Jasper Warns Natural Gas Customers of Short-Term Bill Increases After Storm

The City of Jasper issued an advisory, published by the Dubois County Free Press on Feb. 18, 2026, telling natural-gas customers to expect higher bills in the short term after recent extreme cold and a severe winter storm. The advisory identified local residential and business customers served by the city as those who should plan for a temporary increase on upcoming billing cycles.

The Feb. 18 notice from Jasper did not include a specific dollar amount or an exact number of billing cycles for the increase; it used the phrase "short term" to describe the expected timeframe. The advisory appeared after weather events described by city officials as extreme cold and a severe winter storm that affected the Jasper area and surrounding parts of Dubois County.

City of Jasper leaders chose the Dubois County Free Press to publish the advisory on Feb. 18 so customers would receive prompt local notice ahead of February and March gas bills. The notice emphasized readiness for higher costs but stopped short of listing mitigation steps, specific rate adjustments, or a concrete end date for the short-term increase.

A week after the Feb. 18 advisory, on Feb. 25, 2026, the Feb. 18 notice remains the most recent formal alert to natural-gas customers from Jasper captured in local reporting. Households and businesses in Jasper that rely on the municipal natural-gas system are the ones directly named in the city’s advisory, and those accounts are likely to see the impact reflected when their utility statements arrive.

City officials and the Dubois County Free Press have anchored messaging to the Feb. 18 advisory; residents who recall unusually high use during the recent cold snap or service interruptions during the severe winter storm are likely to see those factors reflected in the short-term billing changes described by the city. As of Feb. 25, 2026, the Feb. 18 advisory is the standing local notice outlining the expectation of short-term higher natural-gas bills for customers served by the City of Jasper.