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<blockquote data-quote="Fredkrueger100" data-source="post: 3951492" data-attributes="member: 24577">I work for the gas company.&nbsp; We took a massive hit when we had those temps.&nbsp; Many of our older pipelines broke which caused mass outages for our customers.&nbsp; Not only did that cost us money to fix, no one was using gas while the repairs were being done so we were losing money there.&nbsp; I don’t like the cost going up either.&nbsp; But I do have some insight ( at least for gas) as to why it does.&nbsp; We are in the process of replacing all our old infrastructure.&nbsp; The company is trying to increase its customer base and also to expand its infrastructure.&nbsp; That costs alot of money.&nbsp; Another thing that most people aren’t aware of when it comes to ONG.&nbsp; Onegas Inc. is the parent company of Oklahoma Natural Gas.&nbsp; Besides ONG, Onegas owns Kansas Gas Service and Texas Gas Service.&nbsp; We have over 2 million customers across the three states.&nbsp; It isn’t just Oklahoma that affects the prices.&nbsp; So try and keep that in mind.&nbsp; Hopefully in the near future we can have our aging lines replaced with poly and that will allow us to avoid any issues with extreme cold.&nbsp; There can still be outages, but more than likely it will not be because of extreme cold.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fredkrueger100, post: 3951492, member: 24577"] I work for the gas company. We took a massive hit when we had those temps. Many of our older pipelines broke which caused mass outages for our customers. Not only did that cost us money to fix, no one was using gas while the repairs were being done so we were losing money there. I don’t like the cost going up either. But I do have some insight ( at least for gas) as to why it does. We are in the process of replacing all our old infrastructure. The company is trying to increase its customer base and also to expand its infrastructure. That costs alot of money. Another thing that most people aren’t aware of when it comes to ONG. Onegas Inc. is the parent company of Oklahoma Natural Gas. Besides ONG, Onegas owns Kansas Gas Service and Texas Gas Service. We have over 2 million customers across the three states. It isn’t just Oklahoma that affects the prices. So try and keep that in mind. Hopefully in the near future we can have our aging lines replaced with poly and that will allow us to avoid any issues with extreme cold. There can still be outages, but more than likely it will not be because of extreme cold. [/QUOTE]

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