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High KeySpan Supply Charge Per Therm

I live in Prospect Park South (so my heating costs are high given my old wood frame house exposed on all sides and I just received my KeySpan bill covering the nine weeks from November 9, 2006 until January 12, 2007. While, of course, the bill is substantially lower than for the comparable period last year (with Spring weather and all), I was completely surprised that the “gas supply charge,” the one pricing variable on the bill, was $1.20 a therm, 50% higher than for the last billing period, and about the same as last year when there was a substantial shortage in natural gas as well as difficulties in shipping it (partly due to Katrina). I was expecting the supply charge to be about 80 cents a therm because there is no shortage, there’s been warm weather, and there have been no shipping issues. I’m wondering if KeySpan is pulling a fast one on us. Anyone else similarly surprised?

Thanks