Other materials that may require a professional wash service include rugs, carpets, curtains, blankets, fabric and leather covers for seats and other furniture. (photo credit: zazzle.ca) This demand for laundry and dry cleaning services in Africa is expected to explode in the coming years. Africaâs urban (city) population has been growing at roughly 3.5 percent every year and more than 500 million Africans will become city people by 2030.
Households paid a record $1,419 on average for electricity in 2010, the fifth consecutive yearly increase above the inflation rate, a USA TODAY analysis of government data found. The jump has added about $300 a year to what households pay for electricity.
New York State has the third highest residential electric rates in the United States; only Connecticut and Hawaii have higher rates. New York is 19.48 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), Connecticut is 20.24, and Hawaii is 36.94 cents per kWh.ates in New York State are almost twice the national average. You can see a list of all 50 states and their Residential, Commercial and Industrial average retail price of electricity on the Energy Information Administration website. (The information on this site is updated monthly.