Affordable
America’s abundance of natural gas resources and extensive energy infrastructure can satisfy current and future domestic energy demand while keeping prices affordable and stable for decades into the future.
Affordable Natural Gas Helps Families and Businesses
Whether you are heating your home, cooking a meal or drying your clothes, using natural gas helps save you money.
America has an abundance of natural gas resources. Together with the nation’s extensive infrastructure, natural gas can satisfy current and future domestic energy demand while keeping prices affordable and stable for decades into the future.
everyday affordability
By the Numbers
$99 Billion
The low cost of natural gas has saved families a total of $99 billion over 10 years.
$1,030
Households that use natural gas for heating, cooking and clothes drying save an average of $1,030 per year compared to homes using electricity for those applications.
$655 Billion
Commercial and industrial customers have saved more than $655 billion over the last decade by using natural gas.
Understanding Your Bill
What Goes Into My Natural Gas Bill?
Your natural gas bill includes more than just the cost of the natural gas itself, although the amount of natural gas you use, your purchased gas – represents about 41% of totaled billed costs. The cost to deliver the natural gas to your home accounts for about 51% of your bill and includes maintenance, safety, operations, depreciation and other expenses related to the pipeline distribution network. Federal, state and local taxes account for about 8% of your bill.
Get Help With Your Natural Gas Bill
The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps families who need assistance with their energy bills through state grants. Learn more about the program and AGA’s efforts to keep it funded.
Natural gas is essential for improving our environment
Climate change is a defining challenge across the globe, and natural gas, natural gas utilities, and the delivery infrastructure are essential to meeting our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.