By capping U.S. carbon emissions, the Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-trade bill (known as the "American Power Act") would raise consumer prices for gasoline, electricity and a wide range of other consumer products. The following calculator estimates the annual burden your household would face if the Kerry-Lieberman bill is enacted.

All figures are based on the forthcoming Institute for Energy Research study, "Paying for the 'American Power Act': A Distributional Analysis of the Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Bill." (All figures in 2010 dollars.)