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By Chris Brown

Utility rates

Gas, electricity rates decrease for September

Sep 1, 2021 | 10:12 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – City of Medicine Hat utility customers will see a decrease in the price of both natural gas and electricity this month.

The September rates for City of Medicine Hat utility customers were posted by the city on Wednesday.

The natural gas rate has been set at $3.380 per gigajoule, down from $3.891 in August.

The fixed rate for 2021 is $3.50 per GJ.

Electricity customers will pay 10.410 cents per kilowatt-hour this month, down from 12.111 per kilowatt-hour in August.

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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 $3.454 set by Direct Energy and the $3.306 set by Apex (formerly AltaGas).

The electricity price falls between the high of 10.078 cents set by Direct Energy and the 10.608 cents set by Epcor (Edmonton).

At the Aug. 13 council meeting, council announced a $136 credit on utility bills as part of its COVID-19 relief measures.