In the case of fire, emergency personnel have to get to the gas meter to shut off the flow of gas. For more information on meter reading, including your meter-reading schedule, contact the PNM number listed on your bill, or email PNM Customer Service. Now is a good time to begin monitoring how you use gas in your home or business. The cost of natural gas has risen dramatically in recent months, and may remain at those levels or higher, at least through winter. PNM buys gas from natural gas producers and delivers it to customers without marking up the cost.
Customers pay a separate charge for delivery, a fee that is set by state regulators.
The high prices are the result of several market factors, including demand that is outstripping supply and reduced amounts of natural gas in storage. One part of the growing demand comes from an increasing number of new electric power plants that are fired by natural gas. If you are interested in learning more about how you use energy in your home and how you can conserve, you may request a free Home Energy Analysis, or get tips from a variety of free brochures. If everybody in the United States followed your example, we would cut the same amount of pollution in the country that is emitted by roughly seven million cars annually.