Fuel prices updated in 10 communities
Press Release
June 17, 2024
Effective today, fuel prices in 10 communities serviced by the Petroleum Products Program will change to reflect the cost of fuel delivered through the 2023/24 winter resupply program.
The prices of heating and motive fuel will decrease in Wekweètı̀, and gasoline prices will decrease in Jean Marie River, Nahanni Butte, Tsiigehtchic and Whatı̀. Fuel prices will increase in Colville Lake, Délı̨nę, Gametì, Nahanni Butte, Sambaa K’e and Wrigley, largely due to increased transportation costs. Similar adjustments in fuel prices are in effect for government customers in these communities.
The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is required to set retail fuel prices at amounts that recover the full laid-in cost of fuel, which includes the wholesale purchase cost and all transportation costs. Prices are adjusted at least twice per calendar year, after the summer barge resupply and after the winter road resupply, to correspond with changes to the cost of petroleum products and transporting these products to communities. Prices are also adjusted periodically for other reasons, including changes to the carbon tax. The next price change due to the carbon tax is scheduled for April 1, 2025.
The GNWT’s Fuel Services division administers the Petroleum Products Program, which manages the purchase, transport and storage of bulk petroleum products for 16 NWT communities that are not serviced by the private sector. Ten of those 16 communities receive fuel through the GNWT’s winter resupply program: Wekweètı̀, Colville Lake, Délı̨nę, Gametì Jean Marie River, Nahanni Butte, Sambaa K’e, Tsiigehtchic, Whatı̀ and Wrigley.
More information, including up-to-date fuel prices in all communities serviced by the GNWT, can be found at https://www.inf.gov.nt.ca/en/services/fuel-services/prices
For media requests, please contact:
Infrastructure Communications
Department of Infrastructure
Government of the Northwest Territories
INF_Communications@gov.nt.ca
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