September 11, 2023 – LP Gas
Winter preview: Shift in mindset
By James Guyette
Sweltering under an August heat wave, propane retailers were sharpening their pencils and pondering an anticipated solid winter heating season. A nicely proceeding summer build was delivering plenty of cold-weather LPG availability.
In late August, an RBN Energy analysis showed total inventories at 92.3 million barrels, which was nearly 36 percent higher than during the same week last year and 3 million barrels above the five-year maximum.
Amid this solidity, however, comes a caution to “expect the unexpected” as presented by calamities such as floods, landslides, wildfires, blizzards, detoured roads, droughts, staffing scarcities and other logistical headaches. This mayhem could again prove propane’s ability to serve as a reliable fuel to power electrical generators when the grid fails.
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