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Natural Gas Rates in New Orleans

^ Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in New Orleans increased -21.81 percent. [Read More]

Natural Gas Usage in New Orleans

^ New Orleans residents used an estimated 566 million cubic feet of natural gas in January 2024. [Read More]

Natural Gas Customers in New Orleans

^ There are an estimated 70,099 residential natural gas customers in the city of New Orleans. [Read More]

New Orleans, LA Natural Gas Prices

Natural Gas Rates in New Orleans, LA

Residential Natural Gas Rates in New Orleans

Residential natural gas prices in New Orleans, LA (based on Louisiana data) averaged $11.87 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. This average rate was approximately 0.4% more than the U.S. average rate of $11.82 per thousand cubic feet for residential customers in the most recent month with data. [1]

Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in New Orleans increased -21.81 percent, from $15.18 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $11.87 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]

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Industrial Natural Gas Rates in New Orleans

New Orleans, LA industrial natural gas prices in January 2024 (based on Louisiana data) averaged $3.59 per thousand cubic feet, which was approximately 27.6% less than the average rate of $4.96 per thousand cubic feet in the United States overall in the most recent month with data. [1]

Year over year, the average industrial natural gas rate in New Orleans decreased 34.13 percent, from $5.45 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $3.59 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]

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Natural Gas Usage in New Orleans, LA

New Orleans Natural Gas Customers

New Orleans Natural Gas Customers

An estimated 924,251 residential consumers use natural gas in Louisiana, which is approximately 1.3% of the total number of residential natural gas consumers in the United States overall. [2]

New Orleans: There are an estimated 70,099 residential natural gas customers in the city of New Orleans. [3]


Residential Natural Gas Consumption in New Orleans

Natural Gas Usage in New Orleans

Residential natural gas usage in Louisiana in January 2024 was 7,465 million cubic feet, or approximately 0.8% of the total residential consumption in the U.S. of 918,996 million cubic feet that month. [1]

New Orleans residents used an estimated 566 million cubic feet of natural gas in January 2024, or about 8 percent of the overall usage in Louisiana that month. [3]


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Louisiana Industrial Natural Gas Consumers

  • Industrial Natural Gas Consumers in LA
    • An estimated 857 industrial consumers use natural gas in Louisiana, which is about 0.5% of the total number of industrial natural gas consumers in the United States. [2]
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Louisiana Share of Natural Gas Usage

Louisiana Share of Natural Gas Usage

  • How LA Compares to the U.S.
    • Louisiana accounted for .72% of overall residential deliveries of natural gas in the United States in 2022. [2]
    • In 2022, Louisiana accounted for 13.7% of total industrial deliveries of natural gas in the nation as a whole. [2]
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Louisiana Industrial Natural Gas Prices

  • Industrial Natural Gas Prices in LA
    • Industrial natural gas consumers in the state of Louisiana (as a whole) pay approximately 27.6% less than the average residential natural gas rate in the United States overall. [1]
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More about New Orleans

About New Orleans

New Orleans (Louisiana) is a city in Orleans County with a population of approximately 343,829. [4]

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New Orleans, LA Natural Gas

To learn more about natural gas rates in New Orleans, LA, or for more resources related to natural gas in New Orleans, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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References

1. ^ U.S. Energy Information Administation (EIA)

2. ^ U.S. Department of Energy

3. ^ EIA & United States Census Bureau

4. ^ United States Census Bureau