How marketers make money

Gas marketers are independent businesses, licensed by the BC Utilities Commission. They make money in a number of ways, including selling natural gas under different terms and conditions related to pricing. Marketers include a markup in the price that allows them to earn a profit.

CUSTOMER CHOICE will allow marketers to sell long-term, fixed-rate contracts to residential customers. With a fixed rate, the price you pay for your natural gas will remain the same for the duration of the contract. It will not fluctuate with the daily changes of energy prices.

How Terasen Gas differs

Terasen Gas uses buying strategies similar to those of the gas marketers. However, unlike the gas marketers, Terasen Gas operates under regulations set out by the BCUC and does not include a markup in the price of gas. Our profit is earned from delivery charges. These regulations also prevent Terasen Gas from offering long-term, fixed-rate contracts or different prices to customers in the same rate class.