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Alberta natural gas rates

Every month since 2000.

What natural gas has sold for in Alberta, month by month, from January 2000 to Jul 2026. This is the market every gas rate in the province follows.

Monthly natural gas price, $ per GJ

  • Market price + $0.99 retailer charge
  • FLUX Fixed today, $3.46
Latest month
$2.34/GJ
Jul 2026
Average
$4.63/GJ
Jan 2000 to Jul 2026
Lowest month
$1.42/GJ
Sep 2024
Highest month
$12.37/GJ
Oct 2005

The line is the monthly wholesale price of natural gas in Alberta plus FLUX's $0.99/GJ retailer charge, which is how a variable plan is priced. Energy charge only. A variable plan is priced on the daily market, so a bill can land above or below the monthly figure. Past prices are not an indication of future prices, and a variable plan can cost more or less than a fixed plan over any given term.

Year by year

The same history, in numbers.

Average price for each year, with that year's cheapest and most expensive month. Wholesale price, before any retailer charge.

YearAverageLowest monthHighest month
2026 (to Jul)$1.61$1.16 May$2.46 Jan
2025$1.43$0.50 Sep$2.71 Dec
2024$1.17$0.43 Sep$2.63 Jan
2023$2.46$1.93 Jul$4.55 Jan
2022$4.78$3.53 Oct$6.53 Jun
2021$3.10$2.32 Jan$4.57 Nov
2020$1.90$1.56 Apr$2.58 Nov
2019$1.40$0.55 Jun$2.22 Dec
2018$1.29$0.75 Jun$1.76 Feb
2017$2.02$1.11 Oct$2.86 Jan
2016$1.83$0.94 May$2.75 Dec
2015$2.42$2.12 Dec$2.83 Jan
2014$4.00$3.39 Dec$5.20 Feb
2013$2.83$2.14 Sep$3.24 May
2012$2.14$1.58 May$2.98 Dec
2011$3.28$2.92 Dec$3.51 Jun
2010$3.57$2.92 Oct$4.88 Jan
2009$3.65$2.48 Sep$5.77 Jan
2008$7.47$6.19 Jan$9.87 Jun
2007$6.05$4.42 Sep$6.96 Oct
2006$6.22$4.40 Oct$9.52 Jan
2005$7.87$5.94 Feb$11.38 Oct
2004$5.98$5.21 Sep$6.70 Dec
2003$5.81$4.60 Nov$8.94 Mar
2002$3.68$2.71 Feb$4.94 Dec
2001$5.12$2.40 Oct$11.21 Jan
2000$4.27$2.50 Jan$8.28 Dec

Canadian dollars per gigajoule. Each year's average is the simple average of its monthly prices, not weighted by usage. Add $0.99 for the retailer charge on a FLUX variable plan.

Reading the chart

What the line is and is not.

Each point is the monthly wholesale price of natural gas in Alberta, in Canadian dollars per gigajoule, as published by the Government of Alberta on its Economic Dashboard, plus FLUX's $0.99 per GJ retailer charge. It is the energy charge only.
Not exactly. FLUX Energy began serving customers in 2026, so the chart applies today's retailer charge to the market's history. A variable plan is priced on the daily gas market, so a real bill can land above or below the monthly figure. Delivery, rate riders, the daily administration charge, and GST are separate lines on top.
Since January 2000, the highest monthly wholesale price was $11.38 per GJ in Oct 2005. The lowest was $0.43 in Sep 2024.
The province publishes each month's price after the month has closed, so the newest figures arrive with a delay of a couple of months. This page picks them up as they are posted.
It depends on the months you are in. Variable has been lower through some stretches and much higher through others, as the chart shows. A fixed rate trades that movement for a known price. Past prices are not an indication of future prices.

Prices come from the Government of Alberta's Economic Dashboard and are refreshed here daily. The FLUX Fixed rate is our posted rate card as of the day this page was rendered; see every plan when you build your plan, or compare against what you pay now with the savings calculator.

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