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Electric Rates 1/40th of the CPI

Electricity is 2.522 percent of the Consumer Price Index. As a fraction, that’s about one-fortieth.

Other components of the CPI with a similar weight on this all-important measure of inflation? Full service meals and snacks, like restaurants, have a weight in the CPI of 2.324. Limited service meals and snacks, like fast food, have a weight of 2.272.

Apparel has a weight in the CPI of 2.464. Used cars and trucks have a weight of 2.544. Hospitals and related services have a weight of 2.308. Motor vehicle insurance has a weight of 2.874.

PUF's Electric Bill Affordability Index

The Electric Bill Affordability Index tracks how much consumers can afford other stuff.

Where's Affordability

Electricity has generally been a shrinking part of consumer expenditures since the great recession, while consumer expenditures have grown.

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Elizabeth Cook

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Lawrence Jones

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Byline:

Stephen Goodman

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Byline:

Jason Price and Ben White

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Andrew Phillips

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