PIERRE — As the heating season nears Montana Dakota Utilities customers could end up paying more for natural gas. Mark Hanson with M-D-U says they are getting a better idea on what customers could be paying…
The warm summer of 2022 is playing into the expected increase in natural gas prices this winter…
Hanson says weather over the heating season will impact pricing the most…
If this winter ends up 10-percent colder than average, the heating season could cost 200-dollars or 40 dollars per month. If it’s 10-percent warmer, that could translate into an average of 80-dollars over the season or 16 dollars a month. Underground storage of natural gas is around nine-percent lower than the five-year average.
