Commercial natural gas prices have plunged. When EA started offering natural gas contracts to its business accounts back in 2006, the local gas utility monthly rate was around $1.56 per thermal unit. Today that same utility rate for March is $0.64 for the same commodity. It gets better- long term commercial gas procurement contracts are being priced from $0.49 cents to $0.59 cents for 12-36 month terms- prices not seen for over a decade! 

Why have prices dropped so dramatically? Partly a supply and demand story, winter natural gas draw-downs were not as large as anticipated, and the reserves are starting to build again this month. What matters is how you might be able to take advantage of this price drop.