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PUC Accepts Natural Gas Utility’s Supply Auction
Excerpt from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) press release:
{***} “The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today accepted the results of Columbia Gas of Ohio’s auction for its standard choice offer (SCO). The auction secured natural gas supplies for Columbia’s customers from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, and established a retail price adjustment of $0.325 per hundred cubic feet (ccf). This year’s retail price adjustment is $0.159 more than the 2024 retail price adjustment.
Columbia’s SCO rate changes monthly and is calculated as the sum of the retail price adjustment, plus the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) month-end settlement price. The price adjustment reflects the winning bidders’ estimate of their cost to deliver natural gas from production areas to Columbia’s service area.
The SCO will apply to Columbia’s choice-eligible customers that have not selected an alternative supplier. Choice-eligible customers will continue to have the option to enroll with an energy choice supplier of their choosing, join a government aggregation buying group or remain on the SCO.
On Feb. 4, 2025, a single auction was conducted to establish the rate for the SCO customers. Bids were submitted by natural gas suppliers based on fixed adjustments to the NYMEX settlement price. The names of the winning bidders will remain confidential for 15 days to protect the suppliers’ positions in contract negotiations with pipeline companies.”
Finding and Order (02/05/2025)
(Finding & Order authorizing Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. to file tariffs that incorporate the rate resulting from the auction to secure natural gas supply for standard choice offer customers.)
PUCO Press Release (02/05/2025)
25-121-GA-UNC
(Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. – SSO)
