Comments on: Propane vs Natural Gas Costs.

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By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:01:26 +0000

Had propane in my previous 3600 SF home. Furnace, cooktop and fireplace. Spent about 1200-1500 per heating season. (3-4 months) Now building a new house and have no choice but electric for everything. Can get propane backup for furnace, but not doing it. Still doing cooktop and fireplace with propane though. Electric is around .08 kwH here, so def cheaper this route. I’ve read that unless the price of propane per gallon is less than 27 (1 gallon propane = 27 kwH) times the price per kwH, you should stick with electric. Example: .08 x 27 = 2.16. Price per gallon of propane here is above 2.50, so electric is cheaper.

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By: E.S.H.

E.S.H. — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:14:25 +0000

We are building a new home in a rural area starting in the Fall ’13. There is no natural gas lines, and we are not familiar with propane. From reading these post, it sounds EXPENSIVE to use propane! Our new home will be 3900sf. I’m considering Geotherm again as heat source. Can someone share their experience with GeoTherm and what I should consider.
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By: Left Propane behind

Left Propane behind — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:54:21 +0000

Spent 2 years in Tucson Az with farmhouse and propane. who cares about therms and gals . the bottom line is duing the cool months of the winter my propane take was filled 3 times to keep 2500 sq. ft at 78 degrees. $$$ each fill between $495 to 750 dollars.That is energy for the year spent 2000 in Propane. Never AGAIN!!!!

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By: Bebe

Bebe — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:36:20 +0000

I just moved into a rental home in CA and ran out to meet the propane provider as he filled the tank. Since I own a home in Colorado that runs on propane for heat and hot water I know the price per gallon that I locked in at is $2.89/gal. This CA company told me $4.45/gal. I called the company and asked if they had any price lock programs and they told me no since the market price fluctuates, but that they can lower the price on the future fill to $3.01/gal. In my experience in both CA and CO, the companies will try to gouge you if they can. Everyone should call their companies and negotiate by asking for a pre-purchase rate (if you can afford it) or a lock in price. It also seems that if a new company takes over for your old one, they can conveniently forget to inform you that they have taken over, not honor or renew your price lock, and raise the price and fill your tank without telling you and hand you the bill. I have learned this through experience and now I try to stay in touch with my company and monitor my bills carefully. Don’t be afraid to call as winter sets in and check on the rates or try to negotiate. It can be done!

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By: larry

larry — Sun, 27 May 2012 05:23:51 +0000

LNG cannot be compressed very well. Kinda like the way water cannot be compressed. That is why NG (methane) is best used coming from small containers (tank in a automobile for example) or having your house applicances, running on NG, hooked directly to a NG supply line from the gas company.

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By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:03:32 +0000

But what about Liquified Natural Gas? Yes, the piping to get NG to a home is expensive, but why can we not convert to LNG, new jetting of appliances is a small effort. My generator has a dual system so I can use either, just slide in the other jet. I cannot find any reference as to it taking a higher pressure tank, or greater difficulty in delivery. Any ideas why this would not be a good alternative since propane is now over $3 a gallon here in NC?

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By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:11:55 +0000

Dan,
As Wes said, a therm is 100,000 BTUs no matter what the fuel is. That’s just the definition of a therm. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therm)

Propane produces more BTUs per unit volume than NG, which is why propane is more popular in situations when the fuel needs to be bottled (as opposed to when a pipeline is the delivery mechanism, as is typical with NG)

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By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:48:22 +0000

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