For officials in Eskridge, the eye-popping prices from February’s Winter Storm Uri never cease to amaze, even though it almost six months since the bitter cold spell ripped through the Great Plains. It is one of 50-plus cities with municipal gas agencies, leaving them more at the whims of the wildly fluctuating markets than most. Eskridge’s total bill from the Kansas Municipal Gas Agency was $1.1 million — 10 times more than its entire gas costs for all of 2020. Relief came in the nick of time, however, as Kansas lawmakers approved a loan program for cities staring down those eye-popping bills, allowing them to pay off their sky-high costs without burdening residents with dramatic rate increases — or having to disband their city all together.
Source: CJonline.com
