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Phila.-area energy costs top U.S. average

Consumers in the Philadelphia area paid 28 percent more than the U.S. city average for electricity and 22.8 percent more for natural gas in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Consumers in the Philadelphia area paid 28 percent more than the U.S. city average for electricity and 22.8 percent more for natural gas in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The percentage difference was largely unchanged from a year earlier.

Gasoline prices, which averaged $2.913 a gallon in November, were about a penny more than the national average.    - Andrew Maykuth