This article was published in March 2022 and may be outdated.
As part of the federal government’s carbon pollution pricing system, the carbon charge applied to fossil fuels increases April 1, 2022 from $40 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions to $50 per tonne or 9.79 cents per cubic metre of natural gas.
The increase is expected to result in an average annual increase of approximately $44 to natural gas bills for the typical residential customer.
The federal government’s carbon charge is on fossil fuels that produce carbon dioxide emissions or other greenhouse gases with an equivalent global warming potential. Since burning natural gas produces greenhouse gas, the carbon charge applies to the natural gas sold to our customers. The federal carbon charge can be found on your energy bill in the natural gas section.
The carbon charge started at $20 per tonne April 1, 2019 and has increased by $10 per tonne each year until it reaches $50 per tonne customers in 2022. Effective April 1, 2022, the rate per cubic metre of natural gas consumed increases by 1.96 cents from 7.83 cents to 9.79 cents on each cubic metre of natural gas consumed.
What you can do
- Customers who know their previous gas consumption can use a calculator on our website to estimate the potential cost impact of this year’s increase.
- Heating with natural gas using a high-efficiency furnace is currently forecast to be less costly than heating with electricity for years to come – approximately 25 per cent less than heating with electricity.
