Northern Virginia Elec Coop charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 11.57 cents; against the Virginia average that is -19.7%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Northern Virginia Elec Coop?
SAIDI 62.4 min and SAIFI 0.77 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.63, CAIDI 81 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Northern Virginia Elec Coop?
3,736 installations with 42.2 MW, of which residential installations number 3,602.
What would a typical Northern Virginia Elec Coop home pay each month?
1,144 kWh at 11.57 cents comes to about $132, energy only.
Is Northern Virginia Elec Coop cheaper than other Virginia utilities?
Rank 1 of 10 in Virginia on price, -19.7% against the state average; 0 charge less than 11.57 ¢.
How much of the Northern Virginia Elec Coop load is business?
Homes take 18.8% of 12,231,081 MWh, commercial accounts 81.0%, industrial and other 0.2%; the 14,796 commercial accounts use 669,950 kWh each, 48.8 times a home.
Does Northern Virginia Elec Coop have smart meters or TOU rates?
55,057 of 189,798 home meters are AMI, 29.0%. Northern Virginia Elec Coop reports no home time-of-use rate; 7 of 17 Virginia filers do.
Since 2015, has Northern Virginia Elec Coop become cheaper than other Virginia utilities?
6th cheapest of 10 in 2015, 1st of 10 in 2024; its price rose -8.6% while Virginia rose 26.7%.
How does Northern Virginia Elec Coop compare with 5 similar utilities?
Place 1 of 6 on home price at 11.57 ¢ (Virginia cooperatives); median 14.70 ¢, cheapest member 11.57 ¢.
Has Northern Virginia Elec Coop filed 2025 data with EIA?
Not yet: 11.57 cents and 62 SAIDI minutes (2024) remain the newest Northern Virginia Elec Coop record.
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Northern Virginia Elec Coop at 11.57 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Northern Virginia Elec Coop electricity: 182,074 accounts in Virginia, SAIDI 62 min in 2024, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Northern Virginia Elec Coop electricity: 182,074 accounts in Virginia, SAIDI 62 min in 2024, the state price average
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At 1,144 kWh a month a Northern Virginia Elec Coop home pays about $132 in energy: 11.57 ¢/kWh, 19.7% below the Virginia average of 14.41 ¢.
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Electric Consumer. (2026). Northern Virginia Elec Coop customer mix: 11.57 ¢/kWh in 2024, SAIDI 62 min. Data as of 26 October 2026. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://electricconsumer.org/companies/northern-virginia-elec-coop.html
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author = "Electric Consumer",
title = {Northern Virginia Elec Coop customer mix: 11.57 ¢/kWh in 2024, SAIDI 62 min},
year = {2026},
url = {https://electricconsumer.org/companies/northern-virginia-elec-coop.html},
note = {Data as of 26 October 2026. Accessed 26 October 2026}
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