Basic Monthly Charge, Delivery Charge,
Gas Consumption Charge,
Municipal Payments and Taxes
Why do I pay these on my bill?
SaskEnergy
Services & Rates
Gas Delivery Services
Gas Supply Cost
Basic
Monthly
Charge
Delivery
Charge
Gas
Consumption
Charge
The costs to
maintain your:
- Service line
- Meter
The costs to provide:
- Meter Reading
- Customer Account
Administration
- Transportation
- Storage
- Distribution through
65,000 kilometres
of pipe
Cost of Gas Sold
- Commodity is
purchased on the
open market
- Prices are continually
changing - differences
accumulate in the Gas
Cost Variance
Account
- Costs passed through
to customer without
markup
Municipal
Payments and Taxes
Municipal
Payment
The SaskEnergy Act requires SaskEnergy to remit
a municipal payment to each of 109 urban municipalities. Subject
to certain exemptions, this payment is calculated as a
percentage of natural gas sales revenue collected within the
municipality. In those municipalities where a municipal payment
applies, the amount of the payment is displayed as a separate
line item on each customer's bill.
GST
Collected and remitted to Revenue Canada and
applies to SaskEnergy charges as well as municipal payments.
PST
The Provincial Sales Tax Act exempts natural
gas from tax when used for heating purposes.