Natural Gas - New Savings Opportunity for Centerpoint Customers

by Brian Dafferner on 11/16/2010

You may have recently received a letter from Centerpoint Energy regarding your capability to purchase your natural gas from an alternative supplier. Effective October 1, 2010 Centerpoint lowered their threshold level giving commercial customers who consume more than 10 MCF/day the ability to purchase natural gas from alternative suppliers. Customers taking advantage of this opportunity have seen 10-20% savings versus the utility rates depending upon volume and term.

As a result of the newly reduced threshold, we are reaching out to our clients with locations in the Houston area to discuss GSE Consulting's natural gas procurement services and how we can help reduce your natural gas costs. We will put together a costs analysis including pricing and savings projections comparing available competitive pricing offers versus the Centerpoint tariff. As with elecricity, simply sign the Letter of Authorization form along with a copy of a bill which will allow us to pull your previous 12 months usage history. Once we receive the historical data from the utility, we will put together a savings analysis and schedule a time to meet and review.

Natural Gas Transportation

A competitive natural gas supply for high-volume customers

Transportation Services
CenterPoint Energy's Transportation Services offers qualifying end-use commercial and industrial customers a choice in their natural gas supply. By providing customers access to competitive natural gas suppliers, CenterPoint Energy enables customers to maximize the value of their natural gas consumption. Through CenterPoint Energy's Transportation Services, suppliers can ship natural gas to qualified customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Rural Texas, and Houston including the Texas Gulf Coast.

How it works
Commercial and industrial consumers (or "end-use customers") of natural gas who are located on CenterPoint Energy's distribution system and burn a minimum of 10 Mcf per day, or 3,650 Mcf annually, may be qualified for CenterPoint Energy's Transportation Services. When enrolled in Transportation Services, end-use customers may select from a list of active, competitive natural gas suppliers who will use CenterPoint Energy's natural gas distribution system to ship natural gas to the end-use customer's facility.

Transportation Services is a choice for the end-use customer, and participation is is not a requirement for natural gas service. If an end-use customer declines to participate in Transportation Services, the customer will continue to receive the same safe, reliable natural gas sales services provided by CenterPoint Energy to all customers.

Reliable service
Transportation Services ensures the same reliable delivery of energy to the end-use customers that CenterPoint Energy has been providing customers for more than 130 years, while providing qualified end-use customers the choices they desire when making critical business decisions related to energy supply.