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Spread: a fixed contract competes with the current defaults (15.6-16.8¢) until the next filing lands.
Level: today's gas ranks 45th of every day since 2010 - mid-range of its own history.
Timing: 30-day average ranks 41st of the trailing year - no dip worth waiting for.
Full charts in the deeper market below.
Basic service is the default rate from your utility, in cents per kWh. It resets February 1. These are the utility's own published filings.
| Utility and class | Through Jan 31 | Next period | Their January price |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Grid Commercial | 15.6¢ | n/a | 24.8¢ |
| Eversource Small C&I | 16.8¢ | n/a | 25.6¢ |
A fixed supply contract signed today competes against these published rates, not against today's. Ask us to run your number.
DPU-approved basic service rates. Medium and large accounts reset quarterly; ask for your rate class. Sources: National Grid tariff M.D.P.U. No. 1-26-G; Eversource Eastern MA rate schedule. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
Monthly wholesale energy cost for a business using 500,000 kWh/year. The dashed line is the same month under a fixed contract at today's forward price.
Wholesale energy component only. Delivery charges and supplier margin come on top.
The driver signal sits in the middle of its one-year range. Get a baseline priced now; we watch daily and flag the next real dip.
41st today - down from 70th Jul 24 - down from 53rd a month ago
This week's read. The driver signal is at the 41st percentile of the past year. The timing rule reads neutral.
The 30-day average of the wholesale day-ahead power price over the past year - the dot is today, ranked against every day shown.
30-day average day-ahead power price - a wholesale series recorded in $/MWh, shown here in cents per kWh · 365 observations ending September 6, 2026. Today reads 4.9¢ against 4.3¢ a year ago. Zones are drawn from the same window of data the percentile is ranked against.
What the market charges today to deliver gas in each of the next 24 months - the same curve suppliers build fixed rates from. Shaded months are winter. The second winter is priced above the first.
NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas monthly settlements as of September 7, 2026 - Yahoo Finance approximation when official CME settlements are unavailable. A year ago the market priced this January at $4.73; today $3.90. The curve is the cost of locking each month in today, not a forecast of where spot prices will land.
The fuel behind the price: New England makes half to two-thirds (38% at the last ISO New England reading) of its electricity by burning natural gas, so power rates follow this line. 16 years of it - every spike is a winter or a war, and the quiet stretches near the floor are when fixed rates are won.
Henry Hub natural-gas spot price - the U.S. benchmark - in dollars per million BTU, weekly averages of EIA daily data, July 2010 through September 4, 2026. Gas-fired plants generate roughly half of New England’s electricity, so the price of gas steers the price of power here; the region pays above this benchmark in winter, when pipeline capacity binds. Producers curtail output below roughly $1.80-2.85, which makes sustained prices under the floor rare. Today reads $2.90; the weekly line spans $1.40-13.79, and the bold figures on each shock are single-day peaks - single days run higher than weekly averages show. Live fuel mix: ISO New England, read 2026-09-07 12:30.
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| Signal | Level | As of | Pctile | vs 126d MA | vs 252d MA | Status |
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Sources: ISO New England web services, EIA Henry Hub spot and Lower 48 storage, NYMEX gas futures via Yahoo Finance (approximation when official CME settlements are unavailable). Timing rule: at or below the 25th percentile reads favorable, 25th to 75th neutral, 75th and above unfavorable. All prices in this table are live. The percentile and trend columns compare today's value against daily history; for the forward strips that history is being collected one settlement per weekday (started July 8, 2026), so those columns switch on around the date shown in the cell. Monthly costs assume flat usage of 41,667 kWh/month.