Energy


U.S. Crude Oil Prices

(dollars per barrel)

MonthAverage U.S. Refiner’s
Aquisition Price
West Texas
Intermediate Posted
West Texas
Intermediate Spot
Jan-10$78.39
Dec-09$72.95$74.04
Nov-09$74.47$78.08
Oct-09$72.05$75.82
Sep-09$67.74$69.46
Aug-09$67.98$71.06
Jul-09$63.58$69.04
Jun-09$65.71$69.53
May-09$55.96$59.16
Apr-09$48.78$49.79
Mar-09$45.57$47.98
Feb-09$38.15$39.29
Jan-09$37.45$41.54
Dec-08$37.67$41.43
Nov-08$53.33$57.44
Oct-08$74.22$76.65
Sep-08$98.91$103.90
Aug-08$113.71$116.70
Jul-08$129.03$133.44
Jun-08$127.32$133.93
May-08$117.64$125.39
Apr-08$106.21$112.57
Mar-08$98.01$105.46
Feb-08$89.07$95.35
Jan-08$86.48$92.95
Dec-07$85.31$91.37
Nov-07$86.74$94.15
Oct-07$79.58$85.93
Sep-07$73.47$79.72
Aug-07$69.46$72.39
Jul-07$71.20$74.15
Jun-07$65.07$67.48
May-07$61.64$63.46
Apr-07$60.65$64.06
Mar-07$56.80$60.51
Feb-07$54.42$59.28
Jan-07$50.74$54.09
Dec-06$55.99$62.03
Nov-06$53.51$59.37
Oct-06$54.09$58.88
Sep-06$58.93$63.87
Aug-06$67.56$73.05
Jul-06$68.87$74.41
Jun-06$65.25$70.96
May-06$65.35$70.94
Apr-06$62.97$69.69
Mar-06$56.37$62.90
Feb-06$54.85$61.63
Jan-06$57.32$65.51
Dec-05$52.51$59.43
Nov-05$52.13$58.30
Oct-05$57.17$62.37
Sep-05$60.18$65.59
Aug-05$59.29$64.97
Jul-05$53.88$58.70
Jun-05$50.30$56.31
May-05$44.74$49.83
Apr-05$46.67$53.04
Mar-05$46.77$54.31
Feb-05$41.05$47.97
Jan-05$39.01$46.84
Dec-04$36.61$43.33
Nov-04$41.76$48.46
Oct-04$46.12$53.16
Sep-04$41.34$45.86
Aug-04$40.30$45.06
Jul-04$36.68$40.77
Jun-04$34.65$38.05
May-04$36.28$40.28
Apr-04$33.46$36.62
Mar-04$33.09$36.76
Feb-04$31.72$37.74
Jan-04$30.92$34.27
Dec-03$28.50$32.15
Nov-03$29.28$31.10
Oct-03$27.75$30.34
Sep-03$26.39$28.31
Aug-03$29.15$31.57
Jul-03$28.55$30.76
Jun-03$27.91$30.72
May-03$25.74$28.07
Apr-03$26.03$28.36
Mar-03$30.68$33.55
Feb-03$33.08$35.92
Jan-03$30.38$32.99
Dec-02$26.87$29.07
Nov-02$24.60$26.27
Oct-02$26.70$28.79
Sep-02$27.68$29.38
Aug-02$26.24$28.42
Jul-02$25.08$26.94
Jun-02$23.98$25.37
May-02$24.94$26.86
Apr-02$24.03$26.22
Mar-02$22.26$24.42
Feb-02$18.37$20.74
Jan-02$17.31$19.67
Dec-01$16.52$19.23
Nov-01$17.24$19.76
Oct-01$20.04$22.21
Sep-01$23.73$25.88
Aug-01$24.44$27.47
Jul-01$23.86$26.45
Jun-01$24.92$27.60
May-01$25.31$28.64
Apr-01$23.87$27.41
Mar-01$24.05$27.24
Feb-01$26.09$29.61
Jan-01$25.46$29.58
Dec-00$26.31$28.46
Nov-00$30.92$34.31
Oct-00$30.58$33.13
Sep-00$31.08$33.98
Aug-00$29.01$31.38
Jul-00$28.73$29.94
Jun-00$29.13$31.86
May-00$26.46$28.70
Apr-00$24.97$23.96$25.74
Mar-00$28.28$28.39$29.91
Feb-00$27.55$27.62$29.31
Jan-00$25.49$25.16$27.02
Dec-99$24.51$24.21$26.08
Nov-99$23.21$23.11$24.85
Oct-99$21.93$20.80$22.64
Sep-99$21.68$21.76$23.88
Aug-99$19.56$19.35$21.26
Jul-99$17.94$18.21$20.07
Jun-99$16.22$16.08$17.89
May-99$15.83$15.96$17.75
Apr-99$14.92$15.38$17.34
Mar-99$12.30$12.82$14.66
Feb-99$10.52$10.08$12.02
Jan-99$10.47$10.61$12.48
Dec-98$9.84$9.39$11.31
Nov-98$11.59$11.14$13.04
Oct-98$12.64$12.68$14.42
Sep-98$13.04$13.25$14.97
Aug-98$11.79$11.68$13.38
Jul-98$11.92$12.24$14.09
Jun-98$11.98$11.79$13.67
May-98$13.01$13.21$14.93
Apr-98$13.10$13.79$15.49
Mar-98$12.87$13.39$15.04
Feb-98$14.03$14.54$16.09
Jan-98$15.14$14.99$16.73
Dec-97$17.00$16.81$18.32
Nov-97$18.61$18.65$20.22
Oct-97$19.26$19.84$21.28
Sep-97$18.20$18.28$19.78
Aug-97$18.23$18.43$19.95
Jul-97$17.88$18.16$19.66
Jun-97$17.87$17.75$19.19
May-97$18.84$19.56$20.87
Apr-97$18.36$18.47$19.73
Mar-97$19.82$19.64$20.97
Feb-97$21.65$21.92$22.17
Jan-97$23.62$24.73$25.18
Dec-96$23.30$23.78$25.12
Nov-96$22.85$22.37$23.55
Oct-96$23.11$23.72$24.90
Sep-96$22.11$22.64$23.91
Aug-96$20.41$20.70$21.91
Jul-96$19.75$20.04$21.22
Jun-96$19.15$19.18$20.43
May-96$20.63$19.90$21.09
Apr-96$21.60$22.11$23.30
Mar-96$19.71$19.91$21.18
Feb-96$17.95$17.50$18.78
Jan-96$17.75$17.66$18.70
Dec-95$17.54$17.89$19.04
Nov-95$16.61$16.72$18.00
Oct-95$16.49$16.12$17.40
Sep-95$16.91$16.95$18.21
Aug-95$16.75$16.60$17.24
Jul-95$16.68$15.99$17.26
Jun-95$17.69$17.20$18.40
May-95$18.62$18.42$19.74
Apr-95$18.44$18.95$19.89
Mar-95$17.27$17.23$18.55
Feb-95$17.18$17.40$18.53
Jan-95$16.54$16.74$17.99
Dec-94$16.03$15.85$17.15
Nov-94$16.54$16.83$18.10
Oct-94$16.29$16.49$17.71
Sep-94$16.18$16.17$17.46
Aug-94$16.92$17.09$18.44
Jul-94$17.64$18.53$19.58
Jun-94$17.21$18.00$19.07
May-94$15.81$16.76$17.84
Apr-94$14.64$15.00$16.33
Mar-94$13.16$13.40$14.65
Feb-94$13.07$13.45$14.75
Jan-94$12.85$13.66$15.02
Dec-93$12.51$13.25$13.27
Nov-93$14.51$15.41$15.22
Oct-93$15.81$16.95$18.17
Sep-93$15.59$16.22$16.72
Aug-93$15.84$16.63$17.99
Jul-93$16.10$15.73$17.12
Jun-93$17.26$17.78$19.13
May-93$18.16$18.68$19.03
Apr-93$18.42$19.07$19.40
Mar-93$18.08$19.16$20.37
Feb-93$17.64$18.94$19.07
Jan-93$17.10$17.95$18.16
Dec-92$17.43$18.40$16.85
Nov-92$18.66$19.26$17.46
Oct-92$19.49$20.70$21.71
Sep-92$19.59$20.88$20.92

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Notes: Crude oil prices are updated monthly.
West Texas Intermediate Posted prices have not been collected since April 2000.


U.S. Natural Gas Prices

(In dollars per thousand cubic feet)

MonthAverage
Wellhead Price
Percent Change
Same Month
Previous Year
Nov-09 $3.64 (39.0%)
Oct-09 $3.6 (43.4%)
Sep-09 $2.92 (59.8%)
Aug-09 $3.14 (62.7%)
Jul-09 $3.43 (67.7%)
Jun-09$3.45(68.1%)
May-09$3.45(64.8%)
Apr-09$3.43(61.6%)
Mar-09$3.72(55.1%)
Feb-09$4.19(44.5%)
Jan-09$5.15(26.3%)
Dec-08$5.87(10.1%)
Nov-08$5.97(6.3%)
Oct-08$6.361.8%
Sep-08$7.2729.6%
Aug-08$8.3241.0%
Jul-08$10.6271.6%
Jun-08$10.8257.7%
May-08$9.8140.5%
Apr-08$8.9436.3%
Mar-08$8.2926.4%
Feb-08$7.5513.4%
Jan-08$6.9918.1%
Dec-07$6.53(1.8%)
Nov-07$6.37(0.9%)
Oct-07$6.2524.3%
Sep-07$5.611.8%
Aug-07$5.90(9.4%)
Jul-07$6.196.4%
Jun-07$6.8618.3%
May-07$6.9812.8%
Apr-07$6.56(0.5%)
Mar-07$6.560.6%
Feb-07$6.66(8.5%)
Jan-07$5.92(31.6%)
Dec-06$6.65(26.8%)
Nov-06$6.43(35.1%)
Oct-06$5.03(51.4%)
Sep-06$5.51(38.5%)
Aug-06$6.510.5%
Jul-06$5.82(13.3%)
Jun-06$5.80(4.8%)
May-06$6.19(0.8%)
Apr-06$6.590.2%
Mar-06$6.529.6%
Feb-06$7.2826.8%
Jan-06$8.6649.3%
Dec-05$9.0851.1%
Nov-05$9.9159.6%
Oct-05$10.3590.6%
Sep-05$8.9677.1%
Aug-05$6.4817.4%
Jul-05$6.7119.4%
Jun-05$6.094.6%
May-05$6.2415.6%
Apr-05$6.5830.8%
Mar-05$5.9516.2%
Feb-05$5.7414.3%
Jan-05$5.8011.3%
Dec-04$6.0126.3%
Nov-04$6.2145.8%
Oct-04$5.4325.7%
Sep-04$5.0610.2%
Aug-04$5.5223.8%
Jul-04$5.6210.6%
Jun-04$5.827.6%
May-04$5.4013.2%
Apr-04$5.0312.5%
Mar-04$5.12(26.4%)
Feb-04$5.02(0.6%)
Jan-04$5.2117.6%
Dec-03$4.7620.2%
Nov-03$4.2618.7%
Oct-03$4.3233.3%
Sep-03$4.5954.5%
Aug-03$4.4661.6%
Jul-03$5.0874.0%
Jun-03$5.4182.8%
May-03$4.7762.2%
Apr-03$4.4752.0%
Mar-03$6.96190.0%
Feb-03$5.05130.6%
Jan-03$4.4377.2%
Dec-02$3.9615.8%
Nov-02$3.595.3%
Oct-02$3.2416.5%
Sep-02$2.971.4%
Aug-02$2.76(17.1%)
Jul-02$2.92(12.8%)
Jun-02$2.96(21.9%)
May-02$2.94(32.6%)
Apr-02$2.94(35.0%)
Mar-02$2.40(45.1%)
Feb-02$2.19(56.9%)
Jan-02$2.50(63.3%)
Dec-01$3.42(40.7%)
Nov-01$3.41(22.5%)
Oct-01$2.78(39.3%)
Sep-01$2.93(31.2%)
Aug-01$3.33(10.7%)
Jul-01$3.35(12.8%)
Jun-01$3.790.5%
May-01$4.3643.4%
Apr-01$4.5258.0%
Mar-01$4.3764.3%
Feb-01$5.0886.1%
Jan-01$6.82162.3%
Dec-00$5.77157.6%
Nov-00$4.4064.2%
Oct-00$4.5881.7%
Sep-00$4.2662.6%
Aug-00$3.7348.6%
Jul-00$3.8474.5%
Jun-00$3.7776.2%
May-00$3.0440.1%
Apr-00$2.8650.5%
Mar-00$2.6656.5%
Feb-00$2.7354.2%
Jan-00$2.6040.5%
Dec-99$2.2414.9%
Nov-99$2.6838.1%
Oct-99$2.5235.5%
Sep-99$2.6254.1%
Aug-99$2.5137.9%
Jul-99$2.205.3%
Jun-99$2.1412.0%
May-99$2.176.4%
Apr-99$1.90(12.0%)
Mar-99$1.70(17.5%)
Feb-99$1.77(9.7%)
Jan-99$1.85(5.6%)
Dec-98$1.95(14.5%)
Nov-98$1.94(33.6%)
Oct-98$1.86(30.6%)
Sep-98$1.70(27.0%)
Aug-98$1.82(12.5%)
Jul-98$2.094.5%
Jun-98$1.91(8.2%)
May-98$2.042.0%
Apr-98$2.1619.3%
Mar-98$2.0615.1%
Feb-98$1.96(21.3%)
Jan-98$1.96(42.4%)
Dec-97$2.28(30.1%)
Nov-97$2.9216.8%
Oct-97$2.6838.1%
Sep-97$2.3325.9%
Aug-97$2.08(1.0%)
Jul-97$2.00(11.1%)
Jun-97$2.080.0%
May-97$2.00(0.5%)
Apr-97$1.81(13.0%)
Mar-97$1.79(8.2%)
Feb-97$2.4931.7%
Jan-97$3.4065.9%
Dec-96$3.2677.2%
Nov-96$2.5055.3%
Oct-96$1.9426.0%
Sep-96$1.8521.7%
Aug-96$2.1046.9%
Jul-96$2.2557.3%
Jun-96$2.0831.6%
May-96$2.0129.7%
Apr-96$2.0836.8%
Mar-96$1.9532.7%
Feb-96$1.8927.7%
Jan-96$2.0526.5%
Dec-95$1.84(2.1%)
Nov-95$1.61(8.0%)
Oct-95$1.54(9.4%)
Sep-95$1.52(14.6%)
Aug-95$1.43(21.9%)
Jul-95$1.43(21.0%)
Jun-95$1.58(12.2%)
May-95$1.55(22.5%)
Apr-95$1.52(20.4%)
Mar-95$1.47(23.8%)
Feb-95$1.48(21.3%)
Jan-95$1.62(16.1%)
Dec-94$1.88(12.6%)
Nov-94$1.75(13.8%)
Oct-94$1.70(15.8%)
Sep-94$1.78(14.8%)
Aug-94$1.83(10.3%)
Jul-94$1.81(9.0%)
Jun-94$1.80(9.1%)
May-94$2.00(8.3%)
Apr-94$1.91(7.3%)
Mar-94$1.93(3.5%)
Feb-94$1.88(2.6%)
Jan-94$1.93(4.9%)
Dec-93$2.153.9%
Nov-93$2.03(4.7%)
Oct-93$2.02(15.1%)
Sep-93$2.098.9%
Aug-93$2.0410.9%
Jul-93$1.9928.4%
Jun-93$1.9822.2%
May-93$2.1844.4%
Apr-93$2.0645.1%
Mar-93$2.0048.1%
Feb-93$1.9353.2%
Jan-93$2.0316.7%
Dec-92$2.07
Nov-92$2.13
Oct-92$2.38
Sep-92$1.92
Aug-92$1.84
Jul-92$1.55
Jun-92$1.62
May-92$1.51
Apr-92$1.42
Mar-92$1.35
Feb-92$1.26
Jan-92$1.74

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Notes: Natural gas prices are updated monthly.


Gasoline Pump Prices For Major-brand Unleaded

U.S. Average and Selected Texas MSAs

MonthU.S. AverageDallas-Ft. WorthHoustonSan Antonio
Nov-09$2.64$2.48$2.50$2.54
Oct-09$2.54$2.38$2.38$2.41
Sep-09$2.57$2.43$2.39$2.44
Aug-09$2.55$2.45$2.41$2.47
Jul-09$2.51$2.43$2.39$2.40
Jun-09$2.60$2.50$2.47$2.41
May-09$2.25$2.12$2.12$2.11
Apr-09$2.02$1.92$1.92$1.90
Mar-09$1.93$1.81$1.77$1.83
Feb-09$1.90$1.79$1.75$1.80
Jan-09$1.77$1.68$1.61$1.65
Dec-08$1.71$1.64$1.56$1.72
Nov-08$2.18$1.98$1.89$2.12
Oct-08$3.17$2.97$3.01$3.08
Sep-08$3.67$3.48$3.56$3.61
Aug-08$3.75$3.61$3.58$3.64
Jul-08$4.06$4.00$3.94$3.91
Jun-08$4.04$3.98$3.90$3.89
May-08$3.73$3.67$3.63$3.59
Apr-08$3.40$3.35$3.33$3.27
Mar-08$3.20$3.13$3.12$3.06
Feb-08$3.03$2.93$2.96$2.91
Jan-08$3.04$2.89$2.90$2.90
Dec-07$3.00$2.88$2.85$2.82
Nov-07$3.08$2.96$2.90$2.91
Oct-07$2.81$2.64$2.69$2.67
Sep-07$2.80$2.66$2.72$2.66
Aug-07$2.81$2.68$2.72$2.67
Jul-07$2.95$2.84$2.84$2.82
Jun-07$3.09$2.92$2.89$2.94
May-07$3.08$2.96$2.94$2.82
Apr-07$2.78$2.72$2.68$2.56
Mar-07$2.54$2.41$2.39$2.33
Feb-07$2.28$2.18$2.12$2.09
Jan-07$2.25$2.19$2.13$2.15
Dec-06$2.28$2.20$2.12$2.17
Nov-06$2.24$2.12$2.08$2.10
Oct-06$2.28$2.06$2.10$2.21
Sep-06$2.53$2.30$2.33$2.45
Aug-06$2.97$2.89$2.88$2.81
Jul-06$2.95$2.92$2.90$2.77
Jun-06$2.88$2.86$2.85$2.69
May-06$2.89$2.92$2.88$2.72
Apr-06$2.70$2.77$2.72$2.59
Mar-06$2.35$2.34$2.28$2.23
Feb-06$2.30$2.25$2.22$2.18
Jan-06$2.27$2.22$2.18$2.22
Dec-05$2.17$2.10$2.08$2.14
Nov-05$2.30$2.28$2.25$2.26
Oct-05$2.62$2.73$2.81$2.63
Sep-05$2.82$2.79$2.82$2.73
Aug-05$2.55$2.49$2.46$2.50
Jul-05$2.23$2.15$2.16$2.15
Jun-05$2.17$2.08$2.10$2.08
May-05$2.15$2.06$2.08$2.07
Apr-05$2.22$2.12$2.13$2.10
Mar-05$2.06$1.99$1.98$1.95
Feb-051.79NANANA
Jan-05$1.72$1.68$1.66$1.61
Dec-04$1.79$1.75$1.71$1.64
Nov-04$1.90$1.88$1.80$1.76
Oct-04$1.92$1.91$1.81$1.77
Sep-04$1.87$1.86$1.76$1.71
Aug-04$1.91$1.86$1.80$1.74
Jul-04$1.93$1.84$1.80$1.76
Jun-04$1.95$1.86$1.86$1.85
May-04NANANANA
Apr-04NANANANA
Mar-04NANANANA
Feb-04$1.63$1.58$1.61$1.51
Jan-04$1.59$1.48$1.47$1.37
Dec-03$1.51$1.39$1.35$1.29
Nov-03$1.54$1.42$1.39$1.34
Oct-03$1.58$1.42$1.37$1.37
Sep-03$1.77$1.58$1.57$1.53
Aug-03$1.62$1.51$1.48$1.53
Jul-03$1.51$1.56$1.55$1.54
Jun-03$1.49$1.56$1.55$1.54
May-03$1.50$1.54$1.53$1.51
Apr-03$1.59$1.58$1.52$1.57
Mar-03$1.69$1.54$1.61$1.59
Feb-03$1.61$1.56$1.55$1.48
Jan-03$1.46$1.46$1.44$1.38
Dec-02$1.39$1.37$1.35$1.29
Nov-02$1.42$1.40$1.41$1.33
Oct-02$1.45$1.43$1.38$1.47
Sep-02$1.40$1.43$1.32$1.45
Aug-02$1.40$1.33$1.31$1.41
Jul-02$1.40$1.30$1.28$1.37
Jun-02$1.38$1.30$1.25$1.35
May-02$1.39$1.32$1.28$1.37
Apr-02$1.40$1.27$1.26$1.30
Mar-02$1.25$1.19$1.14$1.15
Feb-02$1.11$1.08$1.03$1.03
Jan-02$1.11$1.05$1.03$1.00
Dec-01$1.09$1.00$0.98$0.95
Nov-01$1.17$1.13$1.05$1.03
Oct-01$1.32$1.31$1.26$1.18
Sep-01$1.52$1.47$1.45$1.28
Aug-01$1.47$1.53$1.57$1.47
Jul-01$1.42$1.47$1.47$1.14
Jun-01$1.62$1.58$1.59$1.47
May-01$1.70$1.66$1.62$1.45
Apr-01$1.55$1.55$1.58$1.48
Mar-01$1.41$1.55$1.58$1.47
Feb-01$1.38$1.55$1.57$1.47
Jan-01$1.45$1.55$1.58$1.48
Dec-00$1.44$1.55$1.58$1.48
Nov-00$1.52$1.55$1.57$1.46
Oct-00$1.53$1.55$1.57$1.46
Sep-00$1.55$1.59$1.63$1.53
Aug-00$1.47$1.53$1.57$1.47
Jul-00$1.55$1.50$1.55$1.45
Jun-00$1.63$1.56$1.51$1.39
May-00$1.49$1.51$1.53$1.34
Apr-00$1.47$1.43$1.48$1.33
Mar-00$1.52$1.43$1.43$1.36
Feb-00$1.38$1.33$1.32$1.28
Jan-00$1.29$1.28$1.28$1.21
Dec-99$1.27$1.28$1.29$1.23
Nov-99$1.25$1.18$1.20$1.14
Oct-99$1.24$1.20$1.22$1.25
Sep-99$1.25$1.18$1.16$1.08
Aug-99$1.22$1.14$1.14$1.06
Jul-99$1.16$1.12$1.11$1.04
Jun-99$1.11$1.06$1.07$0.99
May-99$1.13$1.06$1.07$1.03
Apr-99$1.13$1.04$1.05$1.02
Mar-99$0.98$0.96$0.95$0.89
Feb-99$0.92$0.94$0.93$0.85
Jan-99$0.94$0.93$0.92$0.93
Dec-98$0.95$0.91$0.94$0.89
Nov-98$1.00$0.94$0.91$0.94
Oct-98$1.02$0.95$0.91$0.97
Sep-98$1.01$0.94$0.93$0.93
Aug-98$1.03$0.97$0.95$0.96
Jul-98$1.06$0.98$0.97$0.98
Jun-98$1.06$1.01$0.98$1.00
May-98$1.06$1.01$0.99$0.98
Apr-98$1.03$1.01$0.96$0.98
Mar-98$1.02$0.99$0.97$0.99
Feb-98$1.05$1.05$0.98$1.03
Jan-98$1.09$1.09$0.99$1.06
Dec-97$1.13$1.12$1.04$1.09
Nov-97$1.17$1.16$1.04$1.13
Oct-97$1.20$1.19$1.09$1.14
Sep-97$1.23$1.19$1.14$1.16
Aug-97$1.22$1.19$1.16$1.21
Jul-97$1.17$1.17$1.10$1.15
Jun-97$1.20$1.18$1.11$1.13
May-97$1.20$1.18$1.10$1.17
Apr-97$1.20$1.19$1.10$1.15
Mar-97$1.21$1.20$1.11$1.16
Feb-97$1.23$1.21$1.16$1.21
Jan-97$1.24$1.20$1.17$1.21
Dec-96$1.24$1.20$1.16$1.18
Nov-96$1.23$1.19$1.15$1.17
Oct-96$1.20$1.17$1.13$1.16
Sep-96$1.20$1.17$1.10$1.18
Aug-96$1.21$1.21$1.13$1.17
Jul-96$1.23$1.27$1.19$1.18
Jun-96$1.26$1.29$1.23$1.22
May-96$1.28$1.29$1.26$1.24
Apr-96$1.23$1.17$1.16$1.18
Mar-96$1.14$1.08$1.10$1.09
Feb-96$1.09$1.07$1.09$1.06
Jan-96$1.09$1.07$1.05$1.04
Dec-95$1.07$1.06$1.02$1.03
Nov-95$1.10$1.09$1.05$1.01
Oct-95$1.13$1.14$1.07$1.05
Sep-95$1.15$1.16$1.12$1.06
Aug-95$1.16$1.18$1.15$1.07
Jul-95$1.20$1.20$1.18$1.13
Jun-95$1.23$1.21$1.20$1.18
May-95$1.20$1.19$1.17$1.17
Apr-95$1.14$1.17$1.09$1.11
Mar-95$1.12$1.16$1.08$1.06
Feb-95$1.12$1.18$1.09$1.05
Jan-95$1.13$1.17$1.08$1.07
Dec-94$1.14$1.17$1.07$1.10
Nov-94$1.16$1.15$1.06$1.12
Oct-94$1.15$1.16$1.04$1.11
Sep-94$1.18$1.16$1.06$1.14
Aug-94$1.18$1.13$1.05$1.13
Jul-94$1.14$1.06$0.99$1.09
Jun-94$1.11$1.04$0.98$1.04
May-94$1.08$1.01$1.02$1.05
Apr-94$1.06$0.99$1.01$1.04
Mar-94$1.05$0.98$0.95$0.99
Feb-94$1.05$1.00$0.97$0.99
Jan-94$1.04$1.00$0.96$0.97
Dec-93$1.07$1.03$0.98$0.96
Nov-93$1.11$1.03$1.00$0.99
Oct-93$1.13$1.08$1.03$1.02
Sep-93$1.09$1.05$1.00$1.02
Aug-93$1.10$1.10$1.05$1.07
Jul-93$1.11$1.10$1.04$1.08
Jun-93$1.13$1.07$1.04$1.09
May-93$1.13$1.08$1.06$1.09
Apr-93$1.11$1.08$1.07$1.07
Mar-93$1.10$1.09$1.08$1.07
Feb-93$1.11$1.07$1.09$1.08
Jan-93$1.12$1.07$1.09$1.08
Dec-92$1.14$1.07$1.08$1.08
Nov-92$1.16$1.10$1.09$1.11
Oct-92$1.15$1.10$1.11$1.13
Sep-92$1.16$1.11$1.10$1.13

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Notes: Gasoline pump prices are updated monthly.


U.S. Monthly Natural Gas Consumption

(billion cubic feet)

MonthResidentialCommercialIndustrialElectric Power*Total Delivered
to Consumers
Nov-09 375 253 527 449 1762
Oct-09 249 198 516 534 1657
Sep-09 119 132 477 687 1567
Aug-09 113 130 486 838 1728
Jul-09 120 134 467 775 1654
Jun-09 143 132 452 646 1525
May-09 203 168 459 519 1505
Apr-09 392 247 487 455 1739
Mar-09 597 358 532 499 2161
Feb-09 750 420 519 449 2306
Jan-09 941 513 578 483 2703
Dec-08 766 418 551 477 2390
Nov-08 427 272 541 460 1860
Oct-08 215 182 537 546 1634
Sep-08 117 129 475 603 1462
Aug-08 110 126 528 763 1687
Jul-08 118 127 522 783 1710
Jun-08 145 134 512 688 1608
May-08 232 179 541 474 1576
Apr-08 398 256 554 464 1815
Mar-08 655 377 604 462 2270
Feb-08 819 454 611 432 2488
Jan-08 882 471 656 528 2720
Dec-07 717 392 616 496 2394
Nov-07 404 255 570 446 1828
Oct-07 175 158 549 605 1631
Sep-07 117 128 523 679 1588
Aug-071121275331,0071,933
Jul-071181225137621,662
Jun-071371355076271,547
May-072161685185081,552
Apr-074082605274571,798
Mar-076173545674172,112
Feb-079004775944272,556
Jan-078034316164422,456
Dec-066203465844132,118
Nov-064122575613991,771
Oct-062401935495301,656
Sep-061251405275521,478
Aug-061081345398441,774
Jul-061151265208701,777
Jun-061411385196321,565
May-062031615325081,543
Apr-063542265404251,685
Mar-066253545934102,136
Feb-067013915673472,150
Jan-067123975903162,169
Dec-057684265894062,348
Nov-053862485393731,681
Oct-052011675134351,445
Sep-051181324885781,438
Aug-051121295397911,712
Jul-051221305347771,704
Jun-051511415295941,551
May-052461805534231,540
Apr-053822525783901,745
Mar-056753906173862,228
Feb-057564266023312,265
Jan-058894816643852,585
Dec-047264026593872,326
Nov-044072566053761,782
Oct-042161755924401,556
Sep-041251325695291,481
Aug-041201295826131,577
Jul-041251295706261,584
Jun-041451395625081,483
May-042141735674851,572
Apr-043802535853891,744
Mar-045913576263752,100
Feb-048574786473732,510
Jan-049635076783612,674
Dec-037423866303292,089
Nov-034152505843381,584
Oct-032301775873911,387
Sep-031281325484341,243
Aug-031161285646541,463
Jul-031271305616091,428
Jun-031571344984111,202
May-032491775463811,354
Apr-034162565603331,565
Mar-036763806003532,010
Feb-038834726213292,307
Jan-039455066683672,487
Dec-027694116363402,158
Nov-024902955933371,717
Oct-022511965974361,481
Sep-021251435565551,380
Aug-021171405916911,540
Jul-021281365877251,577
Jun-021631505705411,426
May-022591915884101,449
Apr-024212656203991,706
Mar-026663726304002,070
Feb-027073896103412,048
Jan-028234306633772,294
Dec-016103477193671,971
Nov-013612326973511,564
Oct-012391867144661,513
Sep-011281446885101,364
Aug-011171347246871,532
Jul-011241317076341,463
Jun-011471366664931,316
May-012091656634341,389
Apr-014012577313851,666
Mar-016823787823632,091
Feb-017814257443132,159
Jan-019775037883402,506
Dec-009134758432,587
Nov-004822938061,909
Oct-002361847931,568
Sep-001411517651,475
Aug-001221538251,653
Jul-001281397461,526
Jun-001541507671,513
May-002281837721,633
Apr-004012597671,783
Mar-005503537852,051
Feb-007744238092,331
Jan-008624548352,510
Dec-996603638492,047
Nov-993722467851,574
Oct-992341817851,440
Sep-991351387721,327
Aug-991161377501,436
Jul-991271337011,394
Jun-991581446731,297
May-992351776901,372
Apr-994202607131,647
Mar-996693907472,010
Feb-996904017391,979
Jan-999114777972,361
Dec-986163628032,129
Nov-983982647321,717
Oct-982031737181,482
Sep-981211406951,471
Aug-981171447191,583
Jul-981321427041,572
Jun-981531386541,462
May-982211706761,500
Apr-984082567041,705
Mar-986483677502,123
Feb-986923937392,111
Jan-988124517932,401
Dec-977314117902,130
Nov-975003157241,719
Oct-972361887071,377
Sep-971321406881,293
Aug-971191387161,363
Jul-971311396921,389
Jun-971601496811,286
May-972852067141,437
Apr-974332677321,626
Mar-976053597671,921
Feb-977654237472,079
Jan-979084808042,332
Dec-967384098072,086
Nov-965032957641,732
Oct-962431717371,378
Sep-961381247061,253
Aug-961181237041,312
Jul-961241266771,285
Jun-961621337101,305
May-962711837011,420
Apr-964742847361,663
Mar-967053877812,030
Feb-968314437472,158
Jan-969344808002,382

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Monthly.

Notes: Gas consumption figures are updated monthly.

* Starting with the release of January 2003 data by the Energy Information Administration (the data source for this table), the Electric Utility indicator has been replaced by the Electric Power indicator.

Previously posted data for Electric Utility consumption is not comparable to the currently posted data for Electric Power consumption.

As the Energy Information Administration makes pre-2001 Electric Power consumption data available, we will post it. Earlier estimates prepared by the Comptroller's Office are also available if needed.

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