BUTTE, Mont. — Northwestern Energy recently filed a request with the Montana Public Service Commission to increase natural gas supply rates beginning July 1, 2003, due to sharply higher market prices and to recover approximately $13 million in undercollected revenues for the current tracker period ending June 30, 2003, says the company.
In Montana, NorthWestern Energy customers who purchase their natural gas supply from the company will see their overall natural gas bills increase approximately 45 percent for the month of July. The tracker allows gas supply rates to increase or decrease based on changes to market prices. The rates paid by customers to deliver natural gas to their homes and businesses are unchanged.