Propane

Drivers can now find alternative fueling stations using cell phones & PDAs

4, 2009 -- Driving cross-country or even around town in an alternative fuel vehicle used to require drivers to do a little homework to find the nearest fueling station – but not anymore. Consumers on-the-go can now access the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Alternative Fueling Station Locator using their cell phone, BlackBerry, or other personal digital assistant (PDA).    » read more »

Declines in U.S. Petroleum Consumption Expected to Continue

If you feel like you’ve been economizing by driving less and adjusting your thermostat more, you’re not alone. Total U.S. petroleum consumption reported in today’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) is once again lower than the same week last year.

Average monthly total petroleum consumption has now declined for 12 consecutive months when compared with the same month the year before. Within the last 25 years, we’ve identified 6 other 12-month periods during which there was a sustained drop in total petroleum consumption from the previous year.    » read more »

BALTIMORE, MD (August 6, 2008) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that his Consumer Protection Division has reached a settlement with an Elkton, Maryland propane gas supplier over the company’s imposition of a “Government Agency Regulatory Compliance fee" ( “Government Compliance fees”). The company, Schagrin Gas Company, Inc., agreed to stop charging its customers fees unless they were previously disclosed in their service agreements. The company will also provide its existing customers with a credit for the Government Compliance fees that they were previously charged.    » read more »

March 4, 2008 -- LANSING - Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced today that he is taking legal action under Michigan's Consumer Protection Act against Inergy Propane for its excessive pricing of propane gas. The action is being taken after numerous complaints from consumers alleging Inergy Propane charged excessively high prices compared to the average market price of propane in Michigan.    » read more »

What Do We Really Know About College Football or Crude Oil Imports?

Unlike other prominent college football polls, which started issuing weekly polls before the first snap of the college football season, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) waited for about half the season to play out before issuing their inaugural rankings in mid-October. A comparison of the earlier polls and current rankings shows that some major changes have occurred as the season has unfolded.    » read more »

Washington, D.C., October 9, 2007 – Consumers facing higher winter heating costs of 4 to 22 percent – depending on which fuel powers their home – can use energy efficiency to keep those costs in check while remaining comfortable, advises the Alliance to Save Energy.    » read more »

July 5, 2007 -- For some, the only time we use propane is to grill hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and other foods, as many of us did yesterday when we celebrated Independence Day. But for others, propane is also a source of heat in the winter, and this is the time of year when propane inventories are built for use in the upcoming winter period. So far this spring and summer, there has been a rather lackluster replenishment of the Nation’s primary propane supply since the end of winter.    » read more »