**1. Introduction**

Pandemics are not a new phenomenon in human history, from time to time crises occur in world history. An example of such a pandemic is the coronavirus that shocked humanity. It is the kind of shock that causes a global economic crisis. The coronavirus also introduced some shock in forecasting energy consumption, including natural gas. Natural gas consumption forecasts during a pandemic, even those for the shortest periods, are subject to large error. The problem with forecasting gas consumption is the inability to predict government decisions on restrictions and the lack of reliable estimates of the long-term forecast of the number of illnesses and the lack of predictions of people's behavior in following proper instructions.

This paper presents a coronavirus pandemic and its effects on natural gas consumption forecasting in the United States.
