Get a head start on your winter heating bills by signing up for the 2023-2024 Budget Plan. The Budget Plan is the best option for customers to manage the impact of winter heating bills by spreading the total cost of heating more evenly throughout the year.
The Budget Plan allows for a year-round rolling enrollment, which prevents a high budget amount during the winter months, as the amount to enroll is recalculated monthly based on an entire 12-month history.
Columbia Gas customers may sign up for the Budget Plan anytime by paying the “budget payment” amount on their August bill, going online to ColumbiaGasOhio.com/Budget, or calling 1-800-344-4077 to speak with a customer service representative.
Once enrolled, customers will pay the “budget payment” amount listed on their monthly bill from August 2023 to July 2024. The budget payment amount will then be the same from month to month, eliminating the guesswork of budgeting and avoiding increased heating costs during the winter season. Accounts are reviewed and adjusted, if needed, in March.
Each customer’s budget plan amount is individually calculated by looking at previous usage rates, 30-year average weather, and the current and estimated cost of natural gas.
The budget plan is free and open to all Columbia Gas customers. Visit https://www.ColumbiaGasOhio.com/Budget for more information.
About Columbia Gas of Ohio
Columbia Gas of Ohio delivers clean, dependable and efficient natural gas to approximately 1.5 million customers across the state. With headquarters in Columbus, it is the largest natural gas utility in Ohio. Columbia Gas of Ohio is one of six regulated utility companies of NiSource (NYSE: NI), one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States. NiSource employees are focused on our mission to deliver safe, reliable energy that drives value to our customers, and guided by our vision to be an innovative and trusted energy partner. More information about Columbia Gas of Ohio and NiSource, including its goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 2040, is available at www.ColumbiaGasOhio.com and www.NiSource.com.
