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Electricity prices vs inflation

Both from BLS CPI, indexed for comparison

Since January 1990, U.S. electricity prices have risen 175% while all consumer prices rose 162%.
Electricity has outpaced overall inflation by 5 percentage points cumulatively.

U.S. electricity price vs all-items CPI, both indexed to 100 at January 1990. Source: BLS via FRED (CUUR0000SEHF01, CPIAUCNS).

Both lines are the official BLS indexes rebased to a common starting point so the growth rates compare directly.