Natural gas, electricity rates released for September

Sep 1, 2020 | 10:37 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – Both natural gas and electricity rates are going up this month.

Utility rates were released by the City of Medicine Hat on Tuesday.

The natural gas rate for the month is set at $2.885 per gigajoule, up from $1.755 in August. That’s an increase of about 60 per cent.

Electricity in September will cost 7.498 cents per kilowatt hour. That’s up about 16 per cent from the 6.462 cents charged in August.