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  "as_of": "2026-10-23",
  "records": [
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      "price": "Petrol and diesel",
      "chokepoint": [
        "High",
        "Hormuz, 2026"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "High",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "Medium",
        "Taxes and oil company pricing"
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Down",
        "Electric vehicles cut demand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "price": "LPG",
      "chokepoint": [
        "High",
        "Saudi price +46% in 2026"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "High",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "High",
        "Subsidised and set by the government"
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ]
    },
    {
      "price": "Natural gas and LNG",
      "chokepoint": [
        "High",
        "Qatar exports pass Hormuz"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "Medium",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "Medium",
        "Domestic gas price formula"
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Medium",
        "Cold winters abroad"
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ]
    },
    {
      "price": "Coal",
      "chokepoint": [
        "Low",
        "Mostly mined at home"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "High",
        "Coal India notified prices"
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Medium",
        "Monsoon floods mines"
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Down",
        "Solar competes for power"
      ]
    },
    {
      "price": "Grid electricity",
      "chokepoint": [
        "Medium",
        "Imported coal and gas"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "High",
        "Tariffs set by regulators"
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Medium",
        "Heatwaves raise peak cost"
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Down",
        "Cheaper solar and storage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "price": "Solar power",
      "chokepoint": [
        "Medium",
        "Equipment from China"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "Medium",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Down",
        "Costs still falling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "price": "Batteries",
      "chokepoint": [
        "Medium",
        "Mineral export controls"
      ],
      "currency": [
        "Medium",
        ""
      ],
      "administered": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "weather": [
        "Low",
        ""
      ],
      "technology": [
        "Down",
        "Packs 8% cheaper in 2025"
      ]
    }
  ]
}