Trump promised to cut consumers’ energy costs within his first year in office but gas price is up 4% on average

Americans using gas stoves to cook during the holidays, or any other meal in the near future, are set for persistently higher bills, with the price of gas expected to keep rising into next year.

US households will pay 4% more for gas power this year, on average, compared with 2024, with the industrial and power plant sectors experiencing a much higher price rise, a recent analysis from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has found.

The cost of gas piped into people’s homes rose by 11.7% in September, compared with a year previously, a higher rate of inflation than in any other area measured by the federal government, such as food, medical care and clothing.

Cooking with gas gets more expensive as Americans face rising prices into 2026

Trump promised to cut consumers’ energy costs within his first year in office but gas price is up 4% on average

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Induction is so much better anyways. And I don't mean that induction plate that costs a few bucks and you plug into an outlet. I mean a real stove. My pans are hot in seconds. My wok starts glowing in 10 to 15 seconds. So much faster and better than using an open flame. And safer with all the fire and VOCs and such.

Gas gives you much better heat control.

I own an induction stove now and would agree with this. The induction makes hot spots which are inconsistent across my larger cast iron pan, requiring me to rotate the pan or move food in the pan around to get everything evenly. My families gas stove does not have that issue at all with similar pans. I wonder why the down votes? Ive had to change the way I think about even heating with the induction stove.

But it sure is fast and I used to leave my old stove on accidentally too often. The induction turns itself off pretty quickly when the pan is removed.

The induction makes hot spots which are inconsistent across my larger cast iron pan, requiring me to rotate the pan or move food in the pan around to get everything evenly.

I can't say I've experienced this with my cast iron pan and induction range. Can I ask how big of a pan you're using?

It's a 12"/30cm pan on a 9"/23cm induction pad. It's a Frigidaire FCFI3083AS, bought in the U.S. at home depot (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frigidaire-30-in-5-3-cu-ft-4-Burner-Element-Slide-In-Front-Control-Self-Cleaning-Induction-Range-w-Convection-in-Stainless-Steel-FCFI3083AS/323867171)

So I don't expect the entire pan to heat perfectly, but the center area 23cm heats up in a crescent shape, like you can see the coil and the top half heats way hotter than the bottom half of that area. So I rotate it, but then get uneven heating as the other half cools down and the new top gets the hot part of the pad. I really like the stove, but that drives me nuts.

Is that size pan just not going to work well? What size do you use? I'm guessing you don't see the crescent shape heat spot on yours?