To compare average residential gas bills, see the IURC's monthly residential surveys.
Key components in a Citizens Gas bill include gas costs and base rates.
Gas Costs
Natural gas utilities buy gas for their customers in a competitive wholesale market. Indiana law allows utilities to adjust rates every three months to recover changes in those costs, which can go up or down. These costs comprise a significant portion of a residential bill and are recovered through the Gas Cost Adjustment (GCA) process.
- Utilities may recover wholesale gas costs on a dollar-for-dollar basis but may not profit on them.
- Before adjusting rates to reflect the costs, a utility must demonstrate that it has shopped prudently in the competitive market.
- Each GCA filing requires OUCC review and IURC approval.
The utility's most recently approved GCA (Cause No. 37399 GCA-163) will affect bills for September, October and November 2024.
Base Rates
Base rates cover "non-gas" costs for a utility, including operational, maintenance, and capital costs.
- The IURC approved current base rates for Citizens Gas in 2011.
- To review the rate case's public file, please visit the IURC website and enter cause number 43975.
- The OUCC issued an April 2011 news release to invite consumer comments.
For information on the IURC's 2014-2015 investigation of Citizens Energy Group, please click here.
Additional OUCC Resources
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