^ Year over year, the average residential natural gas rate in Chicago decreased 41.4 percent. [Read More]
Natural Gas Usage in Chicago
^ Chicago residents used an estimated 10,860 million cubic feet of natural gas in December 2023. [Read More]
Natural Gas Customers in Chicago
^ There are an estimated 836,010 residential natural gas customers in the city of Chicago. [Read More]
Natural Gas Rates in Chicago, IL
Residential Natural Gas Rates in Chicago
Residential natural gas prices in Chicago, IL (based on Illinois data) averaged $6.54 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. This average rate was approximately 44.7% less 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 Chicago decreased 41.4 percent, from $11.16 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $6.54 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]
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Industrial Natural Gas Rates in Chicago
Chicago, IL industrial natural gas prices in January 2024 (based on Illinois data) averaged $5.04 per thousand cubic feet, which was approximately 1.6% more 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 Chicago decreased 47.06 percent, from $9.52 per thousand cubic feet in January 2023 to $5.04 per thousand cubic feet in January 2024. [1]
*Prices listed as 0 (zero) are not available (N/A).
Natural Gas Usage in Chicago, IL
Chicago Natural Gas Customers
An estimated 3,979,278 residential consumers use natural gas in Illinois, which is approximately 5.5% of the total number of residential natural gas consumers in the United States overall. [2]
Chicago: There are an estimated 836,010 residential natural gas customers in the city of Chicago. [3]
Residential Natural Gas Consumption in Chicago
Residential natural gas usage in Illinois in December 2023 was 51,694 million cubic feet, or approximately 5.6% of the total residential consumption in the U.S. of 918,996 million cubic feet that month. [1]
Chicago residents used an estimated 10,860 million cubic feet of natural gas in December 2023, or about 21 percent of the overall usage in Illinois that month. [3]
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Illinois Industrial Natural Gas Consumers
Industrial Natural Gas Consumers in IL
An estimated 22,838 industrial consumers use natural gas in Illinois, which is about 12.6% of the total number of industrial natural gas consumers in the United States. [2]
Industrial natural gas consumers in the state of Illinois (as a whole) pay approximately 1.6% more than the average residential natural gas rate in the United States overall. [1]
Chicago (Illinois) is a city in Cook County with a population of approximately 2,695,598. [4]
Chicago, IL Natural Gas
To learn more about natural gas rates in Chicago, IL, or for more resources related to natural gas in Chicago, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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