Winnipeg 
Manitoba residents who are Centra Gas customers will see a reduction in their gas bill as the Public Utilities Board has approved a reduction in natural gas prices.
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Starting May 1, 2023, Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. will decrease the Gas Commodity rate from $0.1878/m3 to $0.1464/m3, providing the typical residential customer with an annual bill reduction of approximately $81, or 9.5%.
The Board has also approved an increase in the Commodity Cost Balancing Deferral rate rider from $0.0017/m3 to $0.0067/m3, which will be effective from the same date.
Gas Commodity is sold on a cost recovery basis, and Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. charges customers only what they pay for it without any profit. The reduction in the Gas Commodity rate is a result of a decrease in the North American natural gas market prices.
The Gas Commodity rate and Commodity Cost Balancing Deferral rate rider will be reviewed again for August 1, 2023.
The Public Utilities Board is an impartial tribunal and regulator, at arm’s length from the government, that acts in the public interest.
