City Of Youngstown Natural Gas Program

[iwasthere]

dominion is cheaper. 2.74

[jazz218]

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.

[jay]

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.

[iwasthere]

a no brainer. boardman township's residents recd the same postcards according to my close news sources.

[jay]

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?