A news article posted on 5 November 2005 on the website of KTVO TV3 out of Kirksville Missouri reported that the retail price of natural gas in the area had increased from $0.72 to $1.29 per 100 cubic feet between the winter of 2004-05 and now. That is an increase of 85%.
Customers have expressed a certain amount of shock, but the increase is actually a bit less than the increase in the commodity trading price of natural gas.
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