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For 160 years Washington Gas has been distributing natural gas to customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. We bring natural gas to your home or business safely and reliably.

Washington Gas Purchased Gas Costs*

Virginia

 Month, Year

Dollars per Therm*

October 1997 $.4378
November 1997 $.5073
December 1997 $.3669
January 1998 $.3356
February 1998 $.3129
March 1998 $.3035
April 1998 $.2730
May 1998 $.2730
June 1998 $.2764
July 1998 $.2764
August 1998 $.2764
September 1998 $.3061
October 1998 $.3061
November 1998 $.3061
December 1998 $.3769
January 1999 $.3747
February 1999 $.3202
March 1999 $.2545
April 1999 $.2545
May 1999 $.2545
June 1999 $.3281
July 1999 $.3281
August 1999 $.3281
September 1999 $.4270
October 1999 $.4270
November 1999 $.4270
December 1999 $.3067
January 2000 $.3067
February 2000 $.3478
March 2000 $.3697
April 2000 $.3873
May 2000 $.2933
June 2000 $.3092
July 2000 $.4083
August 2000 $.4083
September 2000 $.5246
October 2000 $.5729
November 2000 $.5729
December 2000 $.6219
January 2001 $.7583
February 2001 $.7311
March 2001 $.7034
April 2001 $.7793
May 2001 $.7793
June 2001 $.6764
July 2001 $.6764
August 2001 $.6764
September 2001 $.5318
October 2001 $.5318
November 2001 $.5318
December 2001 $.5875
January 2002 $.5875
February 2002 $.4775
March 2002 $.5053
April 2002 $.5956
May 2002 $.5956
June 2002 $.6342
July 2002 $.6342
August 2002 $.6342
September 2002 $.5867
October 2002 $.5867
November 2002 $.6318
December 2002 $.5468
January 2003 $.5758
February 2003 $.6193
March 2003 $.9626
April 2003 $.7720
May 2003 $.7166
June 2003 $.8266
July 2003 $.7672
August 2003 $.7672
September 2003 $.7024
October 2003 $.7024
November 2003 $.7024
December 2003 $.7324
January 2004 $.7954
February 2004 $.8337
March 2004 $.6858
April 2004 $.7640
May 2004 $.8512
June 2004 $.9385
July 2004 $.8846
August 2004 $.8846
September 2004 $.7854
October 2004 $.7854
November 2004 $.9568
December 2004 $.8518
January 2005 $.8887
February 2005 $.8784
March 2005 $.7801
April 2005 $.9217
May 2005 $.9217
June 2005 $.8389
July 2005 $.9257
August 2005 $.9257
September 2005 $1.0524
October 2005 $1.3419
November 2005 $1.3419
December 2005 $1.2436
January 2006 $1.4661
February 2006 $1.3683
March 2006 $1.1432
April 2006 $1.1397
May 2006 $0.9329
June 2006 $0.7440
July 2006 $0.7440
August 2006 $0.7228
September 2006 $0.8465
October 2006 $0.8500
November 2006 $0.9409
December 2006 $1.0704
January 2007 $1.0704
February 2007 $1.0704
March 2007 $0.9464
April 2007 $0.9464
May 2007 $0.9464
June 2007 $0.9667
July 2007 $0.9113
August 2007 $0.8185
September 2007 $0.9291
October 2007 $0.8746
November 2007 $0.9490
December 2007 $1.0140
January 2008 $0.9467
February 2008 $0.9966
March 2008 $0.9954
April 2008 $0.9345
May 2008 $1.1435
June 2008 $1.2421
July 2008 $1.5238
August 2008 $1.2350
September 2008 $1.0259
October 2008 $1.0259
November 2008                $0.9604
December 2008                 $1.1030
January 2009                $0.9824
February 2009                $0.9024
 March 2009                $0.5617
 April 2009                $0.8557
 May 2009                $0.7112
 June 2009                $0.6999
  July 2009                $0.6956
 August 2009                $0.6956
 September 2009                $.6967
 October 2009                $0.7170
 November 2009                $0.7650
 December 2009                $0.6819
 January 2010                $0.7640
 February 2010                $0.8023
 March 2010                 $0.7628
 April 2010                $0.6856
 May 2010                $0.6856
 June 2010                $0.7481
 July 2010                $0.9688

*Reflects purchased gas costs less balancing charges listed below. Effective April 2001, the Balancing Charge is billed to third party suppliers by Washington Gas to recover a portion of Washington Gas's capacity and peaking operation's costs. The Balancing Charge does not include a portion of Washington Gas's storage costs, which are billed separately to third party suppliers.

 

Balancing charge: $.0503 (1997 through 1998)
  $.0525 (January 1999- November 1999)
  $.0563 (December 1999 - November 2000)
  $.0783 (December 2000 billing cycle)
  $.0763 ( January 2001 - March 2001)
  $.0161 (April 2001 - December 2001)
  $.0122 (December 2001 - December 2002)
  $.0186 (December 2002 - March 2003)
  $.0158 (March 2003 - December 2003)
  $.0154 (December 2003 - February 2004)
  $.0197 (March 2004 - April 2004)
  $.0240 (May 2004 - November 2004)
  $.0302 (December 2004 - February 2005)
  $.0293 (March 2005-November 2005)
  $.0207 (December 2005-February 2006)
  $.0105 (March 2006-November 2006)
  $.0043 (December 2006 - February 2007)
  $.0200 (March 2007 - November 2007)
  $.0193 (December 2007 - February 2008)
  $.0218 (March 2008 - November 2008)
  $.0327 (December 2008 - February 2009)
  $0.0179 (March 2009 - November 2009)
  $0.0159 (December 2009 - February 2010)
  $0.0101 (March 2010 - November 2010)