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Random question- Anyone use propane to heat their house in the winter? What kind of prices are they offering for locking in or paing the full season up front?
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Random question- Anyone use propane to heat their house in the winter? What kind of prices are they offering for locking in or paing the full season up front?
My neighbors up the road have propane. Not sure how well it works vs. oil - they seem happy though. I think these things fluctuate all the time with what is cheaper.
Is a gallon of propane provide the same energy as a gallon of oil?
One benefit of propane iover oil is you don't have the yearly $200 cleaning bill that oil has.
My bulk propane contract rate at Killington went up quite a bit from last year. My townhouse is metered off a common tank. It had been $1.79 per gallon and it's now in $1.99. Still a heck of a lot cheaper than heating oil. I sure hope the gas pipeline from Burlington to Rutland gets built and then gets run up over the pass to Killington. It's fairly high density housing so it makes huge sense.
Anything near $2 is a pretty good rate these days, but I guess your getting that based on big volumes. I just paid $2.79 for 400 gallons in NH, but that took extra work.
If you're feeding of a common tank, I am guessing your supplier is extra motivated to keep tabs on your level. Does he have a remote monitor or is he just using the weather as a gauge?
$2.00 for propane isn't bad , Comparing propane and oil isn't a direct comparison , Propane has 90K BTU"s per gallon, Oil has 138K BTU's. Propane is eazier to maintain. Oil has dropped a bit $3.00, right now Oil and propane are about the same price factoring in efficencies
I live in 20 cent+ per kilowatt-hour country. You also have to factor in the savings of being able to run a gas clothes dryer & gas water heater. Like most people, I also prefer cooking on a gas stove.
20 Cents ....Yikes, I'm at .09 , spoke with someone today who locked in .07 for the year.