April's Electric and Gas Rates

April’s Consumer Price Index was reported on May 15. The overall CPI, for all goods and services, was up 3.4 percent as compared with a year earlier – April 2023.

This follows the recent trend of inflation that is moderate. Though not as low as desired.

Better news about average weekly earnings. They’re now 3.9 percent greater than a year earlier.

The average price or rate per therm for utility natural gas service was down 1.9 percent as compared with a year earlier.

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