Engineering360: "As Heating Oil Prices Increase, Has Propane Become the Better Value?"

I'd LOVE to find propane at those prices. Here in the mid-Atlantic, propane has been well over $3/gallon. Probably has to do with distribution costs since propane is not a high-volume commodity around here.

The EIA breaks these data down into smaller regional chunks if you want to take a look: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_wfr_dcus_nus_m.htm

Thanks! Yep, the mid-Atlantic was $3.23 in November. Much better price in the mid-West. Less than $2 per gallon Residential.

Did you notice that the wholesale cost was $0.997 in the mid-Atlantic and the delivered price is 3X that????? BOHICA comes to mind. That kind of gouging is a mighty strong discentive.

I know of someone who uses a lot of propane for his glass blowing studio. He has a 30,000 gallon tank buried in his field and gets his for less than a dollar a gallon, 'off-season' delivered by a semi-tanker.

As a Co-op member with a customer-owned tank, the spot price is at $1.52 in Upstate NY, down 6 cents from last week.