Natural Gas
For Commercial users of less than 680,000 m^3 annually of natural gas, these are the current natural gas rates from
Manitoba Hydro's subsidiary Centra Gas. Larger users of natural gas have a more complex rate structure.
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Figure 1: Hydro Cost Comparison for General Service
(Medium Loads) – 300kW (333KVa) 120,000 kWh
Commercial Natural Gas Rates as of August 1, 2017
Rate Class Units of Small General Large General
Measurement Service (SGS) /1 Service (LGS) /2
Basic monthly charge $/month $14.00 $77.00
Primary Gas – quarterly rate service $/m^3 $0.0921 $0.0921
Supplemental Gas $/m^3 $0.1559 $0.1559
Transportation to Centra $/m^3 $0.0538 $0.0516
Distribution to customer/ customer sales service $/m^3 $0.0866 $0.0357
/1 SGS: is available to customers who use less than 680,000 m^3 of natural gas annually. Typically more
economical for customers using 13,770 m^3 or less vs the LGS class.
/2 LGS: available to customers who use less than 680,000 m^3 of natural gas annually. LGS is typically more
economical for customers using more than 13,770 m^3 annually.
https://www.hydro.mb.ca/regulatory_affairs/energy_rates/natural_gas/current_rates.shtml
Source: Manitoba Hydro
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7.47
8.40
8.52
14.56
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
16.00
6.48
Cents/kWh
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