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How Natural Gas Rates Are Set
Residential Natural Gas Charges
- Gas Cost Recovery: The cost of the natural gas itself, which is measured in thousand cubic feet (Mcf). This is usually about 65% of your total bill and includes only what we pay for the natural gas. We also help reduce the price you pay by purchasing most of the natural gas you need during the summer when prices are low and storing it underground until you need it.
- Distribution: Charges include operation and maintenance expenses for pipelines and storage.
- Customer: Charges include billing and metering that are necessary to serve our customers. This is a fixed charge of $12.60 per month.
Gas Cost Recovery Charges
| Price/Mcf - Gas Cost Recovery | ||
| February 2022 | $3.6946 | |
| January 2022 | $3.6867 | |
| December 2021 | $4.1993 | |
| November 2021 | $4.2833 | |
| October 2021 | $3.8295 | |
| September 2021 | $3.5676 | |
| August 2021 | $3.3173 | |
| July 2021 | $3.0093 | |
| June 2021 | $2.9093 | |
| May 2021 | $2.6818 | |
| April 2021 | $2.8553 | |
| March 2021 | $2.0321 | |
| February 2021 | $2.1404 | |
| January 2021 | $2.1727 | |
| December 2020 | $2.3350 | |
| November 2020 | $2.3237 | |
| October 2020 | $2.4867 | |
| September 2020 | $2.3710 | |
| August 2020 | $2.2650 | |
| July 2020 | $2.3260 |
Michigan Energy Rates
Working Together to Keep Costs Down
We strive to provide you with the best product at the best price and are always looking for ways to reduce your costs by:
- Buying natural gas during the summer when it generally costs less and store it in our underground fields throughout Michigan.
- Reducing power plant fuel costs by increasing the use of lower-priced Western coal from Wyoming and Montana.
- Recycling and minimizing waste to help reduce hazardous waste shipments and lower electric generation costs.
- Providing recycling for more than 20 major types of waste.
- Our robust line-clearing maintenance program reduces tree related outages and restoration costs.
- Using a variety of electric generation facilities and running our most efficient units more often.
- Working to get crews from other Midwest energy services to restore service as quickly as possible in cases of catastrophic storms (180,000 customers or more lose power).