From the OC Register:
But the gas price the week before the commission voted turned out to be the record high for the decade, not a sign of things to come.  Natural gas now sells for just $3.53 per million BTUs.  “Nobody saw this coming,” said Linda R. Cohen, a professor of economics and law at UC Irvine and an expert on energy. “Nobody saw $5 natural gas, let alone $3.50.”

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