Natural Gas Markets Brace for Major Cold

Significant impact likely in store for cash pricing in the coming weeks.

As the energy market gets back to “business as usual” following the holiday season, we are already faced with the most significant weather event so far this winter. After a period of mild conditions in most areas spanning from Christmas to New Year’s Day, temperatures are already falling quickly across the eastern half of the country, and energy users need to be making preparations for an extended stretch of much cooler-than-normal weather lasting deep into January.