Cost of propane

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I had to buy propane for the house yesterday. It was $1.20/gallon. Last December it was .97/gallon. I am in northeast Texas.

Has anyone else bought propane lately? If so, how does this compare to your price?

-- Green (ratdogs10@yahoo.com), July 22, 2000

Answers

southern Mo northern Ar area Paid 92.9 last month There is an add in the local paper prepay winter fillups for 89.9 ..............JAY

-- JAY (jay@townsqr.com), July 22, 2000.

West-central WI here. Just got a letter from the co-op offering a summer fill price of .91 and a pre-pay price of .94. Last year those prices were in the high .70 to low .80 range.

-- Laurie (SUPERGS63@AOL.COM), July 22, 2000.

Don't know the answer to the question here in central WI but do the numbers and you'll see your'e paying about the same per btu as you would with fuel oil.

-- john leake (natlivent@pcpros.net), July 22, 2000.

Just found this forum today so I am a newbie. I am about 50 miles west of Mpls,MN My propane cost 79.9 which is about .10 cents higher than it was a year ago. It does get a little bit on the chilly side here in the winter so, I guess that isn't do bad. I do burn lots of fire wood that comes from my own property. Since I am a newbie, I am going to use a fake email address until I get more familar with this place. I hate spam!! BTW, I have read every post and like what I see and hope to someday contribute.

-- Bill (sticky@2sides.tape), July 22, 2000.

S.E. IL. I just quit the company I was buying from because they wanted to rob me. I will buy wherever I can get it the cheapest. They wanted $1.22 and I refuse to pay that when wholesale cost-minus transportation-is in the .50 per gallon price. Seems EVERYBODY wants to rob us. Greed is the reason, I guess. I'm looking to buy it for about .70 or so this summer/fall. Those Central Boilers are looking more cost effective as time goes on. I'm selling them and have been too cheap to buy one for myself but that's about to change, I think. Matt. 24:44

-- hoot gibson (hoot@pcinetwork.com), July 22, 2000.

It sounds like you guys are getting free fuel to me. Here in Southern Oregon the price is $1.79/9 we just had our 150 gaL. tank filled last month, we use about 250 gallons a year just to run the kitchen range, I can't imagine heating with LPG. On the other hand I can take a 20# (5-gal) cylinder to the gas station and have it filled for $1.00 per gallon. Our gasoline here at this time , $1.71/9 and kerosene in nearly $2.00 a gallon. On the other hand electricity is about $.05 epr KW.

-- Hendo (OR) (redgate@echoweb.net), July 23, 2000.

Thanks for the input. I'm already buying from the cheapest company around this area. We use about 100 gallons every 3 months just to run the cookstove and water heater. Guess we will have through out some furniture and put up one of the Y2K wood stoves somewhere in this little house. In cold weather, we us about 90 gallons/month and we still don't heat the whole house. I can't afford it. We don't get all that terribly cold here usually, but we normally have a lot of upper 30's/lower 40's and raining weather here in winter. The house is old too, so it takes a good bit of heat to keep the damp chill out.

-- Green (ratdogs10@yahoo.com), July 23, 2000.

Just had the tank filled and it was 95 cents a gallon. That is about 30 cents a gallon more than this time last year, and is slowly inching it's way upward. Hate to think what it will be this winter! We, too, use a lot of wood and a woodstove to supplement. Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@AOL.COM), July 23, 2000.

I thought I was going to have to have everyone sit down to tell them our propane prices here in the Matanuska Valley of Alaska but then I read what So. Oregon's were! We pay 1.67/gallon for our delivered propane. It is about 50 cents cheaper in town with your own tank. We can lease the tank for $5 this year (first year w/ this company) but next year it is $175!!! Just to borrow their tank! We are looking for some 80 lb. tanks and will get it ourselves then and save $!

-- Tammy~ Gladheart Acres (heritage@mtaonline.net), July 27, 2000.

Never heard of any 80 lb cylinders. 100 lb cyl are the most popular down here. They hold 24.4 gallons of l.p. When you find your cylinders make certain they don't have expired dates on their re- tests. The first one is due 12 years from date of manufacture and each 5 years thereafter. If they are expired--keep lookin unless the propane companywill requalify it at a reasonable cost---like $5. each. If the kick rings [around the bottom] are rusted out-they will deny it. If the valve is bad, it can be replaced - if they do it, but not cheaply. New valves wholesale down here for $24 each, with 80percent outage. If cyl has a dent deeper than 1/4" it will also be denied. Good luck--if you were here I'd line you up with several--- cheaply! Hope this helps. Matt. 24:44

-- hoot gibson (hoot@pcinetwork.com), July 27, 2000.

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