Thread: Liquid propane prices.....OMG!!!

My mother in law got her contract for the winter and its 2.12 per GAL.
And that was a few weeks ago. Its probably gone up by now a few cents!
Its going to cost me about 1500-2000 bucks this winter. When will this ever break????
between REG. gas, groc. and now LP its getting tough to make it each month i swear!!

What is it in your area??

We don't use propane. We use oil. It's currently $4.50 per gallon. We can never order more than 100 gallons at a time (and usually can't find a company to deliver less than that, either) and when we do, we have to sacrifice something else (food, put off another bill, etc.). I have no idea how we're going to make it through this winter financially.

Last del I got it was sitting at 3.57 a gallon for propane. I use electric and wood to heat the house with and I have an 80 gallon tank to use for hot water cooking and my dryer.

we have natural gas and electric ... and I don't even want to DISCUSS the monopoly DTE has!


However, my sister in NH was using propane, and her bills were horrific...so they switched to 2 wood stoves (their house is 6 bedrooms), and for their water heater, they got rid of the tank...and went to this -- http://www.tanklesswaterheaterguide.com/

(the outlay seems expensive, but in the end, it actually saves you money because you don't have to store the water or heat the "tank").


edited to add: she has 11 in her family (yes, 9 natural children) plus pets, and washes at least 3 loads of clothes a day and at least 2x per day for dishwasher...so they use a LOT of water if you count all the baths, toilet flushes, etc.

Originally Posted by whatever

My mother in law got her contract for the winter and its 2.12 per GAL.
And that was a few weeks ago. Its probably gone up by now a few cents!
Its going to cost me about 1500-2000 bucks this winter. When will this ever break????
between REG. gas, groc. and now LP its getting tough to make it each month i swear!!

What is it in your area??

All electric here but my mom uses propane and she paid more than that per gallon last winter so I know it is gonna be more this year

I know just what you are talking about, this last winter I had tank filled and it was 186.00 I thougt OMG this is crazy so then I had it filled again and I just about passed out when I got the bill it was 286.00. I thought no way..so I went and bought me some electric heaters and refused to turn on big heater..My stove it gas to so I hardly ever use the oven part..I do have one of those things I am not sure what you call it ....it is like a big pan looking thing with top . but you can bake cakes and biscuits in it..you can get them at walmart for like 27.00.

From Nov until March our heating bill was over $400 a MONTH. Hopefully this will change this winter (If I am still here) because in April I had the landlord insulate the attic..I mean, who doesn't insulate their attic??