December2015

Table3

Table3.Selectednationalaveragenaturalgasprices,20102015
(dollarsperthousandcubicfeet,exceptwherenoted)

YearandMonth
2010AnnualAverage
2011AnnualAverage
2012AnnualAverage

2013
January
February
March
April

May

June

July

August
September

October
November

December

AnnualAverage

2014
January
February
March
April

May

June

July

August
September

October
November

December

AnnualAverage

2015
January
February
March
April

May

June

July

August
September

October

201510MonthYTD
201410MonthYTD
201310MonthYTD

NGPL
Composite
SpotPricea
11.83
15.12
10.98

9.84
9.91
9.57
9.64
9.48
9.06
9.56
10.21
10.26
10.41
10.42
10.76

9.94

11.61
11.94
10.03
10.26
10.02
10.17
9.94
9.69
9.86
8.75
7.84
5.63

9.56

5.08
5.70
5.52
5.58
5.25
4.78
4.73
4.42
4.89
4.95

5.08
10.17
9.80

Natural
Gas
Spot
Citygate
Priceb
Price
4.37
4.00
2.75

3.33
3.33
3.81
4.17
4.04
3.83
3.62
3.43
3.62
3.68
3.64
4.24

3.73

4.71
6.00
4.90
4.66
4.58
4.59
4.05
3.91
3.92
3.78
4.12
3.48

4.37

2.99
2.87
2.83
2.61
2.85
2.78
2.84
2.77
2.66
2.34

2.75
4.49
3.69

Residential
%of
Totalc
Price

DeliveredtoConsumers
Commercial
Industrial
%of
%of
Totalc
Totalc
Price
Price

6.18
5.63
4.73

11.39
11.03
10.65

97.4
96.2
95.8

9.47
8.91
8.10

77.5
67.3
65.2

4.52
4.56
4.75
5.16
5.55
5.74
5.51
5.24
5.21
4.88
4.78
4.93

9.15
9.23
9.35
10.43
12.61
15.02
16.30
16.43
15.69
12.38
10.04
9.14

96.1
95.7
95.6
95.3
95.6
95.5
95.6
95.6
95.6
95.7
95.8
95.8

7.75
7.78
7.77
8.15
8.71
9.07
9.04
9.04
8.80
8.28
7.94
7.81

70.2
69.7
68.8
66.1
62.6
58.4
56.7
56.2
56.6
60.5
65.7
69.2

4.88

10.32

95.7

8.08

65.8

5.56
6.41
6.57
5.64
5.90
6.05
5.99
5.49
5.51
5.16
4.91
5.15

9.26
9.77
10.70
11.76
13.60
16.13
17.23
17.41
16.27
13.11
10.19
10.01

95.7
95.5
95.4
95.3
95.4
95.5
95.5
95.6
95.6
95.3
95.8
95.6

8.11
8.69
9.34
9.49
9.70
9.94
10.05
9.66
9.38
8.96
8.29
8.52

70.7
70.6
69.4
65.1
60.5
58.1
55.7
55.2
55.7
58.8
66.1
68.4

5.71

10.97

95.5

8.90

65.8

4.48
4.55
4.34
3.92
4.21
4.43
R4.65
R4.57
4.55
4.00

9.50
9.10
9.28
10.42
12.61
15.07
R16.21
R16.78
16.40
12.59

95.8
95.7
95.5
95.5
95.5
95.5
95.7
95.5
95.9
95.5

8.15
7.83
7.79
7.99
8.04
8.50
8.45
8.42
R8.37
7.74

71.0
71.1
70.1
64.7
61.6
57.8
57.0
55.2
55.9
60.4

4.39
5.93
4.89

10.58
11.24
10.61

95.6
95.5
95.7

8.03
9.03
8.15

65.8
65.4
65.2

5.49
5.13
3.88

4.58
4.54
4.59
4.95
5.00
4.90
4.47
4.31
4.36
4.36
4.62
4.97

4.64

5.62
6.58
6.39
5.78
5.69
5.42
5.36
4.90
4.96
4.97
4.97
5.54

5.55

4.76
4.60
4.35
3.86
3.50
3.69
3.68
3.73
3.53
3.46

3.95
5.62
4.60

Electric
Power
d
Price

18.0
16.3
16.2

5.27
4.89
3.54

17.0
17.0
16.8
16.8
16.2
16.0
15.8
15.9
16.3
16.6
16.9
17.2

4.56
4.59
4.50
4.84
4.79
4.56
4.34
4.03
4.22
4.26
4.36
5.11

16.6

4.49

16.6
17.1
16.9
16.0
15.8
15.6
15.7
15.4
14.9
14.8
15.7
15.9

7.47
7.79
6.28
5.25
5.08
4.98
4.58
4.25
4.34
4.23
4.68
4.50

15.9

5.19

15.9
16.1
16.6
15.8
16.4
15.6
15.6
15.2
15.5
15.7

4.29
4.99
3.71
3.23
3.28
3.24
3.23
3.22
3.19
3.03

15.9
15.9
16.5

3.49
5.29
4.44

Thenaturalgasplantliquid(NGPL)compositespotprice,shownindollarspermillionBtu($/MMBtu),isderivedfromdailyBloombergspotpricedatafornatural
gasplantliquidsatMontBelvieu,Texas,weightedbygasprocessingplantproductionvolumesofeachproductasreportedonFormEIA816,MonthlyNaturalGas
LiquidsReport. SeeAppendixA,ExplanatoryNote9,forfulldiscussion.
b
Thenaturalgasspotprice,shownin$/MMBtu,representstheaverageofthedailyclosingspotpricesfornaturalgasattheHenryHubinLouisiana,takenfrom
ThompsonReuters.SeeAppendixA,ExplanatoryNote9,forfulldiscussion.
c
Percentageoftotaldeliveriesrepresentedbyonsystemsales(seeFigure6).SeeTable24forstatedata.
d
TheelectricpowersectorcompriseselectricityonlyandcombinedheatandpowerplantswithintheNAICS22categorywhoseprimarybusinessistosellelectricity,
orelectricityandheat,tothepublic.Dataincludenonregulatedmembersoftheelectricpowersector.
R
Reviseddata.
Notes:Pricesareinnominaldollars.Datafor2010through2013arefinal.Allotherdataarepreliminaryunlessotherwiseindicated.Geographiccoverageisthe50
statesandtheDistrictofColumbia.Publishedresidential,commercial,andindustrialpricesareconsideredtobetotalpricespaidbyendusersperthousandcubicfeet
ofnaturalgasintherespectivesectors,inclusiveofalltax,delivery,commodity,demandandothercharges.
Sources: 20102014: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Natural GasAnnual 2014. January 2015 through current month: Form EIA857, "Monthly Reportof
Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries toConsumers"; Form EIA910, "Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey"; Form EIA923, Power Plant Operations Report; Form
EIA816;Bloomberg;ThompsonReuters;andEIAestimates.

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