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The cost of heating your home is about to go up

Fortis BC announced today (Friday) that it has received the green light from the BC Utilities Commission to increase rates by $1.00 per gigajoule on October 1st.

The company says that amounts to about 8 dollars per month for the average customer.

Fortis says the reason for the change is an increase in market demand.

The next scheduled review will be in December.

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