| Increases in natural gas prices per thousand cubic feet | |||
| 2000 | 2005 | Increase | |
| Wellhead | $3.68 | $7.51 | 104.10% |
| Imports | $3.95 | $8.41 | 112.90% |
| City Gate | $4.62 | $8.64 | 87% |
| Industrial | $4.45 | $8.49 | 90.80% |
| Electric Power | $4.38 | $8.45 | 92.90% |
| Commercial | $6.59 | $11.56 | 75.40% |
| Residential | $7.76 | $12.81 | 65.10% |
| Source: Energy Information Agency, Department of Energy, July 2006, taken from the Sonecon report | |||
A report by Robert Shapiro, chairman of economics consultancy Sonecon and Nam Pham shows there are flaws in the pricing of the natural gas index that allow for manipulation. “Federal regulators have documented a series of practices by companies and traders resulting in price manipulations,” says the report.
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