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Energy Market Recap – Wrapping up August 2026

8 September 2026 1 min read

=Energy Market Recap – Wrapping up August 2026, page 1: natural gas falls as electricity prices face growing pressure, with August market snapshot and 2027 price forecastsEnergy Market Recap – Wrapping up August 2026, page 2: August storage builds versus the five-year average, plus bullish electricity and bearish natural gas factors

August brought lower natural gas prices and a higher long-term electricity outlook. Gas settled at $2.73 per million Btu on record production and above-normal storage, while PJM’s capacity auction cleared at its cap for the third consecutive year and the EIA raised its 2027 commercial power forecast to 14.05 cents per kilowatt-hour. Download the full recap (PDF)