The 2021-2022 winter home heating season will likely be “significantly more expensive” than last year, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently reported.

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Citing a recent Energy Association of Pennsylvania (EAP) readiness report, PUC noted that home heating consumption is “likely to increase due to forecasts of colder weather, combined with a rise in natural gas prices.”

Pennsylvania’s gas demand will reach 230.6 Bcf this winter, representing a 2.6% increase from the 224.7 Bcf figure for Winter 2020-2021, according to information in the EAP report.

PUC also released a series of “2021 Winter Reliability Overview Reports” from Pennsylvania’s major natural gas distribution companies (NGDC). It explained the reports outline the NGDCs’...