Ste. Anne Natural Gas Co-op Ltd.

Ste. Anne Natural Gas Co-op Ltd. Goes to AMR

Ste. Anne Natural Gas Co-op Ltd. Is pleased to announce that the implementation of the Automatic Meter Reading system is under way. MeterCor, who is contracted to do this job, will install ERT (Encoder, Receiver and Transmitter) device on the current natural gas meter. This device encodes your meter reading data, receives instructions from the mobile collector and then transmits the meter reading data. All transmissions are done via radio frequency.

After the entire region is automated and testing of the system is complete, Ste. Anne Gas Co-op employees will begin to read your meter with a mobile collector. So instead of having to send in your read to the office every month or having a meter reader enter your yard, a Gas Co-op employee will drive through your area to collect meter reading data. Once the system is operational you can look forward to timely, up to date billing, regardless of weather conditions or meter access issues.

In the interim please continue to submit your month end meter read normally as before. When your area is completed, tested and operating we will notify you when to stop sending in your meter read. Ste. Anne Natural Gas Co-op Ltd. would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation during this transition.

Prepaid Gas Services

The Board of Directors of Ste. Anne Gas have determined that the 2010 Construction year will be the last year that previous years Prepaid Gas Services will be installed. As of January 1, 2011 all Gas Contracts will be charged at the current rates for the year.

Gas Contracts will not be carried over to the next year but must be installed in the year applied for. There must be a valid structure on the property for gas service to be installed.

Fixed Charge Decrease

As of Sept 1, 2011 a $5.00 reduction in the Capital Expenditure Fee has been applied to the Fixed Charge reducing the fee from $33.00 to $28.00 per month. The Capital Expenditure Fee of $10.00 was added to the Fixed Charge on May 1/2010 due to some of the larger projects such as meter replacement, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and line replacement/upgrades that had to be done.