Expect lower natural gas rates this winter

Customers of Alabama Gas Corp. are going to pay lower rates for heating their homes.
The Birmingham-based utility has notified that Alabama Public Service Commission that it is dropping rates because its supply costs have gone down.
Company spokeswoman Susan Delenne says the average residential customer’s annual bill should go down by more than $60.
Delenne says this is the fourth rate reduction since November 2008.
The PSC allows Alabama Gas to raise and lower its rates automatically when the cost of obtaining natural gas goes up or down.