Natural Gas
Natural gas service is provided by Union Gas Limited, which has been servicing southwestern Ontario for more than seventy years. Natural gas supplied to Brantford · Brant comes primarily from western Canada via the Trans-Canada Pipeline System. Union Gas operates extensive underground storage facilities in Lambton County, which is integrated with its southwestern Ontario transmission and distribution system. This storage capability enables Union Gas to provide a more reliable service particularly in times of peak demand in winter months. Brantford · Brant is supplied primarily through a twelve-inch diameter, high-pressure pipeline connecting with the Company's main east-west transmission system. Alternative backup supply facilities are integrated into the network of distribution pipeline serving the residential, commercial and industrial areas of Brant. Our industrial areas are supplied with natural gas lines at a capacity suitable for most industrial activity.
Gas Rates
Due to rapidly changing conditions of the worldwide energy situation, gas rates in Ontario are reviewed and adjusted under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Energy Board.
Commercial and Industrial General Service Rate (M2)
| Storage (cents/m³) |
$0.7200 /m³ |
| Storage Price Adjustment (cents/m³) |
$0.00 /m³ |
| Gas: Delivery to you (cents/m³) |
| First 1,000 m 3 |
$3.6683 /m³ |
| Next 6,000 m 3 |
$3.5920 /m³ |
| Next 13,000 m 3 |
$3.3646 /m³ |
| All over 20,000 m 3 |
$3.0917 /m³ |
| Delivery Price Adjustment |
$0.0003 /m³ |
| Monthly Charge |
$70.00 |
Source: Union Gas, April 1, 2011.
Because Ontario has a deregulated natural gas market customers may choose to purchase their natural gas commodity and transportation to the Union Gas system from a number of producers and/or brokers. Union Gas can provide a list of Agents, Marketers and Brokers operating in the Brantford · Brant area.
Union Gas, Industrial Sales Department
348 Elgin Street
(519) 753-8611
http://www.uniongas.com/