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Chair Danner on Decarb and Gas

Excerpts from the National Regulatory Research Institute webinar “Pathways to Decarbonization.”

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

City residents paid almost 25% less for electricity than rural households.

EEI, NARUC, APPA in June

For some people, I will admit, June means the start of summer.

Read our May issue

Our May issue is now available to read online. See the table of contents here.

Co-ops Call on Congress

NRECA CEO Jim Matheson talked about the three big issues electric co-op leaders are discussing in meetings with the U.S. Congress.

Joan Bok: First Woman to Chair a Major U.S. Utility

In 1984 she became Chair of New England Electric System (now a part of National Grid US).

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.

Are You a Vet?

Steve Mitnick is interviewing veterans of our military services who are now in the utilities industry.

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