
Marketers urged to cultivate several propane supply options prior to winter’s arrival
September 3, 2013 By James Guyette
Propane retailers are being advised to line up several product sources going into the winter heating season.
Read MoreThe doom and gloom of the economic forecast is offset by plummeting product costs.
Read MoreEnergy competition, record LPG and steel prices have marketers looking to sell.
Read MoreThis winter’s rampaging propane prices spared no marketers from lost customers, crimped cash flow and mangled margins.
Read MoreThe American Petroleum Institute says total domestic propane sales for combined residential, commercial, engine, farm and industrial uses in 2006 fell for the fourth consecutive year.
Read MoreThe rising cost of propane, coupled with limited federal home-heating assistance for low-income families, is not only putting the squeeze on customers but retailers as well.
Read MoreAmassive expansion in liquid natural gas production had propane experts earlier this year forecasting a record boost in supply and a resulting drop in prices for propane marketers gearing up for the 2007-08 winter.
Read MoreI pose this rhetorical question to examine some of the decisions we make in our propane companies that fly in the face of reaching for maximum financial performance.
Read MoreJust as propane marketers nationwide had given up hope of squeezing a profit from yet another warm winter, a ferocious St. Valentine’s Day Blizzard punctuated a solid month of cold temperatures that saved a dismal heating season but wreaked havoc on the front lines.
Read MoreSeems just like yesterday we met as an NPGA task force to study alternative insurance options. In 2003 we published a white paper that referred to insurance industry cycles and future price reductions. We forecast lower premiums and more choices. It happened.
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