Electricity · per kwh · 1979 Verified
$0.05in June 1979 — about $0.23 in today's money.
- Price in 1979$0.05
- Same money today$0.23
- Actual price now · June 2026$0.20
- Change since 1979+300%
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded it in June 1979; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU000072610
- Observed
- June 1979
- Coverage
- November 1978 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 72.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain