JEFFERSON CITY— To reflect estimated changes in the wholesale cost of natural gas, Spire West
customers of Spire Missouri, Inc. d/b/a Spire will see the Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA) rate change
under a filing that takes effect on June 5, 2024. Spire East customers will not see a rate change.
Spire West residential customers currently pay a PGA rate of approximately $1.02 per Ccf of natural
gas. Under this filing, the PGA rate for Spire West will decrease $0.10 to approximately $0.92 per Ccf.
Spire East residential customers currently pay a PGA rate of approximately $0.78 per Ccf (per hundred
cubic feet) of natural gas. Under this filing, the PGA rate for Spire East will not change due to working
off the balance of unrecovered gas costs.
The cost of natural gas from wholesale suppliers generally makes up approximately 50% to 55% of a
customer’s total monthly natural gas bill. The wholesale cost of natural gas (the cost your local natural gas
company must pay to its suppliers for natural gas) is not regulated by the Missouri Public Service
Commission. The wellhead cost of natural gas is unregulated and is primarily driven by supply, demand
and the weather. The Missouri Public Service Commission does conduct an annual regulatory review to
ensure that regulated natural gas companies make prudent decisions in securing natural gas supplies for
their customers.
Spire East provides natural gas service to approximately 660,000 customers in the City of St. Louis
as well as the Missouri counties of St. Louis, St. Charles, Butler, Iron, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison,
Crawford, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve. Spire West provides natural gas service to approximately
530,400 customers in Andrew, Barry, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Christian, Clay,
Clinton, Dade, DeKalb, Greene, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence,
McDonald, Moniteau, Pettis, Platte, Ray, Saline, Stone and Vernon counties.
