...generally are lowest of the season. However, consumers won't see a repeat of the high bills they got last January, said Joe Klenken, a regulatory specialist for Minnegasco. Natural gas prices for Minnegasco customers will be 57 percent lower next...

...means the average bill for residential customers will rise to $147 in March, compared with $133 in February, said Joe Klenken, CenterPoint regulatory specialist. Minnegasco also projects that bills for residential customers will average $870...

...prices were near an all-time high. Gas prices fell from $1.06 per therm in March to 75 cents per therm in April. Joe Klenken, Centerpoint's regulatory specialist, attributes the decline to warming weather. Xcel Energy said the price of...

...March, Minnegasco reported. "What we're seeing in the industry is unusual for this time of the heating season," Joe Klenken, regulatory specialist, stated in a news release. "Historically, prices usually decrease at the end of the heating...

...customer who paid $100 last December can expect to be billed about $170 this month, Reliant regulatory specialist Joe Klenken said. Ed Legge, a spokesman for Xcel Energy, said he expects heating costs for the winter to be 35 to 50 percent...

...14 percent higher than October, the company said. "These higher prices mean our residential customers will probably pay about 25 to 30 percent more this year than last year," said Joe Klenken, a regulatory specialist for Minnegasco.

...not seen for nearly 20 years. ''Currently, our national gas prices are the highest they have ever been,'' said Joe Klenken, Minnegasco's regulatory specialist. Minnegasco's price hikes will begin in August, but budget amounts will be...

...We're anticipating prices to be higher this winter than last winter, with next spring the tide turning," said Joe Klenken, who sets retail billing rates for CenterPoint. Production was down for much of the year and natural gas companies...

...estimating an average November bill of $86 and an average December bill of $121. Minnegasco's regulatory specialist, Joe Klenken, said he's sticking with his earlier forecast that the average customer can expect his or her annual bill -- from...

...Prices also have benefited from a calm hurricane season and decreases in other energy commodities such as crude oil. Joe Klenken, a regulatory specialist for CenterPoint Energy, said the current trend is good news for consumers, especially when...