Peoples Gas rates to increase
Customers of Peoples Natural Gas will pay more for their gas.
Effective today, Jan. 1, the quarterly adjusted gas cost commodity rate will increase from $3.37 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) to $3.69 per mcf.
With the increase, a residential customer who uses 80,000 cubic feet per year, or 6.7 mcf per month, will see a monthly bill increase from $81 to $88, said Carol Scanlon, Peoples manager of rates.
The commodity gas cost is a straight dollar-for-dollar pass through from Peoples to the customers, thus Peoples does not profit from the gas cost commodity rate, Scanlon said.
Peoples serves about 31,200 customers in Blair County.