Natural Gas Rates

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Our rates for gas services are comparable with Southern California gas utilities and historically have resulted in the lowest average residential gas bills in Southern California. As the customers of Long Beach are also the owners of our gas utility, our revenues provide not only our gas services and maintenance of our pipeline system but also are used to help pay for vital community services such as police, fire, parks, and library services. Your gas utility rates include both the cost to deliver service to your home or business and the cost of the natural gas commodity charged by our suppliers. Similar to other energy prices, the commodity cost of natural gas can increase and decrease according to gas market pricing. Long Beach Utilities does not produce natural gas; we buy natural gas on the open competitive market. We will continue to purchase natural gas at the most competitive price. However, as a direct result of these price fluctuations, your gas bill may be higher compared to last year's bill.

Monthly Cost Of Gas: Commodity Charge Per Month

Long Beach Utilities’ cost of gas is calculated using two pricing portfolios:

  • Core customers
  • Non-Core customers

These two portfolios may be comprised of any one or combination of three increments of supply as follows:

  • Interstate supplies delivered into the Southern California Gas Company's intrastate pipeline system,
  • Gas storage withdrawals, and
  • Any local gas delivered directly to Long Beach Utilities’ pipeline system.

For more detailed information on how the commodity charge is calculated, refer to the specific rate schedules that are listed below. The Core Commodity Charge applies to those customers billed under Rate Schedule 1, 2, 3 and/or 5. The Non-Core Commodity Charge applies to those customers billed under Rate Schedule 4 and/or 7.

The monthly Commodity Charges for each of the previous 15 months are as follows:

 

Gas Rate Schedules

Current Rates Effective October 1, 2024

Natural gas utilities operating in California must comply with Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), California's Cap and Trade Program. A rate of $0.18 per therm of natural gas will be assessed to customers' gas bills, with all proceeds used to fund programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the State and local levels.

Schedule 1:

Residential(PDF, 89KB)

Schedule 2:

Small Commercial & Industrial(PDF, 96KB)

Schedule 3:

Commercial & Industrial(PDF, 74KB)

Schedule 4:

Large Commercial & Industrial(PDF, 77KB)

Schedule 5:

Compressed Natural Gas(PDF, 77KB)

Schedule 6:

Utility Electric Generation (no longer in effect)

Schedule 7:

Electric Generation(PDF, 78KB)

Schedule 8:

Enhanced Oil Recovery (no longer in effect)

Schedule 9:

Transportation or Exchange of Natural Gas(PDF, 76KB)

Schedule 10:

Air Conditioning Service (no longer in effect)

 

For more information regarding Natural Gas please visit Long Beach Monthly Cost of Gas.

Core Commodity Charge (Per Therm)

 February 2025  $0.6678
 January 2025  $0.7004
 December 2024  $0.6395
 November 2024  $0.5385
 October 2024  $0.3487
 September 2024  $0.2931
 August 2024  $0.3881
 July 2024  $0.4082
 June 2024  $0.2172
 May 2024  $0.2817
 April 2024  $0.2217
 March 2024  $0.6643
 February 2024  $0.6909
 January 2024  $0.7598
 December 2023  $0.7012

Non-Core Commodity Charge (Per Therm)

 February 2025  $0.6834
 January 2025  $0.7197
 December 2024  $0.6649
 November 2024  $0.5760
 October 2024  $0.3487
 September 2024  $0.2964
 August 2024  $0.3890
 July 2024  $0.4161
 June 2024  $0.2185
 May 2024  $0.2234
 April 2024  $0.2230
 March 2024  $0.7157
 February 2024  $0.7360
 January 2024  $0.8043
 December 2023  $0.8288

BTU Factor

Long Beach Utilities measures our customers' gas consumption in CCF's (hundred cubic feet) and bills in therms, according to the rates set forth in Long Beach Utilities’ Gas Rate Schedule. The CCF's measured are converted to therms by using the BTU (British thermal unit) factor for each billing month. BTU factors for the previous 15-month period are listed below:

 February 2025  1.029
 January 2025  1.039
 December 2024  1.033
 November 2024  1.029
 October 2024  1.033
 September 2024  1.029
 August 2024  1.030
 July 2024  1.029
 June 2024  1.027
 May 2024  1.029
 April 2024  1.033
 March 2024  1.036
 February 2024  1.036
 January 2024  1.026
 December 2023  1.026