In recent months, most laundry operators probably haven’t worried too much about energy costs, since natural gas prices have hovered for much of the year at or near all-time lows, bottoming out last month at $2.10 per MMBtu (1 million British thermal units). However, a combination of factors, including disinvestment in well infrastructure due to limited ROI, brisk demand and growing exports could draw down surpluses. That, in turn, could lead to dramatically higher prices in the near term, according an article published by TRSA associate member APPI Energy.