[AT] Profane propane prices; was Fuel prices

[Dick Day]

  $1.239 per gallon on 11/25 here in Nebraska.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "carl gogol" <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 2:53 PM
Subject: [AT] Profane propane prices; was Fuel prices


>I have used propane for the last 8 winters and have gotten depressed as
> every year the NYMX (NY Mercantile Exchange) price for propane slowly went
> up.  This year in July it almost hit $2.00.  In August we were offered a
> lock in price of $2.52 but they were delivering for that amount at the 
> time.
> I decided to bet that the price would go down - and it has to less than
> $0.70 on the NYMX since early November. I have noted over time that the
> retail price has typically been about $1 over the NYMX price.
> Got a fillup in the middle of November and the bill said $2.70 - the price
> hadn't exceeded $2.52 before then.  I lost my cork and talked with the 
> owner
> of the delivery company and told him my observation.  He said blah blah
> blah - there is no propane infrastructure to speak of in NY - the NYMX
> doesn't mean much and my company is price competitive.
> I think that it is a good thing we added a supplemental coal furnace this
> fall, so I don't care as much - $220/ton for coal is almost the heat
> equivalent of 500 gallons of propane.
> I am interested in hearing more info on propane price from others though.
> Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
> Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
> AC D14, 914H
> JD 5320 MFWD
> Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
> Simplicity 7116H
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Fallon" <bfallon at whidbey.com>
>
>>I had my home propane tank filled by Cenex Skagit Co-op 2 weeks ago and 
>>the
>> price was $1.79 a gallon. It took 191 gallons to fill the 500 gallon 
>> tank.
>>
>> Depends on the amount and your account also I had 100 gallons put in at 
>> my
>> old house just to maintain the home and it was $2.29 because it was not 
>> on
>> auto fill and only partial tank load I have a 500 gallon tank there also.
>>
>> Bruce Fallon
>> Langley,WA 98260
>> bfallon at whidbey.com
>>
>
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