Natural gas rates to be reduced June 1 for Ameren Missouri customers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Ameren Missouri customers will begin to see natural gas rates drop on Thursday, June 1, according to a press release from the Missouri Public Service Commission.
Residential customers currently pay approximately $0.95 per hundred cubic feet of natural gas. According to the release, the rate will drop to approximately $0.63 per Ccf, a reduction of approximately $0.32 per Ccf.
The cost local natural gas companies must pay to its suppliers for natural gas is not regulated by the PSC -- the release states -- is primarily driven by supply, demand and the weather.