Average gas bill in Rhode Island
$127a month, on average
$1,529 over the 12 months October 2024 – September 2025 for a typical residential natural gas customer: total spending divided by 253,412 customers (2024 count).
In context
- Previous 12 months
- $1,498(+2.1%)
- U.S. average
- $1,023 (+49.5%)
- Gas used per year
- 71.4 Mcf ≈ 740 therms
- Latest price (Aug 2026)
- $23.75/Mcf
- Last winter’s price
- $20.99/Mcf $2.03/therm
4th highest yearly gas bill of 51 states and D.C.
Month by month
The winter months (November–March) made up 77% of the year’s gas spending. The highest bill was $349 in January 2025; the lowest $25 in July 2025.
Show the numbers
| Month | Gas per customer | Price | Average bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | 2.27 Mcf | $25.48/Mcf | $57.71 |
| November 2024 | 7.06 Mcf | $29.35/Mcf | $207.32 |
| December 2024 | 9.26 Mcf | $24.25/Mcf | $224.59 |
| January 2025 | 15.65 Mcf | $22.32/Mcf | $349.32 |
| February 2025 | 13.27 Mcf | $17.69/Mcf | $234.76 |
| March 2025 | 9.29 Mcf | $17.33/Mcf | $161.05 |
| April 2025 | 5.46 Mcf | $14.36/Mcf | $78.37 |
| May 2025 | 2.85 Mcf | $16.92/Mcf | $48.14 |
| June 2025 | 1.75 Mcf | $24.33/Mcf | $42.53 |
| July 2025 | 1.25 Mcf | $20.31/Mcf | $25.49 |
| August 2025 | 1.65 Mcf | $29.12/Mcf | $47.92 |
| September 2025 | 1.64 Mcf | $31.38/Mcf | $51.51 |
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Why the price per Mcf jumps in summer
EIA’s residential price is total revenue divided by gas delivered. Utilities charge a fixed monthly customer fee, so in summer, when households burn little gas, that fee is spread over a small volume and the price per Mcf looks high ($23.75 in August 2026). The winter price, $20.99 per Mcf for Nov 2025 – Mar 2026, is closer to what each extra unit of heat costs.
Gas or a heat pump in Rhode Island?
At last winter’s gas price and this year’s electricity rate (29.0¢ per kWh), heat from a 90%-efficient gas furnace costs $22.51 per million Btu and from a heat pump with a seasonal COP of 2.5 about $34.06. Gas is the cheaper heat here at current prices. Compare every fuel in Rhode Island.
Source and method
U.S. Energy Information Administration: residential natural gas price (series N3010RI3), residential consumption (N3010RI2) and number of residential consumers (NA1501_SRI_8). Average bill = consumption per customer × average price, month by month. EIA withholds some months for some states; the 12-month window above is the latest with every month reported. Page rebuilt November 4, 2026.