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Posted October 25, 2021Today in Energy

EIA forecasts U.S. winter natural gas bills will be 30% higher than last winter ›

In our latest Winter Fuels Outlook, we forecast that U.S. households that primarily use natural gas for space heating will spend an average of $746 on heating this winter (October–March), which is $172, or 30%, more than last year. More ›

average winter residential natural gas bill expenditures

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Winter Fuels Outlook

Data Highlights

Retail gasoline price

10/25/2021: $3.383/gal

up$0.061 from week earlier
up$1.240 from year earlier

Retail diesel price

10/25/2021: $3.713/gal

up$0.042 from week earlier
up$1.328 from year earlier

WTI crude oil futures price

10/22/2021: $83.76/barrel

up$1.48 from week earlier
up$43.12 from year earlier

Natural gas futures price

10/22/2021: $5.280/MMBtu

down$0.130 from week earlier
up$2.273 from year earlier

Weekly coal production

10/16/2021: 10.019 million tons

down1.739 million tons from week earlier
down0.218 million tons from year earlier

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