Warm Temps, Lack of Pipes Drive High Gas Price in Eastern U.S.

Here's something you don't often see: The price that natural gas is fetching in the eastern part of the country is significantly higher than the price gas fetches at the benchmark Henry Hub in southern Louisiana. The heat wave hitting the country's middle section and points east is the main driver, but so is a lack of natural gas pipelines from the Marcellus/Utica to southern states.

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