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US Residential Electricity to Natural Gas Futures Ratio
The us residential electricity to natural gas futures ratio is 6.562 — US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour divided by Natural Gas Futures at $2.81 per Million British Thermal Units.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
US Residential Electricity to Natural Gas Futures ratio
1.000 kWh of us residential electricity = 6.562 MMBtu of natural gas futures
Inverse (NG-FUT/ELEC-RES-US): 0.1524 — one Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures buys that much us residential electricity.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (67th percentile of the last 1 year)
US Residential Electricity
$18.44
per Kilowatt Hour
Natural Gas Futures
$2.81
per Million British Thermal Units
Unit basis: USD per Kilowatt Hour ÷ USD per Million British Thermal Units. The ratio reads as Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures per Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:26:26 GMT.
1Y average
5.437
median 5.525
1Y low
3.518
Dec 1, 2025
1Y high
6.705
May 1, 2026
Normal band
4.303–6.571
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.99σ
6 observations
US Residential Electricity to Natural Gas Futures ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the ELEC-RES-US/NG-FUT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the US Residential Electricity / Natural Gas Futures price chart below.
ELEC-RES-US/NG-FUT ratio line
How many MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures one kWh of US Residential Electricity buys, over 1Y.
ELEC-RES-US/NG-FUT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the ELEC-RES-US/NG-FUT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
US Residential Electricity and Natural Gas Futures prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the us residential electricity to natural gas futures ratio
US Residential Electricity to Natural Gas Futures ratio = US Residential Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour ÷ Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures per Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $18.44 ÷ $2.81 = 6.562. The inverse is 0.1524.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4655.18 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.27 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.99 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.81 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1887.51 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1353.70 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the us residential electricity to natural gas futures ratio today?
The us residential electricity to natural gas futures ratio is 6.562 — US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour divided by Natural Gas Futures at $2.81 per Million British Thermal Units, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the us residential electricity to natural gas futures ratio?
Divide the us residential electricity price per Kilowatt Hour by the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures per Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity.
What is the inverse of the us residential electricity to natural gas futures ratio?
The inverse, natural gas futures to us residential electricity, is 0.1524 — how many Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity one Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures buys.