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Columbia Gas operates as a prominent natural gas distribution utility across key regions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, providing energy services to approximately 1.4 million residential and commercial customers. The company maintains a substantial infrastructure spanning strategic counties including Franklin County in Ohio, Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, and Baltimore County in Maryland.
Cities Served By Columbia Gas
Columbia Gas serves: Columbus, Toledo, Dubin marion, and Sandusky.
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12 Month Home Natural Gas Plan $0.729 /ccf
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Sample Rates Showing for Columbus Ohio
| Company | Term | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| American Power & Gas | 1/months | 0.5¢/kWh |
| Symmetry Energy Solutions | 5/months | 0.6¢/kWh |
| Constellation | 6/months | 0.6¢/kWh |
| Santanna Energy Services | 12/months | 0.7¢/kWh |
| XOOM Energy | 12/months | 0.7¢/kWh |
| Major Energy | 12/months | 0.7¢/kWh |
| Provision Power & Gas | 1/months | 0.8¢/kWh |
| Direct Energy | 12/months | 0.8¢/kWh |
| Frontier Utilities | 12/months | 0.8¢/kWh |
| Company | Term | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| CleanSky Energy | 12/months | 5.8¢/kWh |
| Clearview Energy | 1/months | 7.5¢/kWh |
Compare Columbia Gas Rates for Business
You have the power to choose your Commercial and Columbia Gas Small Business Gas Rates. The Utility Rates commercial electricity marketplace is exclusively for business electricity customers looking to start commercial service or compare their existing commercial electricity rates.
Columbia Gas business Gas Rates are some of the lowest in the US and are 20-30% less than residential rates. So, if you're starting a business or just want to compare Columbia Gas commercial Gas Rates and shop the market for a better rate, you could save thousands each year by shopping for a lower rate.
Columbia Gas Commercial Gas Rates
What is the Columbia Gas Standard Choice Offer (SCO)?
The Standard Choice Offer (SCO) is a PUCO-approved default rate for the natural gas supply that you can select if you don't want to shop for retail supplier. Though how rates are determined might seem confusing, the process helps keeps prices low.
Each April, Columbia Gas sets a retail price adjustment in cents per ccf after an auction to choose SCO suppliers. Suppliers that place the lowest bids are selected to provide the natural gas to SCO customers.
The, each month, Columbia Gas determines rates by adding the NYMEX month-end natural gas settlement price to the retail price adjustment.
This price is then passed directly to SCO customers without mark up. By law, Columbia Gas of Ohio is prohibited from profiting on the SCO.
As a result, the SCO gas supply price varies from month-to-month. Sometimes it's low, sometimes it's high. And though the SCO suppliers are also competitive retail suppliers, they are bound by law to charge the SCO rate to all of Columbia Gas's SCO customers.
Current Standard Choice Offer
Columbia Gas' Current Residential SCO Rate is $0.663 cents per ccf
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Understanding Your Columbia Gas Bill
Your Columbia Gas bill also comes packed full of useful information to help you better understand your usage and rate. But all these different line items that can be confusing to customers. Here is where we break down the most important items. Below is a sample Columbia Gas Natural Gas bill.
Columbia Gas Bill Page One
Columbia Gas Bill Page Two
- Account profile: Quick snapshot of your account info, including contact info, and programs you're enrolled in.
- Account summary features a summary of the amount due and its due date.
- Current charges: these important amounts are listed in two places; one the account summary and on your pay stub.
- Usage history: Helps you see your past 13 months of usage. You can compare by year, month, and day. Includes average temperature to help you better understand your usage and estimate future bills.
- Contact information for emergencies, customer issues, and payment is available on both the bill and stub.
- Safety information that you need: What to do and who to call during a natural gas emergency. Always call 811 before you dig!
- Definitions of common terms.
- Charge Details that breaks down delivery, taxes and fees, and supply charges.
- Legal info with rate schedules and who to call.
- Message board with info about energy efficiency and billing options.
- Change contact info on back of bill stub.
- Heat share contribution information to help you donate money to help neighbors pay their heating bills.
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