Commercial energy / Buyer guidance
Nicor Gas and electricity choice: reconcile two separate account records
Identify the gas utility, electric delivery company and supplier before shopping. Includes a two-bill reconciliation example.
Nicor Gas is the gas account, not the electric supplier
Nicor Gas's transportation customer resources concern natural gas service. Its name on a bill does not identify who delivers electricity to the building or which electric supply products the meter can buy. This page keeps its existing URL while correcting that distinction.
Start with one current invoice for each commodity. Record the legal customer, service address, meter identifier, delivery utility, supplier, rate schedule and billing units. A shared business name or mailing address is not enough to match two accounts. An office and an adjacent production building can have different meters and contracts even if invoices reach the same finance team.
Determine what is being compared
For gas, separate the commodity purchase from Nicor Gas delivery and any transportation, storage or balancing arrangement. Nicor's rates and riders identify different service options; do not infer enrollment eligibility from another business's tariff. Ask the utility or authorized supplier to confirm the actual schedule and requirements.
For electricity, begin again with the electric delivery utility and meter. Use the applicable utility record and Illinois account guide rather than searching for a “Nicor electricity” product. Keep the two commodities' authorizations separate. Supplying a gas bill for review does not establish consent to enroll an electric account.
Worked example: a consolidated budget is not a shopping rate
Hypothetical invoice figures: an electric account uses 30,000 kWh with $2,700 of supply charges and $1,400 of other billed components. Its supply average is 9 cents/kWh and its $4,100 total-bill average is approximately 13.67 cents/kWh.
The same property uses 4,000 therms of gas with $2,600 of commodity charges and $900 of other components. Its commodity average is $0.65/therm and its $3,500 total-bill average is $0.875/therm. The combined budget is $7,600, but dividing that total by only the electric kWh would mix two commodities. None of these figures is a current Nicor or electric tariff.
A two-account verification checklist
| Check | Electric record | Gas record |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery company | From electric invoice | Nicor Gas, if shown on actual bill |
| Units | kWh and any billed demand | Therms or the actual billed volume/energy unit |
| Supply agreement | Electric term and inclusions | Gas term and transportation responsibilities |
| Permission | Named electric accounts | Named gas accounts |
| First-bill review | Rate, dates and meter | Commodity, delivery and any settlement |
Compare executable offers only after the two account records are complete. The offer tool has separate electric and gas modes; it cannot convert a combined budget into a valid supply rate. Preserve original bills privately rather than placing account identifiers in a public inquiry.
Sources and limits
Nicor transportation resources and Nicor rates and riders establish the gas-service context. The invoice example and reconciliation table are independently constructed and do not assert a supplier relationship, enrollment right or savings result.