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Electricity · per kwh · 1978 Estimated

$0.05in June 1978 — about $0.24 in today's money.

Price history

$0.10$0.2019801990200020102020$0.05
19782026 · price per kwh · 1978 marked

Record & method

No price was recorded for 1978. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (November 1978) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 0 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.

Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
Series
APU000072610
Estimated for
June 1978
Coverage
November 1978June 2026
Adjusted by
CPIAUCNS · 65.2333.952 (June 2026)
Category curve
CUUR0000SETB01
Back-cast
0 years before the first record · reasonable confidence
License
Public domain

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