Xcel Natural Gas Rates Going up April 1st in North Dakota

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(North Dakota Monitor) – Natural gas customers of Xcel Energy in North Dakota will see their rates go up more than 10% on April 1.

The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved an interim rate increase while a potentially larger rate increase decision is pending.

The interim increase ups rates by 10.66%, or about $8.42 per month for a typical residential natural gas customer of Northern State Power, part of Minnesota-based Xcel. Xcel’s natural gas service area in North Dakota includes the cities of Grand Forks, Fargo, and West Fargo.

The full rate increase being requested by Xcel is nearly 12% or $10.15 per month for a typical residential customer. The full increase would add $13.76 million to Xcel’s annual revenue.