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Pretty much every rural community will have one if not multiple propane providers. It generally is more expensive than natural gas, but the difference isn't ast

Pretty much every rural community will have one if not multiple propane providers. It generally is more expensive than natural gas, but the difference isn't astronomical. Heating with fuel oil is, by comparison, much more expensive.

sgerenser 4y ago
Don’t know where you live, but here in NC propane is around $3.32 per gallon[0], equivalent to $3.60 per therm. My last natgas bill was $1.38/therm, almost a third the cost. In fact, propane is much closer in cost (per BTU equivalent) to fuel oil than natural gas. [0] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W_EPLLPA_PRS_SNC_DPG&f=W https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W...
- zdragnar 4y ago
  Damn, I just got my propane tank refilled - it's a tiny 125 gallon one, mostly backup for our wood stove. We paid something like $2.40, and that's only because we didn't get a bulk discount most people get when they fill up the larger tanks sized for primary heat for a full season.
  - sgerenser 4y ago
    I suspect you're not on the east coast, average propane cost across the whole east coast was $3.41 recently: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPLLPA_PRS_dpgal_w.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPLLPA_PRS_dpgal_...
- saltcured 4y ago
  For natural gas, is that only some itemized procurement price, or full price as delivered? In the SF Bay Area, our last PG&E bill split across Jan/Feb was effectively $3.05/therm. The actual pricing in our bill reflects tiered pricing, with different tier thresholds in each month. The first tier covers up to 2 therms/day in Jan and 1.48 therms/day in Feb. The price tiers were $2.68..$3.06/therm in Jan and $2.75..$3.14/therm in Feb. The bill also described $1.37/therm and $1.44/therm procurement prices for Jan and Feb, respectively.
  - sgerenser 4y ago
    Full price as delivered, not including the flat $10 "basic facilities fee."

sgerenser 4y ago

Don’t know where you live, but here in NC propane is around $3.32 per gallon[0], equivalent to $3.60 per therm. My last natgas bill was $1.38/therm, almost a third the cost. In fact, propane is much closer in cost (per BTU equivalent) to fuel oil than natural gas. [0] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W_EPLLPA_PRS_SNC_DPG&f=W https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=W...

zdragnar 4y ago
Damn, I just got my propane tank refilled - it's a tiny 125 gallon one, mostly backup for our wood stove. We paid something like $2.40, and that's only because we didn't get a bulk discount most people get when they fill up the larger tanks sized for primary heat for a full season.
- sgerenser 4y ago
  I suspect you're not on the east coast, average propane cost across the whole east coast was $3.41 recently: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPLLPA_PRS_dpgal_w.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_a_EPLLPA_PRS_dpgal_...
saltcured 4y ago
For natural gas, is that only some itemized procurement price, or full price as delivered? In the SF Bay Area, our last PG&E bill split across Jan/Feb was effectively $3.05/therm. The actual pricing in our bill reflects tiered pricing, with different tier thresholds in each month. The first tier covers up to 2 therms/day in Jan and 1.48 therms/day in Feb. The price tiers were $2.68..$3.06/therm in Jan and $2.75..$3.14/therm in Feb. The bill also described $1.37/therm and $1.44/therm procurement prices for Jan and Feb, respectively.
- sgerenser 4y ago
  Full price as delivered, not including the flat $10 "basic facilities fee."