LOUISIANA AVERAGE NATURAL GAS PRICES DELIVERED TO CONSUMER3
($/MMBTU)
DATE CITY GATES RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL   UTILITY
1960 N/A 0.63 0.38 0.19 N/A
1961 N/A 0.63 0.38 0.19 N/A
1962 N/A 0.66 0.43 0.20 N/A
1963 N/A 0.68 0.43 0.21 N/A
1964 N/A 0.66 0.40 0.19 N/A
1965 N/A 0.69 0.41 0.20 N/A
1966 N/A 0.70 0.44 0.23 N/A
1967 N/A 0.72 0.39 0.20 0.20
1968 N/A 0.72 0.36 0.21 0.20
1969 N/A 0.72 0.37 0.20 0.21
1970 N/A 0.74 0.37 0.23 0.21
1971 N/A 0.81 0.39 0.26 0.23
1972 N/A 0.88 0.44 0.32 0.26
1973 N/A 0.93 0.49 0.37 0.28
1974 N/A 1.08 0.58 0.61 0.47
1975 N/A 1.32 0.77 0.73 0.52
1976 N/A 1.51 1.06 0.90 0.80
1977 N/A 1.89 1.35 1.13 0.92
1978 N/A 2.38 1.38 0.92 1.13
1979 N/A 2.61 2.19 0.88 1.48
1980 1.78 e 3.27 2.59 1.23 2.01
1981 2.29 e 3.99 3.55 1.81 2.71
1982 3.25 e 5.12 4.74 3.04 3.11
1983 3.45 e 5.88 5.49 3.01 3.17
1984 3.63 5.73 5.33 3.06 3.06
1985 3.41 5.45 5.08 2.91 2.75
1986 2.84 5.55 5.05 1.84 1.87
1987 2.29 5.35 4.78 1.73 1.61
1988 2.82 5.52 4.94 1.91 1.63
1989 2.89 5.74 4.99 1.89 1.71
1990 2.86 5.86 5.06 1.92 1.66
   January 2.63 5.16 5.03 2.17 1.86
   February 2.45 4.84 4.53 1.74 1.49
   March 2.40 4.98 4.39 1.58 1.34
   April 2.24 5.34 4.25 1.55 1.47
   May 2.21 6.32 4.67 1.52 1.49
   June 3.72 6.49 4.66 1.51 1.47
   July 2.10 6.72 4.72 1.39 1.36
   August 2.21 7.05 4.82 1.38 1.38
   September 2.24 7.01 4.86 1.50 1.55
   October 2.42 7.06 5.21 1.80 1.80
   November 2.38 5.63 4.65 1.92 1.81
   December 2.49 5.38 4.86 2.02 1.79
1991 Average 2.46 5.55 4.71 1.67 1.53
   January 2.25 4.62 4.49 1.94 1.68
   February 1.86 4.26 4.12 1.43 1.26
   March 1.98 4.89 4.26 1.32 1.31
   April 2.16 4.66 3.92 1.48 1.50
   May 2.33 6.03 4.51 1.66 1.71
   June 2.21 6.52 4.62 1.77 1.83
   July 2.17 6.79 4.53 1.78 1.65
   August 2.50 7.13 4.87 1.91 1.96
   September 2.60 7.06 4.72 2.11 2.08
   October 3.12 7.57 5.38 2.59 2.63
   November 2.72 6.36 5.33 2.60 2.41
   December 2.71 5.51 5.18 2.44 2.26
1992 Average 2.38 5.38 4.61 1.86 1.84
   January 2.49 5.25 4.89 2.19 2.26
   February 2.29 4.55 4.35 1.89 2.01
   March 2.49 5.12 4.70 1.90 2.22
   April 2.67 5.47 4.85 2.19 2.45
   May 3.11 6.74 5.19 2.53 2.87
   June 2.66 7.04 5.23 2.35 2.25
   July 2.59 7.01 5.17 2.09 2.25
   August 2.78 7.78 5.42 2.14 2.41
   September 2.63 7.84 5.42 2.33 2.61
   October 2.52 7.62 5.63 2.31 2.27
   November 2.69 6.39 5.65 2.23 2.42
   December 2.77 6.23 5.93 2.44 2.66
1993 Average 2.62 5.86 5.13 2.21 2.39
   January 2.56 5.40 5.32 2.43 2.54
   February 3.07 5.58 5.39 2.35 2.88
   March 2.83 5.57 5.26 2.58 2.57
   April 2.55 5.92 4.99 2.34 2.28
   May 2.54 6.87 5.24 2.25 2.30
   June 2.66 7.04 5.03 2.12 2.13
   July 2.34 7.67 5.42 2.05 2.19
   August 2.17 7.63 5.11 2.06 2.00
   September 1.89 7.21 4.98 1.84 1.66
   October 1.94 7.11 5.13 1.63 1.65
   November 2.29 6.82 5.31 1.68 1.81
   December 2.26 5.43 5.00 1.81 1.88
1994 Average 2.44 6.00 5.21 2.09 2.09
   January 2.14 5.11 4.91 1.81 1.81
   February 1.97 4.84 4.63 1.68 1.69
   March 2.06 5.15 4.79 1.60 1.63
   April 2.04 5.72 4.75 1.64 1.71
   May 2.02 6.72 5.12 1.75 1.84
   June 1.96 6.78 4.40 1.81 1.88
   July 1.92 7.58 4.96 1.78 1.71
   August 1.83 7.32 4.63 1.60 1.61
   September 1.97 7.40 5.01 1.63 1.78
   October 2.14 7.38 5.24 1.75 1.86
   November 2.35 6.09 5.29 1.83 2.00
   December 2.67 5.90 5.63 2.18 2.62
1995 Average 2.13 5.78 4.95 1.75 1.81
   January 3.44 5.88 5.85 3.18 3.58
   February 3.12 5.23 5.13 2.66 3.88
   March 3.16 5.42 5.25 3.01 3.13
   April 2.94 6.74 6.15 2.74 2.88
   May 2.55 7.88 6.29 2.46 2.53
   June 2.62 8.20 5.87 2.61 2.62
   July 2.89 8.94 6.38 2.73 2.85
   August 2.59 8.33 5.88 2.27 2.54
   September 2.17 8.09 5.67 2.00 2.08
   October 2.22 7.99 5.91 2.13 2.16
   November 3.12 7.45 6.33 2.93 3.00
   December 4.13 7.02 6.61 3.91 4.20
1996 Average 3.01 6.50 5.86 2.73 2.83
   January 3.69 6.98 6.83 4.01 4.18
   February 3.33 6.63 6.34 3.20 2.82
   March 2.35 6.03 5.62 1.98 2.02
   April 2.28 5.73 4.82 2.20 2.10
   May 2.32 6.97 5.62 2.26 2.36
   June 2.54 7.89 5.77 2.57 2.55
   July 2.48 7.89 5.11 2.61 2.35
   August 2.40 8.16 5.44 2.35 2.50
   September 2.90 8.62 5.80 2.69 2.91
   October 3.31 9.07 6.87 3.16 3.27
   November 3.61 7.58 6.73 3.32 3.47
   December 2.75 6.10 5.68 2.82 2.75
1997 Average 2.83 7.30 5.88 2.76 2.77
   January 2.71 5.79 5.48 2.96 2.51
   February 2.16 5.32 4.96 2.40 2.38
   March 2.43 5.11 4.77 2.40 2.41
   April 2.21 6.21 5.33 2.37 2.56
   May 2.27 8.36 6.06 2.78 2.42
   June 2.12 7.94 5.34 2.58 2.31
   July 2.36 8.38 5.59 2.44 2.49
   August 1.97 8.38 5.42 2.11 2.09
   September 1.93 8.44 5.57 1.96 2.04
   October 2.05 8.56 5.84 2.21 2.16
   November 2.12 7.51 5.91 2.26 2.23
   December 2.38 6.63 5.79 1.59 2.08
1998 Average 2.24 6.42 5.42 2.22 2.28
   January 2.22 5.21 5.05 2.09 2.05
   February 2.27 5.54 4.98 1.95 2.01
   March 2.17 5.73 5.09 1.90 1.93
   April 2.37 6.06 5.08 2.25 2.16
   May 2.63 7.27 5.35 2.13 2.48
   June 2.53 7.70 5.35 2.28 2.42
   July 2.44 8.19 5.57 2.40 2.45
   August 2.75 8.98 5.98 2.63 2.80
   September 3.14 9.00 6.19 2.82 2.95
   October 2.91 8.39 6.06 2.60 2.76
   November 3.45 8.02 6.55 3.40 2.97
   December 2.61 7.06 6.03 2.57 2.39
1999 Average 2.60 6.57 5.51 2.44 2.49
   January 2.77 5.41 4.99 2.47 2.61
   February 3.08 5.58 5.09 2.65 2.85
   March 3.11 5.99 5.00 2.63 2.86
   April 3.43 6.22 5.04 2.87 3.10
   May 3.38 9.13 6.20 3.02 3.48
   June 4.65 10.18 7.76 4.20 4.57
   July 4.63 10.09 7.06 4.25 4.46
   August 4.14 10.56 7.54 3.84 4.30
   September 5.03 10.61 7.70 4.57 4.99
   October 5.58 12.00 9.72 5.11 5.40
   November 5.18 9.96 10.13 4.57 5.42
   December 6.98 10.38 10.53 6.06 8.63
2000 Average 4.43 8.02 7.13 3.88 4.38
   January 9.67 11.74 12.38 9.33 9.68
   February 6.69 11.25 10.39 6.70 6.62
   March 5.83 9.93 8.07 5.59 5.43
   April 5.65 8.38 7.45 5.55 5.61
   May 4.86 10.21 7.28 5.22 4.84
   June 4.02 9.88 6.51 4.98 3.90
   July 4.05 9.30 6.66 4.32 3.27
   August 3.50 10.43 6.97 4.02 3.10
   September 3.33 9.85 5.63 3.96 2.35
   October 3.03 8.63 5.07 3.40 2.17
   November 4.60 7.96 7.18 3.70 3.03
   December 3.69 7.65 7.02 3.45 2.67
2001 Average 5.34 10.07 8.25 4.85 4.13
   January 3.60 6.26 6.05 3.23 2.65
   February 3.09 6.57 5.87 2.86 2.39
   March 3.34 6.70 6.33 3.16 3.06
   April 3.92 7.54 6.38 3.28 3.63
   May 3.82 9.21 6.18 3.53 3.69
   June 3.74 9.30 6.27 3.38 3.52
   July 3.73 9.66 6.31 3.48 3.40
   August 3.47 9.63 6.07 3.16 3.23
   September 4.09 9.83 6.44 3.80 3.77
   October 4.26 10.56 7.07 3.85 4.32
   November 4.83 10.03 7.63 4.23 4.41
   December 5.11 8.43 7.49 4.27 4.68
2002 Average 3.91 7.75 6.48 3.55 3.49
   January 5.56 8.09 7.77 4.95 5.63
   February 5.84 8.46 7.98 5.75 7.03
   March 7.19 10.01 9.45 7.70 7.59
   April 4.38 10.57 8.12 5.14 5.59
   May 5.48 11.92 8.38 5.13 5.79
   June 6.01 13.32 8.87 5.84 6.22
   July 5.47 12.49 8.60 5.32 5.52
   August 4.92 12.86 8.07 4.65 5.24
   September 5.09 12.80 8.30 4.89 5.09
   October 5.11 12.35 8.50 4.79 5.00
   November 5.36 12.24 9.15 4.72 4.73
   December 5.62 9.63 9.01 5.26 N/A
2003 Average 5.56 9.89 8.47 5.32 5.71
   January 6.80 9.63 8.98 6.35 6.48
   February 5.79 9.04 8.82 5.75 5.98
   March 5.55 8.97 8.47 5.38 5.76
   April 5.64 10.20 8.19 5.59 N/A
   May 6.14 12.33 8.93 6.07 6.55
   June 6.65 13.64 9.60 6.62 6.64
   July 6.08 13.75 9.62 6.09 6.26
   August 5.95 14.29 10.04 6.17 5.93
   September 5.01 13.13 8.96 5.38 5.28
   October 5.94 13.78 8.68 6.19 6.51
   November 7.38 13.55 10.35 7.61 6.84
   December 7.57 11.89 10.81 7.76 7.19
2004 Average 6.31 10.77 9.19 6.33 6.25
   January 6.53 10.45 9.98 6.60 6.48
   February 6.64 10.49 9.62 7.03 6.44
   March 6.59 10.79 9.56 6.55 6.92
   April 7.33 12.22 9.71 7.51 7.48
   May 6.66 13.65 9.72 6.87 6.88
   June 6.65 14.07 9.43 6.62 7.17
   July 7.48 15.28 10.00 7.39 7.65
   August 8.26 16.12 11.12 8.13 8.80
   September 10.77 18.10 12.94 11.33 12.57
   October 13.33 20.02 14.44 14.14 14.34
   November 12.16 16.94 14.00 13.39 11.78
   December 10.63 13.62 13.45 12.06 13.12
2005 Average 8.23 12.75 10.97 8.76 8.79
   January 10.86 14.04 13.28 10.96 11.19
   February 7.71 12.20 11.68 8.20 8.36
   March 7.35 13.52 11.88 6.85 7.80
   April 7.29 14.18 11.01 6.91 7.47
   May 6.89 16.34 11.43 6.75 6.97
   June 6.68 19.10 11.82 6.57 6.70
   July 6.65 16.34 10.36 6.63 6.57
   August 7.06 16.91 10.03 7.26 7.64
   September 6.12 16.26 9.04 6.68 6.69
   October 5.17 14.74 9.66 4.87 5.71
   November 7.30 13.46 11.60 7.00 7.63
   December 7.35 13.12 12.33 7.04 8.71
2006 Average 7.38 14.10 11.38 7.13 7.37
   January 7.35 13.12 12.33 7.04 8.71
   February 6.86 11.88 11.52 5.83 6.54
   March 7.54 12.50 11.58 7.27 8.16
   April 7.51 13.30 11.86 7.38 7.67
   May 7.63 14.64 11.73 7.50 7.83
   June 7.59 15.69 11.84 7.51 7.93
   July 6.22 16.73 11.61 6.47 8.03
   August 6.99 16.79 10.99 6.64 6.98
   September 7.84 16.13 10.15 6.17 6.80
   October 5.38 16.24 9.70 5.68 6.06
   November 5.95 15.62 10.67 6.56 6.98
   December 6.60 14.38 11.54 7.15 7.46
2007 Average 6.94 13.65 11.38 6.81 7.24
   January 8.15 12.55 11.97 7.38 8.04
   February 9.37 13.25 12.25 8.30 8.61
   March 8.74 13.76 12.48 9.11 9.55
   April 9.74 16.36 13.33 9.77 10.37
   May 10.36 17.73 14.67 11.06 11.79
   June 11.25 21.33 16.07 11.76 12.70
   July 11.38 23.69 16.36 12.32 12.19
   August 11.29 19.21 13.43 9.16 9.34
   September 11.31 17.81 12.01 8.66 8.37
   October 8.39 16.29 11.85 7.24 7.48
   November 7.22 14.92 12.17 5.98 6.92
   December 7.87 13.51 12.60 6.38 6.76
2008 Average 9.21 14.89 13.00 8.96 9.63
   January 7.64 12.43 11.88 6.05 6.16
   February 6.60 12.02 10.96 4.72 4.89
   March 6.02 12.83 11.11 4.22 4.39
   April 5.12 12.32 9.38 3.84 3.90
   May 4.44 12.98 8.29 3.70 3.88
   June 4.63 14.90 8.92 3.77 4.08
   July 4.20 15.84 9.09 3.56 3.96
   August 3.96 15.04 8.62 3.40 3.57
   September 3.68 15.05 8.47 3.00 3.17
   October 4.80 13.69 9.33 4.08 4.06
   November 6.29 13.09 10.64 4.12 4.21
   December 6.39 10.79 10.12 5.05 w
2009 Average 5.73 12.64 10.06 4.14 4.18
   January 6.62 10.57 10.32 5.89 6.18
   February 6.50 10.20 9.74 5.42 5.42
   March 5.81 10.36 9.77 4.67 5.24
   April 4.80 11.58 9.05 4.03 4.11
   May 4.88 14.69 9.44 4.25 4.36
   June 4.70 15.44 9.47 4.42 4.73
   July 5.02 16.49 10.07 4.75 4.81
   August 4.97 16.82 9.90 4.63 4.67
   September 4.10 15.88 9.07 3.88 3.98
   October 4.70 14.91 9.04 3.67 3.86
   November 4.82 11.32 8.79 3.63 3.82
   December 4.79 9.26 8.63 4.29 4.40
2010 Average 5.14 13.13 9.44 4.46 4.63
   January 5.47 9.03 8.88 4.45 4.57
   February 5.76 9.31 8.80 4.26 4.44
   March 5.28 10.22 9.04 3.99 4.02
   April 5.95 12.85 9.08 4.37 4.34
   May 6.02 14.38 9.41 4.40 4.45
   June 6.03 15.35 9.52 4.49 4.61
   July 6.25 16.05 9.48 4.46 4.50
   August 6.17 16.61 9.20 4.35 4.29
   September 5.48 15.62 8.95 4.02 4.07
   October 5.11 13.77 8.82 3.73 w
   November 4.63 11.20 8.76 3.42 3.51
   December 4.31 9.60 8.78 3.34 w
2011 Average 5.54 12.83 9.06 4.11 4.28
   January 4.42 9.85 9.57 3.03 3.05
   February 3.96 10.49 8.88 2.71 w
   March 3.25 11.18 8.85 2.38 2.43
   April 2.59 11.83 7.42 2.15 2.16
   May 2.41 11.77 6.76 2.32 w
   June 2.21 12.96 7.32 2.51 2.53
   July 3.02 13.58 7.49 2.90 3.00
   August 3.31 14.35 7.53 2.99 3.03
   September 2.91 13.33 7.35 2.81 2.88
   October 3.48 12.99 7.58 3.22 3.38
   November 3.83 10.42 8.04 3.54 3.65
   December 3.93 9.67 8.46 3.64 3.71
2012 Average 3.28 11.87 7.94 2.85 2.98
   January 3.81 8.70 8.13 3.40 3.48
   February 3.63 9.34 8.18 3.29 3.44
   March 3.95 8.88 7.88 3.62 3.80
   April 4.42 10.46 8.55 4.09 4.19
   May 4.44 12.22 8.86 4.13 w
   June 4.25 14.35 8.94 4.09 w
   July 3.85 15.12 8.27 3.70 w
   August 3.63 15.36 8.24 3.49 w
   September 3.81 14.96 8.17 3.61 w
   October 3.76 14.70 8.15 3.60 3.69
   November 3.88 11.52 8.28 3.58 3.64
   December 4.31 8.57 7.92 4.01 4.17
2013 Average 3.98 12.01 8.30 3.72 3.77
   January 4.86 8.57 8.36 4.57 4.68
   February 5.73 9.03 8.72 5.74 w
   March 5.17 9.54 8.88 4.98 5.24
   April 4.89 11.14 8.91 4.67 4.81
   May 4.89 13.40 9.21 4.76 4.80
   June 4.84 14.97 8.95 4.71 4.74
   July 4.46 15.79 9.00 4.38 4.41
   August 4.03 15.56 8.37 3.94 4.06
   September 4.16 15.84 8.64 4.05 4.13
   October 4.27 15.24 8.39 4.06 4.07
   November 4.32 11.12 8.23 4.03 w
   December 4.47 9.79 8.42 4.14 3.99
2014 Average 4.67 12.50 8.67 4.50 4.49
   January 3.99 8.82 8.26 3.31 3.20
   February 3.71 8.69 8.07 3.06 3.12
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2015 Average 3.85 8.75 8.16 3.18 3.16
                       
DATE   CITY GATES RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL   UTILITY
(Dollars/Thousand Cubic Feet)
Page revised   6/2/2015 data available through May 3, 2015
Data source: 1 US Dept of Energy - EIA