photo by: Charlie Riedel/Associated Press
A man walks along a snowy path Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, as temperatures hovered close to zero degrees at Shawnee Mission Park in Shawnee, Kan. Winter storms in the region brought subzero temperatures for days on end as power companies struggled to keep up with demand.
You thought your natural gas bill was bad following last month’s arctic blast. Just try paying the one sitting on the desk at the Tulsa headquarters of One Gas Inc.
One Gas is the parent company of Kansas Gas Service, one of the largest gas utilities in the state. To meet its customers’ gas needs during the polar vortex, the company spent $2.2 billion on natural gas purchases in February. That’s approximately four times more than the company spends on natural gas in an entire year.