Business Rates

General Commercial (Rate Code 02)

Available for all commercial and industrial customers engaged in selling, warehousing, or distributing a commodity, or in a profession, or some other form of economic or social activity and for any other small industrial purpose that does not directly apply to another rate classification.

Rates effective with the April 2024 Billing Cycle

Large Commercial (Rate Code 04)

Available to commercial/industrial accounts whose average daily usage is (or the Authority reasonably anticipates to be) greater than 70 therms per day and monthly usage in June, July, and August is not below 1,700 therms per month.

Firm Industrial (Rate Code 06)

Available to commercial/industrial accounts whose average daily usage is (or the Authority reasonably anticipates to be) greater than 35 dekatherms per day and monthly usage in June, July and August is not below 700 dekatherms per month. The service is available to the extent that the Authority has adequate facilities and equipment available and in place for delivery of such volumes of gas.

Interruptible

Available to industrial accounts whose usage is for process purposes and space/water heating is incidental only and the customer maintains an operational alternate fuel system. Average daily usage must be greater than 100 dekatherms.

The fixed monthly charge is $300. Accounts are billed in dekatherms.

Transportation Services

Available for the firm transportation and delivery of natural gas on the Authority’s gas distribution system to industrial customers whose average daily usage is 500 dekatherms (“Dt”) per day or greater. Also, this Service Schedule is available only if:

• The Authority and the Customer are interconnected;
• The Authority and the Customer have adequate facilities and equipment available and in place for transporting and delivering specified quantities of gas, provided that any necessary additional facilities and equipment that are required may be provided for in the Service Agreement upon the mutual agreement of the parties;
• The Authority has sufficient available capacity on its gas distribution system to transport the requested quantity of gas from its City Gate to the point of delivery to the Customer;
• The Customer has executed a Service Agreement with the Authority.

Each year, qualifying customers shall request this transportation service prior to July 1st and provide a Maximum Daily Quantity (MDQ) which represents the maximum daily quantity of gas the Authority is obligated to transport on a Firm basis. The annual service shall commence November 1st and run through October 31st of the following year.

For additional information, please contact the Director of Gas Control or visit our contact us page to request more information. 

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