Photographer MDU officials announce a decrease in natural gas prices that will be passed on to customers for the bill based on this meter reading. Natural gas customers in Minot should see their bills decline by about 12 percent in March, according to Montana Dakota Utilities. We hope that this is the first decline in a trend that will get us back into more normal prices.
Prices typically rise in winter months when demand is higher.
However, a shortage of wholesale gas supplies prevented a price drop last summer and caused huge price increases this winter. MDU has simply passed its wholesale costs on to customers. The expected price drop next month is the first decline in 14 months for MDU customers. Johnson said she turned the heat down in her shop, and she and her employees just wear heavier sweaters. It works out fine for them because they tend to be physically active on the job, she said, and customers don't mind because they come from outdoors dressed for cold.