This statistic gives the consumer price estimates for retail electricity from 1970 to 2005 in the U.S. In 2000, the consumer price estimate for the retail electricity sector came to 20.03 U.S. dollars per million British thermal units.
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Consumer price estimates for retail electricity in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015
(in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)
Characteristic
Price estimates in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units
2015
30.66
2014
30.74
2013
29.64
2012
28.98
2011
29.12
2010
28.92
2005
23.92
2000
20.03
1995
20.29
1990
19.32
1985
19.05
1980
13.95
1975
8.61
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EIA. (June 30, 2017). Consumer price estimates for retail electricity in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/190588/consumer-price-estimates-for-retail-electricity-since-1970/
EIA. "Consumer price estimates for retail electricity in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units)." Chart. June 30, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/190588/consumer-price-estimates-for-retail-electricity-since-1970/
EIA. (2017). Consumer price estimates for retail electricity in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/190588/consumer-price-estimates-for-retail-electricity-since-1970/
EIA. "Consumer Price Estimates for Retail Electricity in The U.S. from 1970 to 2015 (in U.S. Dollars per Million British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/190588/consumer-price-estimates-for-retail-electricity-since-1970/
EIA, Consumer price estimates for retail electricity in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/190588/consumer-price-estimates-for-retail-electricity-since-1970/ (last visited July 18, 2025)
Consumer price estimates for retail electricity in the U.S. from 1970 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars per million British thermal units) [Graph], EIA, June 30, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/190588/consumer-price-estimates-for-retail-electricity-since-1970/
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