Below are the monthly updates from the most current February 2022 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and December 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). The release of the December 2021 utility rate data provides a moment to assess the effect of the state’s energy policies on the ceaseless rise in the […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current January 2022 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and November 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). The results continue to reflect elevated oil and gas prices, as demand fueled by the recovery has outpaced the restoration of supplies affected by pandemic shutdowns and […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current December 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and October 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). With the sole exception of a minor (1 to 2 cents vs. 6 to 10 cents in the other states) easing in fuels, energy costs continued […]
Download Report Below are the monthly updates from the most current November 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and September 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). The most recent data reflects continuing rises in energy costs from California’s regulatory policies, but also incorporates more national and global effects as limits on […]
Download Report In August, California’s rising energy costs again broke new barriers as the average residential electricity rate (12-month moving average) surged to the highest among the contiguous states. California’s residential price currently is on course to surpass high-cost Alaska as well. While California leaders often lay claim to the state leading in a number […]
Download Report Below are the monthly updates from the most current September 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and July 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). The sustained escalation in both energy prices and average monthly costs reinforces a reminder that rising costs of living and rising costs of doing business […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current August 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and June 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration).
Below are the monthly updates from the most current July 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and May 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration).
Below are the monthly updates from the most current June 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and April 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). Continuing the trends indicated in prior reports, energy prices rose across all sources, keeping energy costs for households and the state’s employers at or near the top […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current May 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and March 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). The average annual residential electric bill in California as of March surpassed the average for the rest of the US for the first time. Passing this milepost is […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current April 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and February 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration).
Below are the monthly updates from the most current March 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and January 2021 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). Even during the current economic downturn, energy prices continued to rise due to state policies, putting additional pressure on total housing costs and adding to California’s highest-in-the-nation […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current February 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and December 2020 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). Utility Bills Matter as Well Much of the legislation establishing the state’s climate change program elements has sidestepped the question of costs, to households, to employers, and […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current January 2021 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and November 2020 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Administration). Energy prices continued to climb as a result of the state’s regulations and energy policies, further raising cost barriers to jobs recovery and further burdening the 2.3 […]
Below are the monthly updates from the most current December 2020 fuel price data (GasBuddy.com) and October 2020 electricity and natural gas price data (US Energy Information Agency). While the state’s regulatory surcharge on fuels eased slightly in December, prices for other energy components continued to climb higher. The resulting high costs on housing, transportation, […]