The traditional inventory–building season is April to October for natural gas. The volume of working gas in underground storage by November 1 has to meet winter's demands under any circumstance. The volume in storage in March was approximately 25 percent of storage capacity.
In March 2022, Nebraska had the capacity to store 12,653 million cubic feet (mmcf) of working natural gas or working gas, and there was 3,220 mmcf working gas according to Energy Information Administration estimates. As shown in Figure 1 and the data table below, this volume of working gas was a decrease of 1,158 mmcf from February 2022 and down 24 percent from March 2021. Stocks were lower than the five–year average and at the bottom boundary of the five–year range.