Quote from: TboneAgain on December 10, 2021, 04:11:45 PMYeah, we're seeing it from different perspectives.

For one thing, price! I just filled my 325-gallon tank for house heat and paid $1.999999999 per gallon. (You could round that off to two bucks.) That's a contract price! Without the contract, I'd have had to pay $2.50/gallon for the same gas. If things keep going the way they are right now, the non-contract price will likely hit something well above three bucks/gallon before the frost melts in April. I know it hit $2.799 last winter, and oil prices were a lot lower then.

Also, my usage currently exceeds 1,000 gal/year. I think it was close to 1,300 gal. last year.

Converting my shop to propane would entail either setting a separate large tank or finding, say, a 40-gallon stand-up cylinder that I'd have to take to a filling station myself. Either option is $$$$$$.

No, you saw it from the perspective of someone with an actual electrical hookup, the article is about off grid only. Conserving electricity wherever possible, which is why propane is the most efficient source as opposed to electricity.

Your prices are definitely higher than out West I can presume. If you own the tank, maybe shop around, I know contract prices can dig deep on the wallet.
Ask what the cost would be if you had a 500 gallon tank. A 325 is either a 60 year old tank, or home made, they just don't make them anymore, anyway, out here, they jump from 250, to 500 and then to 1000 and up.

I had a girlfriend about 20 years back who was on a contract, they came out one summer day, topped off her tank, I looked at the bill, she was paying upwards of $3.00 per gallon while the competitor was running a special at .70 cents per gallon.
Sure, she may save in mid Winter, but they were purposely gouging her in August. They literally waited to top her off when their cost was dirt.

Point being, call your supplier, renegotiate, they'll bend over backwards to keep your business.

I have 10 suppliers in my immediate area, some huge, some small, they all want the business.