Direct Energy Regulated Services Announces Natural Gas Rates for May 2025

/EIN News/ -- CALGARY, Alberta, April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Direct Energy Regulated Services has announced default natural gas rates for May 2025. These rates will apply to customers who do not currently have a competitive supplier within the ATCO Gas North and South service territories. The method DERS uses to calculate the rates has been verified and approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission.

North Service Territory
The North territory includes customers living in and north of the City of Red Deer.

• For customers in the ATCO Gas North service territory, the May regulated natural gas rate is increasing from the April rate of $2.210 per GJ to $2.419 per GJ.
• This rate reflects a market price for May supplies of approximately $2.136 per GJ, as reported by the NGX, and incorporates an adjustment of $0.283 per GJ for April and prior months.
• The typical residential gas bill for May, based on an average 6 GJ of consumption, would be approximately $89 in the North.

South Service Territory
The South territory includes customers living south of the City of Red Deer.

• For customers in the ATCO Gas South service territory, the May regulated natural gas rate is increasing from the April rate of $2.210 per GJ to $2.419 per GJ.
• This rate reflects a market price for May supplies of approximately $2.136 per GJ, as reported by the NGX, and incorporates an adjustment of $0.283 per GJ for April and prior months.
• The typical residential gas bill for May, based on an average 6 GJ of consumption, would be approximately $74 in the South.

Typical bill amounts between ATCO North and South regions may differ due to variances in transmission and distribution service provider (TDSP) charges levied by ATCO Gas.

To learn more about regulated gas supply and view a complete list of competitive retailers, visit the Alberta government’s customer choice website at www.ucahelps.gov.ab.ca.

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