For California residents, opening a utility bill is often a source of anxiety. However, for February 2026, the news you receive depends entirely on your zip code. A sharp divergence has emerged between the state’s two largest energy providers: Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). While Northern California residents are…
If you opened your gas bill this week and felt a moment of shock, you aren’t alone. Residents across Central and Eastern Kentucky are grappling with a significant spike in heating costs this month. Columbia Gas of Kentucky has adjusted its gas supply rate to $7.8840 per Mcf (thousand cubic feet), a sharp increase from…
Homeowners in Northeast and West Central Ohio are waking up to a harsh financial reality this morning. Enbridge Gas Ohio (formerly Dominion East Ohio) has officially updated its Standard Choice Offer (SCO) rate for the February billing period, and the price per unit of gas has nearly doubled compared to lows seen last autumn. The…
New Jersey residents served by Elizabethtown Gas are facing a mid-winter sticker shock. As of February 1, 2026, the utility has implemented a “self-implementing” rate increase that pushes the Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS) rate to $0.6962 per therm, up from $0.6132 in January. For the more than 300,000 customers across New Jersey’s Union, Middlesex,…
For millions of Illinois residents, the arrival of February bills will bring a starkly different financial reality depending on which side of the city limit they live. In a significant market divergence, Nicor Gas, which serves 2.2 million customers across the suburbs and downstate, has raised its supply rate to 53.23 cents per therm for…
Starting today, February 2, 2026, households in Southwest Ohio heating with natural gas will see a sharp change in their energy costs. Duke Energy Ohio has adjusted its Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) rate to $0.6305 per hundred cubic feet (CCF). This new rate represents a steep increase from January’s rate of $0.2834 per CCF. While…
Homeowners in West Central Ohio are waking up to a harsh reality this morning. Effective February 1, CenterPoint Energy Ohio (formerly Vectren) has increased its Standard Choice Offer (SCO) for natural gas to $1.0182 per Ccf. This dramatic price hike represents a 41.1% increase over January’s rate of $0.7215 and crosses the psychologically significant $1.00…
Effective today, January 30, 2026, Columbia Gas of Ohio (CGO) has implemented a sharp increase in its Standard Choice Offer (SCO) rate. The price for the natural gas commodity is jumping to $1.071 per Ccf (100 cubic feet), up from $0.7937 in January. For the average residential customer, this transition could result in monthly heating…
The January Rate Shock As Ohioans brace for the heart of winter, Enbridge Gas Ohio (formerly Dominion East Ohio) has adjusted its natural gas rates upward for the January 2026 billing cycle. The new Standard Choice Offer (SCO) is set at $5.187 per Mcf (thousand cubic feet), a noticeable bump from the December rate of…
Michigan residents opening their utility bills this month may notice a sharp uptick in costs. Effective January 1, 2026, the state’s three largest natural gas providers, Consumers Energy, DTE Energy, and SEMCO Energy, have adjusted their rates upward, creating a challenging financial landscape for the peak of the winter heating season. While many ratepayers often…