Why Your Winter Heating Bill Could Rise

$3.021 — the U.S. price for near-term natural gas (contract NGV26) on September 23, up 1.89%, CME Group data show. That's back above $3 because America is pumping the least gas since July, Natural Gas Intelligence reported. Think grocery stock: when shelves thin out, prices rise. That can lift winter heating bills, even if yearly supply looks okay.