Compare commercial gas suppliers beyond the headline rate in Indiana

Indiana: Make the bid specification match the utility

Start with EIA: natural gas customer choice and eligibility. The table below links this decision to the represented gas companies in Indiana. It does not establish service or supplier availability for every account.

Require an inclusion schedule

Ask bidders to mark commodity, capacity, balancing, taxes, utility transportation and account fees as included, excluded or variable. An unanswered field is an unresolved cost, not zero.

Compare risk as well as the modeled total

Read the volume measurement period, assignment process, early-exit calculation and renewal mechanism. Request a written calculation for a material overrun or closure rather than relying on a product name such as fixed or flexible.

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CenterPoint Energy Indiana North: the program detail behind this decision

Indiana North’s gas tariff identifies Indiana Gas Company as the operating company and lists its own service locations and rate schedules. Keep it separate from CenterPoint Indiana South, Ohio and Houston: the common brand does not make the transportation eligibility rules interchangeable. Centerpoint In North Tariff Alternate.

Apply the evidence to an account file

Give bidders the same specification for Customer-facility charges, supply component and transport/pooling charges. Ask who is responsible for Pool operator, agency agreement, usage qualification and delivery start. Do not rank an incomplete answer as the cheapest complete offer.

Worked check: fees can reverse the lower rate

Assume hypothetical annual consumption of 10,000 therms. A costs $0.80 per therm plus $20 monthly: $8,240. B costs $0.76 plus $60 monthly: $8,320. B’s commodity price is lower, but its modeled supply total is $80 higher. Equal cost occurs at 12,000 annual therms under these constant-rate assumptions. These are invented inputs, not available offers, local tariffs or program thresholds. Delivery, tax, exit costs and any excluded components still require a separate review.

Turn the review into a calculation

Compare constant supply rates and fees. Enter documented assumptions in matching energy units. Keep any charge outside both supply offers separate; the result does not establish eligibility or an available quote.

Read the Indiana utility guide for the wider service-company distinctions. Convert billed gas units using the bill’s heat-content factor when moving from volume to energy.