The dreaded gas carrier

August 26, 2008

Today in the mail came the “dreaded” letter I didn’t want to come. It a letter from our current natural gas supplier letting us know that our current contract rate of $9.99 MCF ends as of October of this year (sigh) and that due to the rising costs of energy they are raising us to $13.99 MCF! That’s 40% increase and can we say OUCH. Now they are offering us a rate if we agree to this $13.99 for two years to lock us in at that. But if we cancel before the end of the two years we have to pay $150.00, or we can go month to month at that rate but it could increase!

What worries me is what if we do lock in and the price ends up going back down to the $9.99. We are screwed. But if we don’t lock in and it goes up again as it says could go as high at 15.99 or 16.99 MCF, then that’s another percentage increase. Its damned if you do, damned if you don’t!

So now we have to decide what we will do! I think this is just ridiculous what we are all paying for gas period! It’s part of the reason I can’t get my own car and it sucks!

So tomorrow I will look for other suppliers to see what they are offering and see what I can find, then go from there. With my dad living with us, I need it as low as possible to say the least. We are still paying off last Winters gas bill!!!

Posted by Suzie Q | Filed Under Lifesavers