Each year, EIA projects the average price, consumption, and total
Each year, EIA projects the average price, consumption, and total cost of natural gas during the upcoming winter for a household in the Midwest. (The Midwest is used because over 70 percent of its 29.9 million households heat their homes with natural gas the highest concentration of any region.) For the heating season of $1.55 per therm (1 therm=100,000 Btu, which is the heat content of about 100 cubic feet of gas), or about $15.95 per Mcf, for natural gas this winter (Table 1
