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The spot natural gas price at Algonquin Citygate averaged $20.55/MMBtu in January 2022, the highest monthly average since February 2014. New England wholesale power also topped $100/MWh on 25 days in January.
Cold-driven load growth combined with constrained pipelines and scarce LNG keeps regional gas and power prices elevated and prone to spikes.
After 221 past bullish weather events, Natural Gas moved a median +3.3% over 5 sessions (61% higher; middle half -5.2% to +14.0%), and -0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.