Energy Price Volatility, Poverty Data Posted on NCLC Website

State-by-state tables detailing volatility of natural gas and electricity prices for the past 13 years have been posted on the website of the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC).

The volatility analyses are a tool that advocates and researchers can use to compare average annual volatility for natural gas and electricity for the pre-and post deregulation years.

NCLC used the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration residential natural gas and electricity monthly price data for each state, graphed it along with long-term trend lines, and calculated annual price volatility in adjoining tables.

To view the graphs and tables, go to http://www.nclc.org/issues/energy_and_utility/tables_poverty.shtml and click on the desired state.

Similarly, NCLC has compiled state-by-state tables that detail ratio of income to poverty changes that occurred between the 1990 and 2000 Census surveys. These tables are located at http://www.nclc.org/issues/energy_and_utility/tables_income.shtml

"Whenever we work for new low-income payment assistance or efficiency resources, or push for enhanced regulatory consumer protections, we need to provide decision-makers with good poverty and price data," said NCLC's John Howat, the author of the tables.

For more information about the tables, contact Howat at jhowat@nclc.org or 617-542-8010 ext. 328

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