PUF's Where's Energy
A Kilowatt-hour, Up or Down?
May 12's Consumer Price Index shows that what American consumers paid for a kilowatt-hour rose an average of 3.6 percent over the twelve months through April. This high a rate of inflation in electricity isn’t surprising since natural gas prices have been rising in recent months. Gas prices matter a lot in what electricity costs.
Rural Energy Priorities
EEI, NARUC, APPA in June
Read our May issue
Our May issue is now available to read online. See the table of contents here.
Co-ops Call on Congress
Joan Bok: First Woman to Chair a Major U.S. Utility
Residential Rates Really
April 13th's Consumer Price Index report showed that consumer prices overall averaged a 2.6 percent increase during the twelve months ending in March. And the report also showed that electricity prices — residential electric rates — averaged a virtually identical 2.5 percent increase during that same period. Economists would say that the real inflation-adjusted increase is thus approximately zero.
Read our April issue
Our April issue is now available to read online. See the table of contents here.