National propane stocks dipped slightly in the last week, falling by 100,000 barrels and average residential propane prices gained less than a cent. But homeowners who rely on propane for their winter heating could be in for a slight reprieve, with a mild start to winter forecast to bring slightly lower heating bills, nasdaq.com reports. […]

It’s a running joke that having teenagers in the house raises the heating bills. But it’s the little ones, too. As the financial writer and new mom Lisa Schmeiser explained last week, adding a baby to her drafty old home bumped up the heating bills. In a column for the San Francisco Chronicle titled “The […]