SDG&E is warning that December and January natural gas bills are going to be big. They blame higher commodity prices and colder temperatures.
And the actual cost of natural gas is climbing because of the war in Ukraine and other factors.
“Our storage is lower, because it is winter and people are using more,” Wagner said. “And, of course, people are using more which causes a fluctuation in the market to have the cost spike because everybody is using it, not just Southern California, but we’re in competition, regionally, with all these other states that are purchasing gas on the open market.”
Wagner said customers can help keep their bills low by having an energy audit of their home, washing clothes in cold water, and lowering the temperature of gas powered hot water heaters. Only about 60% of SDG&E’s customers have natural gas hookups, but even people who only have electric service could see their power bills go up because natural gas is used to generate a lot of the region’s electricity.
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