What Price, Natural Gas? Long-term Question Will be Cost

摘要

Natural gas price in the next decade is one of the most important U.S. energy questions. Steadily increasing U.S. dependence on gas poses risk to higher energy prices and electric reliability and national energy security, especially because the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects natural gas supply to decline 4 percent through 2020.Our dash to gas during the past decade has led to higher electric rates, has increased home heating prices and has raised manufacturing costs. Why should the next decade be different?