Latest DU propane price check?

[GreenPartyVoter]

We put in 180 gallons or so today at $3.19. That's 70 cents higher than this time last year in our area of Maine, but not as bad as it could have been considering some of the prices other DUers have been paying.

Thank heavens for decent insulation and the new pellet stove, though. I'm hoping not to need another propane delivery for a couple more months. (That seems to be the schedule we have been on since we put in the stove this fall. Every other month rather than monthly.)

[WhiteTara]

1. I got in on $2.44 and we're almost out

I bought some oil radiator heaters and I'm determined that we're not going to buy any more propane until summer. We only heat with it and it is the middle of February. We can wear more clothes. We have a fireplace, but I don't trust the chimney, so we blocked it off. Next summer I'll get that fixed too. This is the last $1500 for heat winter, I swear! I'll update next fall

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. We've used oil and ceramic heaters to heat the bathrooms when needed. Better than

cranking up the whole system just to take a shower. (We're on zones but it's still a lot of propane, even if it's not the whole house being warmed up.)

[WhiteTara]

9. I got 3 of them and have placed

them throughout the house and hope to keep it heated this way, since I think we're in the last weeks of winter.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. I wish we were in the last weeks of winter here, but in Maine I don't consider it spring until May,

when I am pretty sure it won't snow any more. LOL

[raven mad]

2. $4.33 and holding -

for now!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Yikes! Very glad it's not that high here. How often do you have to

buy it?

[raven mad]

10. We have a Toyo stove to heat about 800 sf of cabin -

very efficient! About 300 gallons a year does it, if we keep the temps at 65.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. That's not bad at all. Very efficient, indeed.

[5X]

3. Any body bought some in Oklahoma?

Tulsa area? We haven't had to buy any since the price went up and
I am hoping we can wait till spring.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. I really hope we don't need any more until April, although it may take

even longer just to pay off this bill.

[NMDemDist2]

4. we just got some here in the Permian Basin (SE NM) @ $3.39 n/t

it was aru

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Ouch. Do you know what you were paying this time last year?

[countryjake]

11. We just paid $2.72 a gallon a couple weeks ago...

last year at this time, it was $1.88 per gallon.

I thought what we had to pay this season was pretty steep, but evidently the price isn't nearly as bad here in wa as it is where people have to survive cold winter weather.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Yeah, the cold weather this year has been intense. More like I remember

winter from childhood. Cold and lots of snow.

[Lonusca]

15. $2.83 in California

Don't know how it compares to last year, we were not on propane last year.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. What did you switch from? :^) We used to use

Kerosene for a forced hot air furnace, and now use propane for hot water rads.

[Lonusca]

18. We switched from utilities in general

We moved to a home about a year ago that is not on utilities - so we are now on a well, satellite, and propane.

There were solar panels installed when we purchased. There's a name for the type of service - can't remember what it is. Its a solar lease - we get a fixed amount of electricity at a fixed price for the life of the lease.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Ooh, Solar panels! I am so jealous! :^D

[B Calm]

17. I'm down to 65% in my 500 gal tank. 80% is a full tank. I have burned a lot of wood

this winter. We paid $1.53 a gallon last August. We always fill our tank during the summer fill price.

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. That's a good price! I am hoping we can do a summer fill this year too. Glad

you have wood to help with the heating.

[RBStevens]

21. We did the summer price pre pay at around $1.40

I think it was for 500 gallons and we're down to our last 40. Been burning a lot of wood too - almost 4 cords now

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Good price on the propane. That's a lot of wood! I have no idea how

many pellets we've used since we've been buying them weekly.

[RBStevens]

23. We have a great stove too, its just that it has been

so cold here for so long and we have a pretty big (old) house.

Can't wait for spring!

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. Yeah, been a rough winter! I am grateful that we have relatively good insulation. It is definitely

warmer than my parents' 19th century farmhouse or my grandparents' 18th century Cape ever were!