As we have said before, the best natural gas deal right now is a variable rate plan. John Funk had an excellent article on this topic in the April 4th Plain Dealer: Low natural gas prices mean fixed-rate plan not best deal
Several years ago, the break even point for natural gas production was $6 per million BTUs. Due to new drilling technologies involving large deposits of shale gas, the break even point has fallen under $4 per million BTUs. With more drilling, natural gas prices can be expected to drop. Therefore, you might want to wait a while before locking into a fixed rate plan.
