Do Georgia Natural Gas Marketers Price Match?
If you have found a lower natural gas rate than the one you pay, it is reasonable to ask your marketer to match it. In Georgia, you can ask, but none of the marketers on the Public Service Commission’s rate chart promises to say yes.
On September 16, 2026, we checked the websites, FAQs and published terms of all ten marketers with a standard 12-month fixed plan on the PSC’s September chart: Constellation, Fuel Georgia, Gas South, Georgia Natural Gas, SCANA Energy, Stream Energy, Town Square Energy, True Natural Gas, Walton EMC Natural Gas and XOOM Energy. None publishes a price match, a rate-beat guarantee or a lowest-rate guarantee.
What some marketers offer instead
A few have published programs that address the same worry, paying more than you need to:
- Georgia Natural Gas: Price Protection Guarantee. An optional add-on to its variable plan. The rate at sign-up becomes a ceiling for the next 12 months; the rate can still go down, and you can cancel the protection at any time. It caps your rate, but it does not match anyone else’s. (GNG FAQ)
- Gas South: variable to fixed, and BridgePlan. Its terms let variable-rate customers switch to a fixed contract at any time. Customers on its BridgePlan move to a standard plan, with a lower rate per therm, after 12 months of on-time payments. (Gas South terms, FAQ)
Neither is a price match. Both are worth knowing about if you are on a variable or credit-based plan.
What the rules allow
The PSC’s rules for gas marketers (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 515-7) do not mention price matching. They do set the limits around it:
- A marketer cannot charge more than the rate it filed with the PSC, and cannot raise the charges on a fixed plan during its term.
- You can switch marketers without giving your current marketer notice, unless your contract says otherwise.
- Before a fixed term ends, your marketer must send renewal notices, 60 days and 25 days ahead, that tell you that you can change marketers.
Nothing in the rules stops a marketer from offering an existing customer a lower rate. It is just not required, published or guaranteed.
How to get a lower rate without a price match
- Compare annual cost, not the rate. A lower rate with a higher service charge can cost more over a year. 641 Therms explains the math.
- Check your exit fee before you switch. On the PSC’s September 2026 chart, early termination fees on standard 12-month fixed plans run from none to $200. If your term ends soon, waiting may cost less than leaving.
- Watch for the renewal notice. It arrives 60 days before a fixed term ends, which is the cheapest moment to move.
- Ask your marketer anyway. Calling to ask for a lower rate costs nothing. If they offer one, compare it the same way: annual cost, term and exit fee.
- Switch if someone else is cheaper. Every marketer’s filed rate is on the rate table, ranked by estimated annual cost.
The Georgia Public Service Commission does not rank or endorse marketers.