Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel

Natural Gas Bill 101 Quiz

How much do you know about your Natural Gas bill?

Take our quiz and find out.

Multiple Choice

  1. What does GCR stand for on your natural gas bill?
    a. Gas Conservation Rider
    b. Gas Cost Recovery
    c. Gas Cost Reading
  2. Which of the following items must appear on your natural gas bill?
    a. Information about how to contact the company
    b. Amount due for the current period and a due date
    c. If your usage is an actual or estimated
    d. All of the above
  3. Which of the following fees and charges appear on your bill?
    a. Rate customers pay for natural gas (usually the GCR)
    b. Delivery or transportation charge
    c. Meter reading charge
    d. A and B
  4. In Ohio, natural gas usage is billed by what unit of measurement?
    a. Cubic Feet
    b. Decatherm
    c. Therm
    d. Kilowatt-hour

True or False

  1. You should always read your bill and bill inserts every month.
    True
    False
  2. Natural gas companies do not have to come to your house at least once a year to perform a meter read.
    True
    False
  3. The customer charge changes from month to month, depending on the amount of natural gas you use.
    True
    False

Matching

Match the natural gas company to the location of its corporate headquarters.
(each location is used only once)

  1. Columbia Gas
    a. Evansville, Indiana
    b. Richmond Virginia
    c. Merrillville, Indiana
    d. Charlotte, North Carolina
  2. Dominion East Ohio
    a. Evansville, Indiana
    b. Richmond Virginia
    c. Merrillville, Indiana
    d. Charlotte, North Carolina
  3. Duke Energy
    a. Evansville, Indiana
    b. Richmond Virginia
    c. Merrillville, Indiana
    d. Charlotte, North Carolina
  4. Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio
    a. Evansville, Indiana
    b. Richmond Virginia
    c. Merrillville, Indiana
    d. Charlotte, North Carolina
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