Ontario natural gas rates to drop in the new year, except for Enbridge customers

TORONTO – Rates for natural gas customers in Ontario will be changing in the new year.

The Ontario Energy Board has released the new rates it has approved for Enbridge, EPCOR and Union Gas customers effective Jan. 1.

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Enbridge customers with average usage can expect to pay about $58 more per year, factoring in new rates as well as the impact of a previous OEB decision and the expiry of a credit on bills.

Typical customers of EPCOR Natural Gas – which purchased the distribution system of Natural Resource Gas Ltd. this summer – can expect to pay about $19.17 less per year.

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Union Gas customers with average usage can all expect to pay less, though the amounts vary in different regions.

Customers in the south will pay about $28.02 less per year, in the north west customers’ bills will decrease by about $23.55 per year and customers in the north east will pay about $5.57 less per year.