ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, had the lowest rollover rates in 2008 among the three natural gas suppliers in the Nebraska Choice Gas program, according to information available at the Nebraska Public Service Commission.
The rollover rate is applied to customers that do not make a selection during the two-week Choice Gas selection period which ended May 1. Rollover rates from each supplier are set after the end of the selection period.
The rollover fixed rates of the three suppliers from 2008 were: $1.285 (per therm) for ACE, $1.351 for ONEOK Energy Marketing and $1.408 for SourceGas Energy Services in the central region. In the western region, the rollover rates were $1.21 for ACE, $1.279 for ONEOK and $1.297 for SourceGas, according to the Nebraska Public Service Commission. Based on typical residential usage, ACE rollover rate customers may have saved $100 or more over the course of the year due to ACE’s lower rate.
Wausa is a member community of ACE, the Public Alliance for Community Energy, which is in its 11th year as an organization and the only supplier that has participated in the program since it began.
ACE is a not-for-profit group of 70 member communities like Wausa and one public power district that came together to provide customers an alternative choice to investor-owned natural gas suppliers as well as to introduce competition, helping to lower gas prices for all consumers.
In 2007, 55% (141/257) of Wausa natural gas customers chose ACE as their supplier!
As the only community-owned, not-for-profit supplier in the Choice Gas program, ACE strives to lower the price for customers through competition. ACE is preparing for the 2009 selection period, which begins April 17. Due to calendar fluctuation, the selection period ends one day earlier than usual, on April 30.
For more information please visit their website http://aceenergy.org/.
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