Virtually all propane marketers have seasonal customers, primarily on their residential accounts and usually in areas where vacationing is a big part of the local economy. People often purchase second homes or have a hunting lodge that they might only use for a portion of the year or just on weekends.
Read More For the first time ever, in early February, the ferry serving the Lake Erie Islands was able to shove-off into open waters — much to the delight of an islander who was forced by a fierce December gale to leave his car ashore on the mainland.
Read More It’s winters like this past one that drive independent propane marketers into an early retirement.
Read More A desiccant dehumidifier currently under development could be what the nation’s comfort-seeking homeowners want as they address their indoor air-quality issues.
Read More What have you done to alleviate the terror in the eyes of residents in your hometown who are bracing for a winter that promises higher-than-ever heating bills?
Read More It looks like we’ll have plenty of inventory. Only it may not be in the right place.
Read More Hotter. Cooler. Bigger. Smaller. Fire and water, too. Not to mention ice. In many ways, barbecue grills seem to be moving to extremes for 2005, or combining what may seem — at least at first — to be conflicting elements.
Read More As January rolled into February, propane marketers nationwide were hoping for a prolonged cold spell to bolster what’s being called an average heating season with fewer gallons pumped and lower margins earned.
Read More Hoping to capitalize on its budding relationship with the manufactured housing industry, the propane industry is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy in a $1.3 million project to develop an affordable water heater that also warms and cools the entire house.
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