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Cotton to US Commercial Electricity Ratio
The cotton to us commercial electricity ratio is 0.05990 — Cotton at $0.8500 per pound divided by US Commercial Electricity at $14.19 per kWh.
Prices as of Sep 21, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to US Commercial Electricity ratio
1.000 lb of cotton = 0.05990 kWh of us commercial electricity
Inverse (ELEC-COM-US/CT): 16.69 — one kWh of us commercial electricity buys that much cotton.
Above its 1 year average. (75th percentile of the last 1 year)
Cotton
$0.8500
per pound
US Commercial Electricity
$14.19
per kWh
Unit basis: USD per pound ÷ USD per kWh. The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per kWh — so the result is a rate: kWh of us commercial electricity per pound of cotton, not a plain count. Prices as of Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:48:43 GMT.
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1Y average
0.05467
median 0.05448
1Y low
0.04696
Dec 1, 2025
1Y high
0.06204
May 1, 2026
Normal band
0.04953–0.05982
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+1.02σ
4 observations
Cotton to US Commercial Electricity ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/ELEC-COM-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / US Commercial Electricity price chart below.
CT/ELEC-COM-US ratio line
How many kWh of US Commercial Electricity one lb of Cotton buys, over 1Y.
CT/ELEC-COM-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CT/ELEC-COM-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Cotton and US Commercial Electricity prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the cotton to us commercial electricity ratio
Cotton to US Commercial Electricity ratio = Cotton price in USD per pound ÷ US Commercial Electricity price in USD per kWh
The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per kWh — so the result is a rate: kWh of us commercial electricity per pound of cotton, not a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $0.8500 per pound ÷ $14.19 per kWh = 0.05990. The inverse is 16.69.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to us commercial electricity ratio today?
The cotton to us commercial electricity ratio is 0.05990 — Cotton at $0.8500 per pound divided by US Commercial Electricity at $14.19 per kWh, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the cotton to us commercial electricity ratio?
Divide the cotton price per pound by the us commercial electricity price per kWh. The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per kWh — so the result is a rate: kWh of us commercial electricity per pound of cotton, not a plain count.
What is the inverse of the cotton to us commercial electricity ratio?
The inverse, us commercial electricity to cotton, is 16.69 — how many pounds of cotton one kWh of us commercial electricity buys.