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About Your Bill > Making Cents of Your Dollar
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Making Cents of Your Dollar
60¢ Cost of Natural Gas
Most of your natural gas bill — 60 cents of every dollar — goes to pay for the natural gas you use. SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company makes no money on the gas itself. We work hard to get the lowest available market prices for our customers. SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company customers have among the lowest natural gas costs in Michigan.
36¢ Cost of Delivering Gas
Bringing natural gas to you safely and dependably is our business. It's our only business.
Thirty-six cents of every dollar you spend goes toward you bringing natural gas. The costs of delivering natural gas to our customers begin with the expertise of our experienced natural gas engineers and technicians working behind the scenes. Our employees work to ensure that the design and construction of pipelines meet stringent safety standards. We conduct ongoing safety inspections of the approximate 6,000 miles of pipelines we maintain, apply sophisticated technology to protect them from corrosion, and use extremely sensitive instruments to detect the smallest leaks. We also work with emergency responders, local public officials, and excavators to safeguard the people living and working near natural gas pipelines.
Our customers are most familiar with the friendly faces of our natural gas service employees who perform safety checks and make sure that gas appliances and meters are operating safely. They are also familiar with those who read meters; mark the location of natural gas lines for those planning digging projects; and respond to natural gas emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Finally, our Customer Service Representatives are always waiting to assist customers in a friendly, efficient manner.
4¢ Energy Optimization Charges and other Federal, State, and Local Taxes and Fees
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