Affordability Primers

Across the country, the price of residential gas is up 3.4x the rate of inflation year-over-year. We have heard from regulators and policymakers across the US that they would like to better understand what is driving these increases.

Over the coming months, the Future of Heat Initiative will release a set of state-specific Affordability Primers that explain and document the leading cause of residential rate increases—record levels of capital spending.

The primers are posted below, with additional state analyses to be released on a rolling basis throughout January and February 2026.