State
West Virginia
Who serves its customers, 2025
| Kind of utility | Customers | Share of customers |
|---|---|---|
| Investor owned | 1,019,234 | 98.9% |
| Other | 11,071 | 1.1% |
Customers of full-service and energy-only providers, as EIA counts them; delivery-only customers are the same people, so they are not counted twice.
U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Form EIA-861) · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0 May be out of date. The next release was due by Oct 7, 2027. Last checked for an update: Oct 31, 2026.
Average price by sector, 2025
| Sector | Average price (cents per kWh) |
|---|---|
| Residential | 15.39 |
| Commercial | 11.73 |
| Industrial | 8.11 |
Revenue from every kind of service over sales counted once, as EIA computes its state averages.
Capacity and generation by fuel
| Fuel | Capacity | Net generation in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Bituminous coal | 12,907.1 MW | 45,940,133 MWh |
| Natural gas | 1,370.7 MW | 3,309,943 MWh |
| Wind | 856 MW | 1,991,205 MWh |
| Hydro | 370.6 MW | 1,422,753 MWh |
| Solar | 259.3 MW | 233,429 MWh |
| WC | 164.6 MW | 331,538 MWh |
| Batteries | 110.5 MW | -5,588 MWh |
| JF | 18.5 MW | 289 MWh |
| Landfill gas | 3.2 MW | 6,794 MWh |
| Distillate fuel oil | 141,612 MWh | |
| Subbituminous coal | 0 MWh | |
| RC | 0 MWh | |
| WO | 32 MWh | |
| Petroleum coke | 0 MWh | |
| OG | 17,314 MWh |
Balancing authorities serving it: PJM.
U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0 May be out of date. The next release was due by Sep 10, 2027. Last checked for an update: Oct 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0 May be out of date. The next release was due by Sep 11, 2027. Last checked for an update: Oct 31, 2026.
Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025
| Type | Active capacity (MW) | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 1,110 | 18 |
| Wind | 763 | 5 |
| Storage | 30 | 1 |
| Gas | 2,765 | 5 |
| Hybrid | 556 | 5 |
| Other | 137 | 3 |
Requests still active in an interconnection queue at the end of 2025. Most never get built. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · Queued Up: Interconnection Queue Data File (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) · data for 2025 · as of May 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0 May be out of date. The next release was due by May 7, 2027. Last checked for an update: Oct 31, 2026.
Utilities
| Utility | Ownership, as EIA reports it | Customers | Sales (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co | Investor Owned | 416,767 | 11,811,501 |
| Monongahela Power Co | Investor Owned | 397,362 | 12,911,309 |
| The Potomac Edison Company | Investor Owned | 160,340 | 3,897,700 |
| Wheeling Power Co | Investor Owned | 41,072 | 4,849,758 |
| Adjustment 2025 | 11,017 | 159,661 | |
| Black Diamond Power Co | Investor Owned | 3,693 | 47,764 |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | 54 | 50 |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 0 | 0 |
A utility with too few reported figures for its own page is listed here with what it reported.
Power plants (52)
| Plant | County | Nameplate capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| John E Amos | Putnam | 2,932.6 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station | Harrison | 2,052 MW | Monongahela Power Co |
| Mt Storm | Grant | 1,680.9 MW | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| Mitchell (WV) | Marshall | 1,632.6 MW | Kentucky Power Co |
| Pleasants Power Station | Pleasants | 1,368 MW | Omnis Pleasants, LLC |
| Mountaineer | Mason | 1,300 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station | Monongalia | 1,152 MW | Monongahela Power Co |
| Longview Power Plant | Monongalia | 807.5 MW | Longview Power, LLC |
| Ceredo Generating Station | Wayne | 519 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| Pleasants Energy LLC | Pleasants | 382.8 MW | Pleasants Energy LLC |
| Big Sandy Peaker Plant | Wayne | 353.4 MW | Middle River Power II, LLC |
| NedPower Mount Storm | Grant | 264 MW | Clearway Energy Operating LLC |
| BHER Ravenswood Solar 1 | Jackson | 192.1 MW | BHER Ravenswood Solar 1, LLC |
| Axiall Natrium Plant | Marshall | 115.5 MW | Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant |
| Black Rock Wind | Mineral | 115 MW | Black Rock Wind Force, LLC |
| New Creek Wind | Grant | 103 MW | New Creek Wind, LLC |
| Hawks Nest Hydro | Fayette | 102 MW | Hawks Nest Hydro LLC |
| Beech Ridge Energy LLC | Greenbrier | 100.5 MW | Invenergy Services LLC |
| Laurel Mountain Hybrid | Barbour | 97.6 MW | AES Distributed Energy |
| Blake Solar Plant | Jefferson | 96 MW | Horus West Virginia 1, LLC |
| Grant Town Power Plant | Marion | 95.7 MW | American Bituminous Power LP |
| Gauley River Power Partners | Nicholas | 80 MW | Central Rivers Power WV, LLC |
| Morgantown Energy Facility | Monongalia | 68.9 MW | Morgantown Energy Associates |
| Mountaineer Wind Energy Center | Tucker | 66 MW | Sequitur Renewables, LLC |
| Beech Ridge II Wind Energy Center | Greenbrier | 56.2 MW | Southern Power Co |
| Pinnacle Wind Force LLC | Mineral | 53.7 MW | Pinnacle Wind, LLC |
| Willow Island Hydroelectric Plant | Pleasants | 44 MW | American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc |
| Belleville Dam | Wood | 42 MW | American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc |
| New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro | Wetzel | 37.4 MW | New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro |
| Beech Ridge Energy Storage | Greenbrier | 31.5 MW | Invenergy Services LLC |
| Winfield | Putnam | 24.5 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| Capon Bridge Solar LLC | Hampshire | 20 MW | Capon Bridge Solar LLC |
| Fort Martin Solar | Monongalia | 18.9 MW | Monongahela Power Co |
| London | Kanawha | 14.4 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| Marmet | Kanawha | 14.4 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| Glen Ferris Hydro | Fayette | 6.2 MW | Hawks Nest Hydro LLC |
| Marlowe Solar | Berkeley | 5.8 MW | Monongahela Power Co |
| Rivesville Solar | Marion | 5.5 MW | Monongahela Power Co |
| New River Clean Energy | Raleigh | 3.2 MW | Cox Enterprises |
| Millville Hydro Station | Jefferson | 2.8 MW | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC |
| Dam No. 4 Hydro Station | Jefferson | 1.9 MW | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC |
| Dam No. 5 Hydro Station | Berkeley | 1 MW | Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC |
| Bedington Energy Facility, LLC | Berkeley | 0 MW | Bedington Energy Facility, LLC |
| Davis Solar (WV) | Tucker | 0 MW | Monongahela Power Co |
| Morgantown L&D Hydroelectric Project | Monongalia | 0 MW | Rye Development |
| New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project | Hancock | 0 MW | Current Hydro Project 19, LLC |
| Opekiska L&D Hydroelectric Project | Monongalia | 0 MW | Rye Development |
| Parks Valley Energy LLC | Hampshire | 0 MW | Parks Valley Energy LLC |
| R.C. Byrd L&D Hydroelectric Project | Mason | 0 MW | Ohio Power and Light LLC |
| Tygart Hydropower | Taylor | 0 MW | Agilitas Energy, Inc. |
| Wolf Summit Energy | Harrison | 0 MW | Wolf Summit Energy LLC |
| Wylie Ridge Solar | Hancock | 0 MW | Monongahela Power Co |