Explanation of Your Monthly Billing Charges

Corning Natural Gas Corporation bills you monthly based on the amount of gas you use multiplied by the energy content of the gas in Btus. Your gas usage will vary based on weather, insulation, thermostat setting, number of appliances that use gas, and more. If you want to pay the same amount every month, sign up for budget billing.

Your gas usage is billed in therms effective July 1, 2025. Below is an explanation of the charges that will be on your bill.

1. Basic Service Charge - This is a flat fee of $25.00 per month for residential customers and covers:
• The cost of the lines from the street to your house,
• The cost of the meter,
• The cost to read the meter,
• The cost to generate invoices and other operational costs.
2. Gas Charges in Therms - This is a three-tiered charge with rates based on therms of gas used. The rates below are for residential customers:
• The first 3 therms are free
• The next 47 therms are $1.25377 each as of July 1, 2025
• All usage over 50 therms is $0.89846 each as of July 1, 2025
3. Delivery Rate Adjustment - Refunds or surcharges on customer bills for Commission approved reconciliations such as large contract customer revenues, property taxes and production revenues.
4. Merchant Function Charge - Recovers Corning Natural Gas administrative costs related to the acquisition and management of gas supply.
5. Revenue Decoupling Mechanism - A refund or surcharge on customer bills to reflect differences between actual delivery revenue per residential customer and a revenue target.
6. Rate Case Surcharge/Credit - Amounts charged or credited to customers to implement a Commission Order to phase-in a rate increase over the approved rate period.
7. Weather Normalization - Refund or surcharge on residential and small commercial customer bills for variation from normal weather for the winter months October thru May. See link below for a detailed explanation.

1. Gas Supply Charge - This is a per therm charge for the gas itself. We do not make money on the sale of the gas. What you pay for it, is what we pay for it. This cost will change every month.
2. Government Surcharges - Government tax