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Natural Gas Futures to US Residential Electricity Ratio
The natural gas futures to us residential electricity ratio is 0.1524 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.81 per Million British Thermal Units divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Natural Gas Futures to US Residential Electricity ratio
1.000 MMBtu of natural gas futures = 0.1524 kWh of us residential electricity
Inverse (ELEC-RES-US/NG-FUT): 6.562 — one Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity buys that much natural gas futures.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (33th percentile of the last 1 year)
Natural Gas Futures
$2.81
per Million British Thermal Units
US Residential Electricity
$18.44
per Kilowatt Hour
Unit basis: USD per Million British Thermal Units ÷ USD per Kilowatt Hour. The ratio reads as Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:26:26 GMT.
1Y average
0.1935
median 0.1839
1Y low
0.1491
May 1, 2026
1Y high
0.2842
Dec 1, 2025
Normal band
0.1469–0.2400
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.88σ
6 observations
Natural Gas Futures to US Residential Electricity ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the NG-FUT/ELEC-RES-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Natural Gas Futures / US Residential Electricity price chart below.
NG-FUT/ELEC-RES-US ratio line
How many kWh of US Residential Electricity one MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures buys, over 1Y.
NG-FUT/ELEC-RES-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the NG-FUT/ELEC-RES-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Natural Gas Futures and US Residential Electricity prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the natural gas futures to us residential electricity ratio
Natural Gas Futures to US Residential Electricity ratio = Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units ÷ US Residential Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.81 ÷ $18.44 = 0.1524. The inverse is 6.562.
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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 natural gas futures to us residential electricity ratio today?
The natural gas futures to us residential electricity ratio is 0.1524 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.81 per Million British Thermal Units divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the natural gas futures to us residential electricity ratio?
Divide the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units by the us residential electricity price per Kilowatt Hour. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures.
What is the inverse of the natural gas futures to us residential electricity ratio?
The inverse, us residential electricity to natural gas futures, is 6.562 — how many Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures one Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity buys.