The California Center for Sustainable Energy launched its Residential Energy Roadshow over the weekend in San Diego, DomesticFuel.com reported. The event seeks to educate and encourage Southern Californians to use energy-efficient appliances and practices in their homes, businesses and vehicles – and this year, propane autogas is taking center stage. The CCSP has partnered with […]
An advisory panel studying the safety of hydraulic fracturing to tap shale gas deposits in the US has issued its final report. The Department of Energy panel was formed last January in response to mounting concerns about the controversial extraction method. It has given its seal of approval, while pointing out areas of concern and […]
As promised, the Raleigh, NC Police Department has converted 10 of its patrol cars to run on propane autogas, NewsObserver.com reported last week. And, for reasons ‘pro followers know all too well, the officers and townspeople are already very pleased with the decision. Funded by a $12 million, four-year federal stimulus grant from the Department […]
US propane inventories have posted their eighth-consecutive weekly build, adding 1.1 million barrels. Figure released Thursday by the US Energy Department show national propane stocks rose to 35.7 million barrel in the last week. There are now the equivalent of 42 days’ supply in storage. At the same time last year there were 45.1 million […]
Following up on the vision of wider but more cautious tapping of America’s vast natural gas reserves that he laid out in March, President Obama has called on a group of experts to explore how to make gas drilling safer. The New York Times reported on Friday that the Department of Energy, at the direction […]
It turns out that the official Propane.pro forecast for this week’s average retail prices was right on. Editor Pete Dybdahl’s prediction last Wednesday that “retail prices will be flat next Wednesday” proved to accurate (except for the Wednesday part—this week’s petroleum price data from the EIA was released on Thursday due to the Presidents’ Day […]