A. Contact your local gas company to request budget billing. This spreads your gas costs out so that your winter bills are more affordable. A. Contact your local gas company. Ask them to help you set up a payment arrangement based on your ability to pay. If you are within certain income limits, there are several other programs that may help you.
Companies also offer usage reduction programs to help low-income customers lower their bills.
The wholesale price of natural gas was deregulated by the federal Government almost twenty years ago. As a result, many large industrial and commercial consumers have had access to competitive markets for a number of years and, if anything, this has lowered their prices. Low supply and high demand are the true reasons for the increase. The wholesale price of natural gas was deregulated by the federal government in the 1980's. The price of gas is now set by gas producers selling in the market.