high-priced gas

基本解释

All that cleaner, greener gas has already been presold under 20-year contracts to buyers in Asia at prices indexed not to low-priced American gas but to high-priced oil.
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In turn, high natural gas prices pushed up electricity prices in many parts of the country, especially in states like New York where highest-priced gas-fired generators set the price of electricity during high-demand hours.
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