Table 4. Selected national average natural gas prices, 1997-2003; - dollars per thousand cubic feet

Natural Gas Monthly, Nov, 2003

Table 4. Selected National Average Natural Gas Prices, 1997-2003
(Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet)

                                            Consumer Prices

       Year          Wellhead     City    Residential   Commercial
        and          Price (a)    Gate       Price       Price
       Month                     Price

1997 Annual Average       2.32      3.66         6.94      5.80
1998 Annual Average       1.96      3.07         6.82      5.48
1999 Annual Average       2.19      3.10         6.69      5.33
2000 Annual Average       3.69      4.62         7.76      6.59

2001

  January                 6.82      8.91        10.12      9.50
  February                5.08      7.08        10.26      9.80
  March                   4.37      6.10         9.85      9.13
  April                   4.52      6.30        10.16      9.01
  May                     4.36      5.77        11.14      9.19
  June                    3.80      5.38        11.59      8.50
  July                    3.36      4.03        11.22      7.90
  August                  3.34      4.32        10.89      7.61
  September               2.94      3.66        10.17      6.96
  October                 2.81      3.37         8.24      6.39
  November                3.42      4.02         7.98      6.79
  December                3.44      3.90         7.30      6.35

    Annual Average        4.02      5.72         9.64      8.43

2002

  January             (E) 2.35  (R) 4.04         7.35      6.49
  February            (E) 2.14      3.77         7.25      6.38
  March               (E) 2.52      3.85         7.10      6.23
  April               (E) 3.02      4.17         7.66  (R) 6.49
  May                 (E) 3.01      4.07     (R) 8.52      6.62
  June                (E) 2.94      4.14     (R) 9.56      6.71
  July                (E) 2.89      3.92    (R) 10.22      6.53
  August              (E) 2.77      3.63        10.42      6.38
  September           (E) 2.98      3.96        10.19      6.46
  October             (E) 3.35      4.29     (R) 8.59      6.52
  November            (E) 3.59      4.62         7.97  (R) 6.77
  December            (E) 3.84      4.69         7.83      7.07

    Annual Average    (E) 2.95      4.14         7.88      6.57

2003

  January             (E) 4.47      5.31         8.07      7.31
  February            (E) 5.45      5.87         8.43  (R) 7.81
  March               (E) 6.69      7.58         9.71      8.95
  April               (E) 4.71      5.61        10.04      8.74
  May                 (E) 4.97      5.66    (R) 10.56  (R) 8.69
  June                (E) 5.35  (R) 6.40    (R) 11.78  (R) 8.87
  July                (E) 4.91      5.81    (R) 12.54      8.76
  August              (E) 4.72      5.42        12.76      8.19

2003 YTD (c)          (E) 5.16      5.96         9.35      8.21
2002 YTD (c)          (E) 2.71      3.94         7.73      6.44
2001 YTD (c)              4.46      6.61        10.29      9.18

                              Consumer Prices
                     Commercial            Industrial
       Year          % of Total (b)   Price    % of Total (b)  Electric
        and                                                    Utilities
       Month                                                    Price

1997 Annual Average            70.8      3.59            18.1       2.78
1998 Annual Average            67.0      3.14            16.1       2.40
1999 Annual Average            66.1      3.12            18.8       2.62
2000 Annual Average            62.9      4.45            19.8       4.38

2001

  January                      72.7      8.77            22.1       9.49
  February                     71.6      7.24            21.7       7.18
  March                        69.0      6.35            20.4       5.90
  April                        66.3      6.16            19.5       5.82
  May                          60.7      5.49            17.9       5.29
  June                         59.3      4.80            17.6       4.37
  July                         54.2      4.13            18.5       3.85
  August                       53.6      4.01            18.0       3.64
  September                    53.8      3.56            18.2       3.03
  October                      59.9      3.23            18.7       2.78
  November                     64.8      3.92            18.7       3.32
  December                     67.9      3.75            19.4       3.14

    Annual Average             65.8      5.28            19.3       4.61

2002

  January                  (R) 78.9  (R) 4.07        (R) 17.5       3.31
  February                     79.9  (R) 3.71        (R) 18.0       3.05
  March                    (R) 80.7  (R) 3.78        (R) 17.8   (R) 3.52
  April                    (R) 76.3      3.61        (R) 23.3       3.90
  May                          72.3  (R) 4.02            21.1   (R) 3.90
  June                         72.5  (R) 3.81        (R) 23.0   (R) 3.69
  July                         70.9  (R) 3.77            21.0   (R) 3.54
  August                   (R) 70.1  (R) 3.63        (R) 19.6   (R) 3.48
  September                    68.8  (R) 3.84        (R) 20.1   (R) 3.78
  October                  (R) 73.0  (R) 4.13        (R) 19.4   (R) 4.27
  November                 (R) 78.2  (R) 4.65        (R) 19.6   (R) 4.47
  December                     79.6  (R) 4.87        (R) 20.8   (R) 4.86

    Annual Average         (R) 76.8  (R) 3.99        (R) 20.1   (R) 3.78

2003

  January                  (R) 82.1      5.31            22.4   (R) 5.13
  February                 (R) 79.8      6.17            21.7       6.38
  March                    (R) 80.2      8.05            21.2   (R) 7.73
  April                    (R) 76.8      5.88            21.1   (R) 5.64
  May                      (R) 73.6      5.60            20.4   (R) 5.00
  June                     (R) 72.8      6.37            19.9       6.38
  July                         70.7      5.64            25.4       5.75
  August                       70.8      5.25            23.3     NA

2003 YTD (c)                   78.0      6.01            22.0     NA
2002 YTD (c)                   76.9      3.80            20.1       3.56
2001 YTD (c)                   66.9      6.09            19.6       5.23

(a) See Appendix A, Explanatory Note 10, for discussion of wellhead
prices.
(b) Percentage of total deliveries represented by onsystem sales, see
Figure 6. See Table 25 for State data.
(c) Year-to-date price represents months for which price information is
available in the current year. The electric utility year-to-date price
is 1 month behind the wellhead, city gate, residential, commercial,
and industrial year-to-date prices.
(R) Revised Data.
(E) Estimated Data.
(NA) Not Available.

Notes: Data for 1997 through 2001 are final. All other data are
preliminary unless otherwise indicated. Geographic coverage is the 50
States and the District of Columbia.

Sources: 1997-2001: Energy Information Administration (EIA) Natural
Gas Annual 2001. January 2002 through current month: EIA-857,
"Monthly Report of Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to Consumers,"
Form EIA-910, "Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey," Form FERC-423,
"Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants," and
EIA estimates.