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Herndon electricity and gas rates

Who supplies power and gas to Herndon houses and what a typical house uses: about 1032 kWh of electricity and 50 therms of gas a month.

Electricity: Dominion Energy Virginia

Schedule 1 residential service: $7.58 basic customer charge a month, plus distribution, generation, transmission and fuel charges per kWh and the riders in the Exhibit of Applicable Riders. Generation above 800 kWh costs 4.6243¢ per kWh in June through September and 2.6965¢ in October through May.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$7.58 a month
First 800 kWhs a month17.61¢
Next kWhs above 800 a month16.70¢

Gas: Columbia Gas of Virginia

Rate Schedule RS, Residential Sales Service: a $33.00 customer charge, which is the minimum monthly charge, and a billing rate of $17.159 per dekatherm (Dth) from October 12, 2026 for customers not on transportation service in the last 12 months, including the purchased gas adjustment (PGA). Therm rates are the Dth rates divided by 10.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$33.00 a month
Per therm$1.7159

Ways to pay less

  • Low income: Dominion Energy PIPP sets your electric bill by income. Under Dominion Energy's Percentage of Income Payment Program, the monthly bill amount is based on a percentage of household income and primary heat source. How: See Dominion Energy's Percentage of Income Payment Program page for how to apply.

Sources

  1. Columbia Gas of Virginia: Virginia gas tariff, with current rate sheets (PDF)
  2. Dominion Energy Virginia: Schedule 1 Residential Service (PDF)
  3. Dominion Energy Virginia: Fuel Charge Rider A (PDF)
  4. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider C1A (PDF)
  5. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider C4A (PDF)
  6. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider CERC (PDF)
  7. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider DIST (PDF)
  8. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider E (PDF)
  9. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider GEN (PDF)
  10. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider SMR (PDF)
  11. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider SNA (PDF)
  12. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider T1 (PDF)
  13. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider CCR (PDF)
  14. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider CE (PDF)
  15. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider OSW (PDF)
  16. Dominion Energy Virginia: Rider RPS (PDF)
  17. Dominion Energy Virginia: Deferred Fuel Cost Charge (PDF)
  18. Dominion Energy Virginia: Consumption Tax (PDF)
  19. EIA: 2024 average monthly residential electricity use by state (PDF)
  20. EIA: Virginia natural gas consumption by end use
  21. EIA: Virginia number of natural gas consumers
  22. Dominion Energy: Percentage of Income Payment Program

Checked October 22, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.