Home heating fuels price survey, 1990--1991 heating season

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5750197

The 1990--1991 heating season was the first time in Maine that the Home Heating Fuels Survey was conducted for the US DOE by the Maine State Planning Office (SPO). The SPO surveyed cash and credit prices for Number 1 and Number 2 fuels, while DOE surveyed the cash price for Number 2. In the first year of surveying propane usage there were some anticipated problems, namely identifying the appropriate dealers and identifying a common usage price (the price charged for purchase of 650 to 800 gallons was used). Number 2 cost over $1/gallon before Labor Day, and prices rose into late fall. A mild winter enabled many to wait for lower prices, and dealers reported small deliveries rather than filling tanks. Prices fell after the new year and were still falling in March, when the heating season ended for DOE. Inventories increased dramatically in August (41% of capacity, up from 15% in July); due to the mild winter, dealers complained of a slow draw down of inventories. 2 figs. (MHB)

• Research Organization: Maine State Planning Office, Augusta, ME (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5750197
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE-91014672; ON: DE91014672
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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