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  "path": "/news/07042026/the-hidden-culprit-behind-rising-gas-utility-bills/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T13:46:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Fossil Fuels",
    "American Gas Association",
    "Building Decarbonization Coalition",
    "Climate Change",
    "electrification",
    "energy costs",
    "gas utilities",
    "Geothermal",
    "heat pumps",
    "natural gas"
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  "textContent": "From the cold snap this winter to the U.S.’s war with Iran, rising energy bills are making headlines. But there’s a larger story behind spikes in gas-utility costs, one decades in the making. The main driver of these bills used to be the price of gas itself. Now it’s the gas system infrastructure, like pipeline […]",
  "title": "The Hidden Culprit Behind Rising Gas Utility Bills"
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