Hungry? Got food on the mind?
On topic, when this was deregulated I think everyone was hoping for the kind of competition you saw with the phone companies. The problem is the phone companies had a cost of building the network then a tiny cost maintaining that network. Gas and electric have a cost building the delivery system, maintaining that delivery system, and a huge cost constantly replenishing the product they’re selling you. There isn’t a lot of room for competition to lower the price IMO.