Outside of Pole Line Hardware (+8.3%); Power Wire & Cable (+7.3%); and Building  Wire & Cable (+5.6%), monthly increases in Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index (EPI) were quite mild.  On a monthly basis, EPI prices in total increased +1.3%, about a point over the historical monthly average of +0.22%. Year-over-year price increases were much more dramatic, with Power Wire & Cable up +24.2%; and Building Wire up +17.3%