Natural gas customers to see smaller bills 

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Natural gas customers will see a significant change on their Manitoba Hydro bills after this month.

There will be no federal carbon charge on natural gas starting April 1 after newly installed Prime Minister Mark Carney cut the consumer carbon tax to zero per cent last week. The Public Utilities Board later authorized removing the charge for Manitoba Hydro gas customers.

The charges will apply to any gas used before April 1 and will show up in the next billing cycle. A typical Manitoba household paid about $338 in federal carbon charges on natural gas for 2024, Manitoba Hydro said in a news release Thursday.

Manitoba Hydro has about 298,000 natural gas customers.