Propane Prices

[NoTrespassing]

Facts!!! you want to hear facts. Oil companies are fracking and drilling with no respect to our environment those my friends are facts and based on greed and profits. Close the thread because it does not agree with you.

I started this thread over two years ago in an effort to find out what propane prices were in other parts of the country and Canada. I'd appreciate it if it wasn't closed due to a couple members arguing. There is a nice forum called "Friendly Politics" for that sort of discussion.

 

[K man]

Sorry about that man. Did not mean to be negative or anything. If you read my post they were pretty amicable until someone made it more that what it was. Sorry

 

[Country Geek]

Gouging is a loaded term but take a look at this... the wholesale price of propane is declining while the retail price for residential propane is slightly increasing. Someone's doing very well on the increased spread.

U.S. Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Prices (October - March)

My personal theory is that retail competition is being reduced so consumers are going to take it in the shorts while the dealers do very well. Around here, we are moving toward a Ferrelgas-Amerigas duopoly, as those bigger companies are quietly buying up the smaller dealers (and letting them keep their names so it's not as obvious).

I went geothermal this year so I'm out of the propane heat rat race. Which of course means that the price is going to drop this year

 

[wawajake]

Sorry about that man. Did not mean to be negative or anything. If you read my post they were pretty amicable until someone made it more that what it was. Sorry

I also didn't see anything terrible in your posts.............and I can't blame anyone for complaining about how much the tax man grabs on fuel taxes and the price gouging when world prices are down............but back to propane.......the price I locked into this October was the same price I locked into last year so I was just happy that I had kept things the same.

 

[RobA]

$3.149 per gallon for 200 gallons, delivered 2 days ago. I don't own my tanks. Considering changing that.

 

[Country Geek]

$3.149 per gallon for 200 gallons, delivered 2 days ago. I don't own my tanks. Considering changing that.

How old are your rental tanks?

I started out renting my tank but my rental contract had a clause allowing me to buy the tank for an amount that declined every year. After a little bit over 10 years I pulled the trigger because by then the buyout price of my tank was less than the balance I had built up with the equal payment plan.

Cheapest way to buy a tank and it's already installed and certified, etc. ! The freedom saved me a lot of money over the last few years.

 

[RobA]

How old are your rental tanks?

Tanks are only 3 years old with no clause to buy. I am not paying any explicit fees or rent for the tanks - just higher prices for their propane.

 

[farmer2009]

Had another delivery of propane today. 1.089/gallon. That's about 37 cents cheaper than fall.

 

[cointoss]

I own my tank and the price I paid today was 1.509 per gallon. NW Michigan area.

 

[FTG-05]

The propane delivery guy came by yesterday. Since Oct. 13, we've only used about 100 gallons. With a 500 gallon tank (400 actual capacity), it wasn't worth filling up at this time. I told him to come back in 4 months. Propane was $3.45/gallon yesterday! I hope it's a lot cheaper in the spring.

I credit our newly installed Englander 30-NC wood stove for our much lower usage this winter!