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Carbon Monoxide Information

MCF - Thousand Cubic Feet

Vital Statistics - Gas Utility

Supplier

Clayton Energy

Units Consumed (MCF*)

2007

124,856

1,047

Customers

2006

123,323

1,046
Customers

2005

131,392
1,052 Customers

2004

121,811 963
Customers

2003

157,896 1,038 Customers

Rate**

System Charge: $5.00

System Charge:
First	1.5 MCF	per MCF
Next	3.0 MCF	per MCF
Next	5.0 MCF	per MCF
Next	40.0 MCF	per MCF
Next	50.0 MCF	per MCF
Next	50.0 MCF	per MCF
Next	150.0 MCF	per MCF

System Charge: $5.00
First	1.5 MCF	$7.99 per MCF
Next	3.0 MCF	$7.61 per MCF
Next	5.0 MCF	$7.37 per MCF
Next	40.0 MCF	$7.24 per MCF
Next	50.0 MCF	$6.65 per MCF
Next	50.0 MCF	$6.56 per MCF
Next	150.0 MCF	$6.43 per MCF

System Charge: $5.00
First	.5 MCF	$10.00 per MCF
Next	1.5 MCF	$7.03 per MCF
Next	3.0 MCF	$6.66 per MCF
Next	5.0 MCF	$6.43 per MCF
Next	40.0 MCF	$6.30 per MCF
Next	50.0 MCF	$5.73 per MCF
Next	50.0 MCF	$5.64 per MCF
Over	150.0 MCF	$5.51 per MCF

First

1.5 MCF

$8.24 per MCF

3.0 MCF

$7.86 per MCF

5.0 MCF

$7.62 per MCF

40.0 MCF

$7.49 per MCF

50.0 MCF

$6.90 per MCF

50.0 MCF

$6.81 per MCF

150.0 MCF

$6.68 per MCF

Gross Revenue

$1,353,391

$1,353,242

$1,519,277

$1,113,503

$1,107,980

Net Revenue
(Loss)

$49,630

$96,007

$150,162

$122,347

$150,162

Local Gas Crew

Supervisor
Brian Warner

Crew
Jeff Schurman

Well fields in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas pump gas to a delivery point in Ventura, IA. (If anyone is interested, Ventura is about 20 miles east of Mason City, IA on Highway 18.) The gas is purchased on the open market throughClayton Energy. From there the gas is piped North on a Transmission line owned by ENRON.

During 2002 the city adopted the following Ordinance [620] covering Gas Rates:

Ordinance 620 Section 6.7.2 Wholesale Gas Adjustment Charges(Fuel Adjustment)

The established rates shall be increased for each full cent increase above the established uppper MCF cost threshold. In addition, the rates established shall be decreased for each full cent below the established lower MCF cost threshold. The threshold cost shall be based on all the blended costs(mixing of months) incurred to receive gas at the point of demarcation at the Ventura Index for any gas ordered. The upper threshold cost shall be set at $4.00 per MCF and the lower threshold cost shall be set at $3.25 per MCF.

The November, 2000, the November, 2001 and November 2003 newsletters discuss Carbon Monoxide dangers and Gas leaks. Also a web page from the Hawarden Gas Utility here.
The February, 2001 newsletter explains the Fuel Allotment charges and the actions the council has taken to help ease the extreme increases in natural gas prices.

*Point of clarification: The city buys natural gas in units of one thousand cubic feet (abbreviated MCF). The city sells the gas to it's customers in units of one hundred cubic feet (abbreviated CCF). So the cost of natural gas to the customer is one tenth the city's price per hundred cubic feet.