Posted on 01/23/2014, 11:19 am, by mySteinbach

The Public Utilities Board has approved Centra Gas’ application to increase current primary gas rates effective February 1, 2014.

By Board Order 6/14, the Public Utilities Board (Board) approved Centra Gas Manitoba Inc.’s (Centra) application to increase the current Primary Gas rate from $0.1142/m3 to $0.1382/m3 effective February 1, 2014. Primary Gas is sold at cost by Centra to Manitoba customers.

The projected annual bill impact for a typical residential customer is an increase of approximately 6.4% or $50/year. Primary Gas rates will be reviewed again May 1, 2014.

Primary Gas rates for customers that have signed fixed-term fixed-price contracts, with either Centra or a private broker, are not affected.