Manitoba

Average annual natural gas bill going up about about 2.6% after Manitoba utilities board OK's hike

Manitobans are going to pay a bit more for natural gas as well as propane used for home heating. The annual bill for a typical residential customer will go up by roughly 2.6 per cent, or $15 a year.

Yearly increase for typical customer will be $15, Public Utilities Board says

A gas cooker is seen in Boroughbridge, northern England in this November 13, 2012 file photograph. Centrica posted a 9 percent rise in profit at its British Gas business, the country's biggest household energy supplier announced on February 27, 2013, putting pressure on it to justify an inflation-beating rise in prices in the midst of a recession.
Manitoba's Public Utilities Board has approved an increase for natural gas by Centra Gas, along with a hike for propane sold for heating in Thompson, Flin Flon and Snow Lake. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

Manitobans are going to pay a bit more for natural gas as well as propane used for home heating.

The province's Public Utilities Board has approved an increase for natural gas by Centra Gas as of Feb. 1.

The board says the annual bill for a typical residential customer will go up by roughly 2.6 per cent, or $15 a year.

The increase is being prompted by higher purchasing costs, it says.

The board has also approved a hike in propane sold by Stittco for heating in Thompson, Flin Flon and Snow Lake that will start Feb. 1.

The increase works out to roughly 9.7 per cent, or $165 per year, for the average residential customer.