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By Chris Brown

Utility rates

Electricity, natural gas both up for July

Jul 2, 2021 | 10:24 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – City of Medicine Hat utility customers will be paying more for electricity and natural gas as the weather heats up.

The July rates were posted by the city on Friday.

The natural gas rate has been set at $3.9650 per gigajoule, up from $3.2915 in June.

The fixed rate for 2021 is $3.50 per GJ.

Electricity customers will pay 10.216 cents per kilowatt-hour this month, up from 6.989 per kilowatt-hour in June.

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The fixed rate offered by the city is 6.800 cents per kilowatt-hour.

The monthly rates are determined based on the average set by other providers in the province.

The natural gas price is in the middle of the $3.0280 set by Direct Energy and the $4.9020 set by Apex (formerly AltaGas).

The electricity price falls between the high of 9.769 cents set by Direct Energy and the 10.582 cents set by Epcor (Edmonton).