Friday, November 13, 2026
Households paid an average of 18.16 cents a kilowatt-hour for electricity in August 2026, 3.4 per cent more than a year earlier, according to the Energy Information Administration. Prices rose in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Hawaii's rose 22.5 per cent and Connecticut's fell 18.8 per cent; the August 2026 figures are preliminary.
U.S. goods exports in the first nine months of 2026 were $1.85 trillion, $230 billion or 14.2 per cent more than a year earlier, by our sum of Census Bureau state data. Texas and Louisiana supplied $105 billion of the increase. Exports fell in ten states, led by Alabama.
The Energy Information Administration's November Short-Term Energy Outlook, published on 10 November 2026, puts Brent crude at an average of $97 a barrel this year and $86 in 2027. It is the fourth monthly increase in a row in the 2027 forecast, which stood at about $65 in July. The agency expects prices near $100 for the rest of this year.