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Cold Snap, Pipeline Problems Blamed For Doubled Natural Gas Prices

LAist · Lindsey Wright · last updated

The price of natural gas has more than doubled in California over the last month. According to SoCalGas, the December cold snap is to blame. But Severin Borenstein with UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute said the answer isn’t that simple.

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