More from the article ...

... One year in, the price of gasoline is down about 10%. But the U.S. oil industry is definitely not drilling, baby, drilling.

The price of oil is just too low to justify more of it -- although within the last year, companies have won major lobbying victories that soothe that sting.

Meanwhile, electricity costs are rising and expected to rise more. ...

The U.S. benchmark price for oil is down about 20% from where it was a year ago, and the average retail gasoline price " the price drivers pay at the pump -- is down nearly 10%. ...