The City of Youngstown recently negotiated a natural gas price for all residents of the city. A mailing sent out at the end of last week indicated that the new price would be $3.47 per MCF. I guess that's the best price the city administration was able to negotiate.
At the beginning of last week, west side residents received a postcard in the mail from another natural gas supplier. This supplier's rate was much lower, $2.67 per MCF.
If you received these two mailings, are you going to switch your gas service to the company offering the lower rate?
a no brainer. boardman township's residents recd the same postcards according to my close news sources. :o
Newton Township just negotiated a new price for residential natural gas users.
The new rate will be $2.89 per Mcf.
Maybe we should hire the Newton Township administrators to negotiate Youngstown's natural gas rates in the future.
Aggregation has absolutely nothing to do with the local government's ability to "negotiate". The rates are primarily influenced by the following factors: 1) anticipated raw material and service delivery market cost of the utility service over the life of the contract; and 2) the aggregate group's payment history.
What causes Youngstown's rates to be higher is the existence of many delinquent accounts within the aggregate group.
I can guarantee you that Newton Township's negotiators are no more crafty that they are anywhere else.
dominion is cheaper. 2.74