On the bright side, no one thinks a residential natural gas shortage will develop. It's just the price that's the problem. High, and getting higher Several factors have contributed to the rise. Now we have a second peak in the summertime. With more demand and no more supply, prices rise.
Shortages also become possible.
Natural gas stocks are 9 percent below the five-year average at this time. Wholesale natural gas prices will most likely keep rising. That price will be passed on to consumers. Those reserves are drawn down over the winter, usually bottoming out in April. Because much of the gas that will be used this winter has already been bought, consumer prices might not rise much more, said Johnson of Kansas Natural Gas.