NATURAL GAS RATES TO CHANGE FOR LIBERTY UTILITIES CUSTOMERS

JEFFERSON CITY— To reflect estimated changes in the wholesale cost of natural gas as
well as a change in the company’s Actual Cost Adjustment (ACA) factor, Liberty Utilities (Midstates
Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities customers will see natural gas rates change under a filing
that takes effect on December 13, 2020.
The ACA factor is a mechanism which tracks any over-collection or under-collection of
actual natural gas costs over a 12 month period. The net over- or under-collected balances are
subsequently either refunded or collected the next year.
Northeast District: Residential customers currently pay approximately $0.37 per Ccf (per
hundred cubic feet) of natural gas. Under this filing, the rate will decrease to approximately $0.19 per
Ccf, a decrease of approximately $0.18 per Ccf. Liberty Utilities serves Northeast District customers
in the Missouri counties of Clark, Lewis, Knox, Marion, Pike, Ralls and Scotland.
West District: Residential customers currently pay approximately $0.34 per Ccf of natural
gas. Under this filing, the rate will decrease to approximately $0.32 per Ccf, a decrease of
approximately $0.02 per Ccf. Liberty Utilities serves West District customers in the Missouri
counties of Bates, Cass, Henry and St. Clair.
Southeast District: Residential customers currently pay approximately $0.35 per Ccf of
natural gas. Under this filing, the rate will drop to approximately $0.28 per Ccf, a decrease of
approximately $0.07 per Ccf. Liberty Utilities serves Southeast District customers in the Missouri
counties of Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Iron, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Scott,
Stoddard and Wayne.
Kirksville District: Residential customers currently pay approximately $0.32 per Ccf of
natural gas. Under this filing, the rate will decrease to approximately $0.22 per Ccf, a decrease of
approximately $0.10 per Ccf. Liberty Utilities serves Kirksville District customers in the Missouri
counties of Macon, Adair and Schuyler.
Approximately 50% to 55% of a customer’s current natural gas bill reflects the cost of natural
gas from wholesale suppliers. The wholesale cost of natural gas (the cost your local natural gas
company must pay to its suppliers for natural gas) is not regulated by the Missouri Public Service
Commission. The wellhead cost of natural gas is unregulated and is primarily driven by supply,
demand and the weather. The Missouri Public Service Commission does conduct an annual
regulatory review to ensure that regulated natural gas companies make prudent decisions in securing
natural gas supplies for their customers.
Liberty Utilities serves approximately 52,600 natural gas customers in Missouri.