15.48¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Southside Electric Coop / VA ]
Southside Electric Coop electricity rates in Virginia
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+0.0%
vs 2024
57,305
residential customers
+6.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Southside Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (15.48¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.15¢ | — | 53,193 |
| 2016 | 13.52¢ | −4.5% | 53,364 |
| 2017 | 12.83¢ | −5.1% | 53,757 |
| 2018 | 12.98¢ | +1.2% | 54,095 |
| 2019 | 13.87¢ | +6.9% | 54,428 |
| 2020 | 14.52¢ | +4.7% | 54,903 |
| 2021 | 13.04¢ | −10.2% | 55,498 |
| 2022 | 14.89¢ | +14.2% | 55,919 |
| 2023 | 15.02¢ | +0.9% | 56,366 |
| 2024 | 15.48¢ | +3.1% | 56,846 |
| 2025 | 15.48¢ | +0.0% | 57,305 |
How this compares
15.28¢
Virginia average, 2025
+1.3%
Southside Electric Coop vs VA 2025 average
−10.2%
vs US 2025 average
#8
priciest in VA
Serves 18 counties in Virginia: Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Sussex. 84 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Southside Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Southside Electric Coop is on file with the Virginia State Corporation Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +0.0% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Southside Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Southside Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 15.48¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Virginia's 2025 average was 15.28¢.
How much have Southside Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+6.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +40.1% for Virginia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Southside Electric Coop have in Virginia?
57,305 residential customers in 2025, across 18 counties including Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the Virginia State Corporation Commission docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)