Use when a human asks about gas-fired or behind-the-meter power economics for a data center in a US state — "is gas power cheaper than the grid in Texas?", "what is the gas access + pipeline situation in Virginia?". The GAS analogue of get_grid_intelligence: fuses the DC Hub Gas Index (DCGI), live Henry Hub, gas-to-grid $/MWh across heat-rate scenarios, pipeline-operator presence, and the live grid gas share into one per-STATE brief. Params: region (US state code or name, e.g. "TX" | "Texas" | "Virginia"). Returns: {region, region_name, gas_access (pipeline counts + operators — PRESENCE not firm capacity), henry_hub_usd_mmbtu (live), basis_usd_mmbtu (synthetic-labeled), delivered_price_usd_mmbtu (null where the tariff table is sparse — surfaced honestly, never fabricated), live_grid_gas_share_pct, pipeline_presence (operators + parent midstreams), data_basis (per-field provenance/confidence), omitted_no_fabrication, dcgi_status, gas_to_grid_status}. ★ ★ TWO DIFFERENT STATES, do not merge them. dcgi_score and dcgi_verdict were withdrawn 2026-08-08 and RESTORED 2026-08-30 once all three defective terms were repaired — they are returned again, but a figure published before 2026-08-08 is from a different index and must not be compared with one published now (/api/v1/dcgi/methodology corrections). gas_to_grid_usd_per_mwh and the behind-the-meter-vs-grid delta remain WITHDRAWN and are still NOT returned: five surfaces disagreed by up to 5.5x on the same market's $/MWh with no sanity gate, and that defect is not fixed. dcgi_status and gas_to_grid_status carry the current state of each — read them rather than assuming both moved together. DO NOT quote a cached DCGI score or $/MWh. Everything else in this brief — live Henry Hub, live ISO gas share, pipeline and parent-midstream presence — is unaffected and is what this tool is now for. Every field carries a data_basis label; gas storage / LNG / firm pipeline capacity are deliberately OMITTED (no feed). Do NOT use for electricity grid headroom (use get_grid_intelligence) or the DCGI score alone (use get_gas_index).