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An Exelon Leader Looks Ahead to 2024

Exelon

"We’ve announced that with PJM, we’ve been awarded several large transmission projects that first will help replace aging fossil generation. At the same time, will provide and facilitate more clean energy options."

Byline:

Dave Velazquez

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What I Want to Write About

So Many Issues, So Little Time

What do you want to write about, to impact the sustainable resilient affordable debate?

Byline:

Steve Mitnick

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Affordability and Energy Transformation Investment

How does the scale of investment affect customers’ affordability?

Ratemaking and Consumer Behavior

What’s a utility provider to do when talking about rate increase proposals?

January's Electric and Gas Rates

Overall CPI was up 3.1% from January 2023 for all goods and services.

PUF Affordability Seminars

PUF has developed two seminars on affordability, one for an organization’s leaders and communications professionals, the other for its and regulatory professionals.

Fun Fact of the Week

American consumers paid 20.6 times more per household in Q4 2023 than in Q4 1959, adjusting for population growth.

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.

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