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Natural Gas Costs Less

Natural Gas Vs. Electric Rate Comparison

SAVE $2.08 with NATURAL GAS!



  • Families that use natural gas to heat their homes, cook their meals and dry their clothes save on average $879 every year over those who use electricity. Why is that? Gas furnaces cost less to operate than heat pumps. Source: American Gas Association


  • Residential space heating and water heating cost analyses show that natural gas costs less to use than other major home energy sources. Source: American Gas Association


  • Fertilizer used to grow crops is composed almost entirely of natural gas components, so U.S. agricultural producers rely on an affordable, stable supply of natural gas. Source: American Gas Association


  • Natural gas utilities do not earn a profit on the natural gas they deliver. They earn their revenues from the service and delivery fees they charge customers to transport the natural gas to them. This fee is directly linked to the volume of natural gas consumed, rather than the price of natural gas being delivered. Source: American Gas Association


  • Low domestic natural gas prices have let to savings of $66 billion for customers who have used natural gas for heating, cooking and clothes drying over the past four years. Source: American Gas Association


  • Natural gas prices for commercial customers are the lowest in any year since 1976. Source: American Gas Association


  • The affordability of natural gas has led to $105 billion in savings for American businesses since 2009. Source: American Gas Association


  • Natural gas usage per household has decreased even as overall demand for energy has risen. The trend is due in part to installation of tighter fitting windows and doors, better insulation, utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs, and the development of increasingly more efficient natural gas appliances. Source: American Gas Association


  • With abundant natural gas supply, the annual cost savings to the consumer is expected to be $139. Source: DOE


  • Residential space heating and water heating costs compared to other energy sources show that natural gas costs less to use than other major home energy sources. Source: American Gas Association

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