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Gas Supply Price Update

Effective March 1, 2025, the Liberty Utility Gas (LUG) price is $11.52 per GJ.

What does that mean for my bill?

Your bill depends on how much natural gas you use. And we measure that usage in GJ’s. A typical homeowner uses 64 GJs for the whole year (and the bulk of that is devoted to heating your home in the winter months). So if you use 10 GJ this month for example, that means you’re paying $11.52 x 10 GJ for the actual amount of natural gas supply that you use ($115.20) and $11.24 x 10 GJ for the cost of distribution ($112.40). 

Your TOTAL COST is made up of the cost of the natural gas supply (referred to as the “Commodity Charge” on your bill) AND the cost of distribution.

So how does the TOTAL cost of natural gas compare to electricity? And to oil and propane?

The total cost for March 2025 is $22.76  per GJ for residential customers.*

Let’s do an apples-to-apples comparison by comparing the alternatives for March by taking the current Liberty Utility Gas price and the current delivery rate and seeing what they would equal in Kilowatt hours and liters of oil/ propane:

  • Compared to electricity: natural gas is $0.082 per kWh (NB Power Rate is $0.1385)
  • Compared to oil: natural gas is $0.88 per liter (Natural Resources Canada average is $1.38)
  • Compared to propane: natural gas is $0.58 per litre of propane (Estimated market average is $0.95)

*Total cost includes the delivery charge and Liberty Utility Gas supply charge. It does not include the monthly customer charge of $22.50.

At the end of the day, natural gas costs less than the alternatives.

Click here for  Historical Pricing.

Note: Customers have a choice when it comes to buying natural gas supply though, so choosing the right natural gas marketer can make a difference when managing their energy bill. Here is the list of natural gas suppliers and marketers in New Brunswick.