If Enbridge Gas has its way, large industrial and commercial users of natural gas will be paying 20 per cent more as of July 1st. The Energy and Utilities Board would have to approve the rate increase application.
Large users like Ganongs and J-D Irving received a 32 per cent reduction in distribution costs last fall after complaining to the provincial government about how much they were paying as opposed to their competitors in other jurisdictions.
Enbridge maintains they will still be getting an average savings of 20 per cent over their previous rates even with the proposed increase which will not affect residential and small commercial natural gas users.