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Gas prices for five of Illinois’ 9 major utilities are elevated, compared with a year ago, led by Liberty Utilities, which is charging a supply price that is about 120\u00a0percent higher; Nicor Gas, with a price about 39 percent higher, and Consumers Gas, which is charging a price that is about 30 percent higher; according to CUB\u2019s review of November gas prices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Gas prices have been elevated because of colder-than-normal weather last winter and <\/span>record gas exports<\/strong> <\/a>(meaning profit-hungry companies sending gas outside the United States) increasing demand and tightening supply. The <\/span>Energy Information Administration<\/a><\/strong>, predicted in October that prices will rise this winter, but increases in gas being put in storage in preparation for the cold season and gas production will lead to lower increases than previously expected.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Market conditions impact the prices individual consumers pay to heat their homes. Gas utilities file supply prices\u2013called the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA)\u2013each month with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Here\u2019s what CUB uncovered in our review of prices in November.<\/span><\/p>\n November Gas Prices<\/strong> Note:<\/strong> Your utility is determined by where you live, so you cannot switch from one utility to another. Under Illinois law, gas utilities are not allowed to profit off supply prices\u2014they pass those costs from gas producers and marketers onto customers with no markup. State regulators annually review the utilities\u2019 gas-management procedures to evaluate whether the companies did a reasonable job with their gas purchases, given market conditions, to hold down costs for consumers as much as possible. Regulators can order refunds, although that is rare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A few tips from CUB:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Gas prices for five of Illinois’ 9 major utilities are elevated, compared with a year ago, led by Liberty Utilities, which is charging a supply price that is about 120\u00a0percent higher; Nicor Gas, with a price about 39 percent higher, and Consumers Gas, which is charging a price that is about 30 percent higher; according to CUB\u2019s review of November gas prices.\u00a0 Gas prices have been elevated because of colder-than-normal weather last winter and record gas exports (meaning profit-hungry companies sending gas outside the United States) increasing demand and tightening supply. The Energy Information Administration, predicted in October that prices will rise this winter, but increases in gas being put in storage in preparation for the cold season and gas production will lead to lower increases than previously expected.\u00a0\u00a0 Market conditions impact the prices individual consumers pay to heat their homes. Gas utilities file supply prices\u2013called the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA)\u2013each month with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Here\u2019s what CUB uncovered in our review of prices in November. Compared with October, four utilities have higher rates: Illinois Gas (about 6 percent), Mt. Carmel (about 16 percent), North Shore Gas (20 percent), and Peoples Gas (14 percent). Four charged prices that were lower: Ameren Illinois (about 2 percent), Consumers Gas (about 10 percent), Liberty Utilities (about 14 percent), and MidAmerican (3 percent). One utility, Nicor Gas, had the same price as in October.\u00a0 Compared with November 2024, this month\u2019s prices were higher for five utilities, ranging from about 7 percent higher for Peoples Gas to about 120 percent higher for Liberty Utilities. Four utilities were less than last November, including Ameren Gas (about 5 percent), Illinois Gas (about 1 percent), and Mt. Carmel (about 12 percent). North Shore Gas\u2019 price was just barely lower (0.1 percent) than last November.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November Gas Prices Ameren Illinois\u2013 46.50 cents per therm (DOWN about 5 percent from November 2024) Consumers Gas\u2013 40.97 cents per therm (UP about 30 percent from November 2024) Illinois Gas\u2013 48.70 cents per therm (DOWN about 1 percent from November 2024) Liberty Utilities\u2013 41.40 cents per therm (UP about 120 percent from November 2024) MidAmerican Energy\u2013 58.95 cents per therm (UP about 26 percent from November 2024) Mt. Carmel\u2013 76.18 cents per therm (DOWN about 12 percent from November 2024) Nicor Gas\u2013 39.00 cents per therm (UP about 39 percent from November 2024) North Shore Gas\u2013 43.91 cents per therm (Just barely DOWN, about 0.1 from November 2024) Peoples Gas\u2013 34.45 cents per therm (UP about 7 percent from November 2024) Note: Your utility is determined by where you live, so you cannot switch from one utility to another. Under Illinois law, gas utilities are not allowed to profit off supply prices\u2014they pass those costs from gas producers and marketers onto customers with no markup. State regulators annually review the utilities\u2019 gas-management procedures to evaluate whether the companies did a reasonable job with their gas purchases, given market conditions, to hold down costs for consumers as much as possible. Regulators can order refunds, although that is rare.\u00a0 A few tips from CUB:\u00a0\u00a0 Keep the lines of communication open with your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1052],"tags":[1359],"class_list":["post-43935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gas-utilities","tag-november-pgas"],"cp_meta_data":{"_facebook_share_type":["default"],"_twitter_share_type":["default"],"_linkedin_share_type":["default"],"_pinterest_share_type":["default"],"_instagram_share_type":["default"],"_medium_share_type":["default"],"_threads_share_type":["default"],"_google_business_share_type":["default"],"_wpsp_custom_templates":["a:7:{s:8:\"facebook\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}s:7:\"twitter\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}s:8:\"linkedin\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}s:9:\"pinterest\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}s:9:\"instagram\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}s:6:\"medium\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}s:7:\"threads\";a:3:{s:8:\"template\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"profiles\";a:0:{}s:9:\"is_global\";b:0;}}"],"classic-editor-remember":["classic-editor"],"_edit_lock":["1764023866:25"],"_edit_last":["25"],"_wp_page_template":["default"],"borntogive_page_header_show_hide":["2"],"borntogive_pages_title_show":["1"],"borntogive_pages_Choose_slider_display":["2"],"borntogive_pages_select_revolution_from_list":["3"],"borntogive_pages_slider_pagination":["yes"],"borntogive_pages_slider_auto_slide":["yes"],"borntogive_pages_slider_direction_arrows":["yes"],"borntogive_pages_slider_effects":["fade"],"borntogive_pages_body_bg_wide":["0"],"borntogive_pages_body_bg_repeat":["repeat"],"borntogive_pages_content_bg_wide":["0"],"borntogive_pages_content_bg_repeat":["repeat"],"borntogive_pages_social_show":["1"],"borntogive_strict_no_sidebar":["0"],"borntogive_sidebar_columns_layout":["3"],"borntogive_gallery_slider_pagination":["yes"],"borntogive_gallery_slider_auto_slide":["yes"],"borntogive_gallery_slider_direction_arrows":["yes"],"borntogive_gallery_slider_effects":["fade"],"_wpb_vc_js_status":["false"],"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":[""],"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":["off"],"_wpsp_is_facebook_share":["off"],"_wpsp_is_twitter_share":["off"],"_wpsp_is_linkedin_share":["off"],"_wpsp_is_pinterest_share":["off"],"_selected_social_profile":["a:0:{}"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["1052"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["4"],"_wpb_post_custom_layout":["default"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43948,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43935\/revisions\/43948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizensutilityboard.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n<\/b>Ameren Illinois<\/strong>\u2013 46.50 cents per therm (DOWN about 5 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Consumers Gas<\/strong>\u2013 40.97 cents per therm (UP about 30 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Illinois Gas<\/strong>\u2013 48.70 cents per therm (DOWN about 1 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Liberty Utilities<\/strong>\u2013 41.40 cents per therm (UP about 120 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>MidAmerican Energy<\/strong>\u2013 58.95 cents per therm (UP about 26 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mt. Carmel<\/strong>\u2013 76.18 cents per therm (DOWN about 12 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Nicor Gas<\/strong>\u2013 39.00 cents per therm (UP about 39 percent from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>North Shore Gas<\/strong>\u2013 43.91 cents per therm (Just barely DOWN, about 0.1 from November 2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Peoples Gas<\/strong>\u2013 34.45 cents per therm (UP about 7 percent from November 2024)<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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