Those who thought Inergy Propane was over charging them for propane gas were right.

"I paid $3.69 and my neighbor paid $1.79 the same day," Scott Butts.

The Attorney General and the gas company came to an agreement Wednesday to partially refund customers, some whom were paying $4.39 a gallon - when the market price was less than $3.

"That's good news," Butts said. "Its a good time to get a rebate."

Butts, of Fowlerville, is just one Northwest Energy customer - a regional brand of Inergy - who said he was gouged.

"I asked my neighbors and I found out mine was significantly higher," he said.

Butts said he paid $2.94 a gallon in January of 2007, and when he went to fill up again in December the price had jumped to $3.69...a 75 cent increase in just one year.

"If they continue to to use unfair business practices, they'll lose a lot of their clientele," Butts said.

"That's excessive," Frank Telewski said. "That's just not fair."

Telewski, of Mason, switched from Northwest Energy because of the high prices.

"I filed a complaint with the Attorney General's office with our story," he said.

The Attorney General received hundreds of complaints like Telewski's and investigated the company and found prices were excessive.

The company agreed to settle with the Attorney General in lieu of going to court but still maintains their prices were fair.

Telewski said he's happy with the outcome.

"Anything we can get back will be helpful in this day in age," he said.

The refunds are available to all customers who were not in a fixed contract between November 1, 2007 and February 29, 2008.

Consumers who are eligible for the rebate will be notified by mail.