Typical customer: Worth it

Dominion Energy Virginia and solar

Dominion Energy Virginia is an investor-owned utility serving about 2,517,958 homes in Virginia, North Carolina. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.

Average price (2026 est.): 16.3¢1% below Virginia average
Typical bill: $1711,049 kWh a month
Exports credited: 15¢Full retail net metering
Typical payback: 12.4 yrs9.1 kW, cash

Export rules for Dominion Energy Virginia customers

Full retail net metering — about 15¢ per exported kWh, annual netting.

NEM 2.0 (from 2026-04-30): annual netting retained; year-end surplus at 5.829 c; $1/mo admin fee; 30-minute data collection only.

Source

Net metering (Terms & Conditions XXV, filing eff 2026-02-05): monthly netting at full retail; excess carried forward as kWh credit; at end of each 12-month net-metering period, excess generation is paid only under a PPA, at the PJM DOM zone day-ahead annual simple-average LMP (otherwise no compensation)

Virginia net metering details

Solar for a typical Dominion Energy Virginia home

System	9.1 kW (100% of 1,049 kWh/month)
Cost	$25,795
First-year savings	$1,986
Payback	12.4 years
25-year net	$36,148

Uses the utility's average price; time-of-use plans can change this, so pick your plan in the calculator.

Current residential rate plans

Rates we verified from Dominion Energy Virginia's tariff documents. Prices are per kWh including the main riders where noted; check your bill for the plan you're on.

Schedule 1: Residential Service

Plan for solar customers. Effective 2026-09-01. Fixed charge $7.58/month.

Period	Price
12am–12am (4 months)	17.5¢
12am–12am (8 months)	17.4¢

All-in $/kWh: summer (Jun-Sep) first 800 = 0.17532, over 800 = 0.17826; winter (Oct-May) first 800 = 0.17418, over 800 = 0.15898. Base: distribution 3.5690/2.3596c, generation 3.1212/4.6243c summer, 3.0064/2.6965c winter, transmission 0.970c (Schedule 1 eff 2026-07-01). Riders (Schedule 1 values, latest eff 2026-09-01) total 9.8723c: A fuel 3.7648, T1 1.2730, OSW 1.1362, DIST 0.7685, CE 0.6054, GEN 0.5729, RPS 0.5520, SNA 0.4027, deferred fuel 0.2901, CCR 0.1765, C4A 0.1322, CERC 0.0754, E 0.0625, C1A 0.0454, SMR 0.0147, RGGI 0.

Tariff document

Solar adoption

Homes with solar (2025): 55,340
Share of customers: 2.2%
Residential solar capacity: 398 MW
Residential customers: 2,517,958

EIA-861, 2025.

Questions about Dominion Energy Virginia and solar

Does Dominion Energy Virginia have net metering?

NEM 2.0 (from 2026-04-30): annual netting retained; year-end surplus at 5.829 c; $1/mo admin fee; 30-minute data collection only. Exported power is credited at about 15¢ per kWh.

How much does electricity cost with Dominion Energy Virginia?

Residential customers paid an average of 15.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 16.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 1,049 kWh a month, a bill of about $171.

Is solar worth it with Dominion Energy Virginia?

For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 9.1 kW system costing about $25,795 pays back in about 12.4 years, with $36,148 net over 25 years.

How many Dominion Energy Virginia customers have solar?

About 55,340 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 2.2% of residential customers (EIA-861).

Legal name: Virginia Electric & Power Co (EIA ID 19876). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026, utility tariff sheets.