Colorado's natural gas prices are tracked monthly for industrial, residential, commercial, and electric power consumers from 1989 onward. The data originates from the US Energy Information Administration (USEIA) and is hosted by data.colorado.gov. Records include city gate prices and prices for consumers within Colorado.
Use Cases
- Analyze long-term price trends for residentialPrice, commercialPrice, and industrialPrice using time-series decomposition.
- Model the relationship between cityGatePrice and end-user prices like electricPowerConsumersPrice.
- Compare price differentials for in-state consumers (e.g., residentialFromCO) versus broader market prices.
- Forecast next-month industrialPrice based on historical date and price series.
Strengths
- Time series spans over 35 years, starting in 1989.
- Data provides price breakdowns for 9 distinct consumer and market categories.
Limitations
- The total number of rows and data size are unknown.
- Sample data is unavailable for preliminary inspection of values and formats.
- Data may have geographic bias, focusing solely on Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- US Energy Information Administration (USEIA).
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1989 onward (monthly).
- Freshness
- Data was last updated on April 3, 2026.
- Geography
- Colorado, United States.