Natural Gas Rates

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Our rates for gas services are comparable with Southern California gas utilities and historically have resulted in the lowest average residential gas bills in Southern California. As the citizens of Long Beach are also the owners of our gas utility, our revenues provide not only our gas services and maintenance of our pipeline system but also are used to help pay for vital community services such as police, fire, parks, and library services. Your gas utility rates include both the cost to deliver service to your home or business and the cost of the natural gas commodity charged by our suppliers. Similar to other energy prices, the commodity cost of natural gas can increase and decrease according to gas market pricing. Long Beach Utilities does not produce natural gas; we buy natural gas on the open competitive market. We will continue to purchase natural gas at the most competitive price. However, as a direct result of these price fluctuations, your gas bill may be higher compared to last year's bill.

Monthly Cost Of Gas: Commodity Charge Per Month

Long Beach Utilities’ cost of gas is calculated using two pricing portfolios:

  • Core customers
  • Non-Core customers

These two portfolios may be comprised of any one or combination of three increments of supply as follows:

  • Interstate supplies delivered into the Southern California Gas Company's intrastate pipeline system,
  • Gas storage withdrawals, and
  • Any local gas delivered directly to Long Beach Utilities’ pipeline system.

For more detailed information on how the commodity charge is calculated, refer to the specific rate schedules that are listed below. The Core Commodity Charge applies to those customers billed under Rate Schedule 1, 2, 3 and/or 5. The Non-Core Commodity Charge applies to those customers billed under Rate Schedule 4 and/or 7.

The monthly Commodity Charges for each of the previous 15 months are as follows:

  • Core Commodity Charge (per Therm)
  • Non-Core Commodity Charge (per Therm)
  • BTU FACTOR

 

Gas Rate Schedules

Current Rates Effective October 1, 2024

Natural gas utilities operating in California must comply with Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), California's Cap and Trade Program. A rate of $0.18 per therm of natural gas will be assessed to customers' gas bills, with all proceeds used to fund programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the State and local levels.

Schedule 1:

Residential(PDF, 89KB)

Schedule 2:

Small Commercial & Industrial(PDF, 96KB)

Schedule 3:

Commercial & Industrial(PDF, 74KB)

Schedule 4:

Large Commercial & Industrial(PDF, 77KB)

Schedule 5:

Compressed Natural Gas(PDF, 77KB)

Schedule 6:

Utility Electric Generation (no longer in effect)

Schedule 7:

Electric Generation(PDF, 78KB)

Schedule 8:

Enhanced Oil Recovery (no longer in effect)

Schedule 9:

Transportation or Exchange of Natural Gas(PDF, 76KB)

Schedule 10:

Air Conditioning Service (no longer in effect)

 

For more information regarding Natural Gas please visit Long Beach Monthly Cost of Gas.

Core Commodity Charge (Per Therm)

November 2024

 $0.5385

October 2024

 $0.3487

September 2024

 $0.2931

August 2024

 $0.3881

July 2024

 $0.4082

June 2024

 $0.2172

July 2023

$0.2256

June 2023

$0.4030

May 2023

$0.4224

April 2023

$0.4543

March 2023

$0.7063

February 2023

$1.2805

January 2023

$3.8101

December 2022

$1.4218

November 2022

$0.7737

October 2022

$0.8443

September 2022

$1.1339

August 2022

$1.0805

July 2022

$0.8522

June 2022

$1.0363

May 2022

$0.7649

April 2022

$0.5215

Non-Core Commodity Charge (Per Therm)

 November 2024

 $0.5760

 October 2024

 $0.3487

September 2024

 $0.2964

August 2024

 $0.3890

July 2024

 $0.4161

June 2024

 $0.2185

July 2023

$0.2256

June 2023

$0.4030

May 2023

$0.4224

April 2023

$0.4550

March 2023

$0.8271

February 2023

$1.5975

January 2023

$4.7921

December 2022

$1.4348

November 2022

$0.7927

October 2022

$0.8447

September 2022

$1.1339

August 2022

$1.0807

July 2022

$0.8529

June 2022

$1.0367

May 2022

$0.7662

April 2022

$0.5215

BTU Factor

Long Beach Utilities measures our customers' gas consumption in CCF's (hundred cubic feet) and bills in therms, according to the rates set forth in Long Beach Utilities’ Gas Rate Schedule. The CCF's measured are converted to therms by using the BTU (British thermal unit) factor for each billing month. BTU factors for the previous 15-month period are listed below:

 

November 2024 

 1.029

 October 2024

 1.033

September 2024

 1.029

August 2024

 1.030

July 2024

 1.029

June 2024

 1.027

July 2023

1.025

June 2023

1.038

May 2023

1.036

April 2023

1.041

March 2023

1.043

February 2023

1.047

January 2023

1.038

December 2022

1.037

November 2022

1.046

October 2022

1.045

September 2022

1.033

August 2022

1.033

July 2022

1.037

June 2022

1.030

May 2022

1.021

April 2022

1.042