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So, why are propane costs skyrocketing so suddenly?
The answer lies in supply and demand, and in logistics and infrastructure.
And Wisconsin isnt the only state facing high prices and short supply the problem is nationwide.
With propane costs three times higher than at the start of the season, this is more than a crisis.
This is an absolute emergency, a catastrophe almost at this point, said Jon Crawford of Crawford Oil and Propane in Portage, which services four counties, including Columbia and Marquette.
Its absolutely terrible. When the price goes three times as high, nobody plans for that, said Bob Carlson, CEO of Landmark Services Cooperative, which serves 12,000 customers in Rio and Cambria and across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
With no relief in sight yet for the below-zero temperatures and even-lower wind chills, a crisis is growing: not only is propane becoming in short supply, but prices are rising almost hourly.
The price increase is the equivalent of diesel fuel costing $12 to $15 per gallon, said Crawford: where homeowners would pay about $1,500 per season to heat their home with propane, they are now paying that amount per month.
No one knows yet how high the costs will go.
Propane shortage has become 'an absolute emergency' : Portage Daily Register
The answer lies in supply and demand, and in logistics and infrastructure.
And Wisconsin isnt the only state facing high prices and short supply the problem is nationwide.
With propane costs three times higher than at the start of the season, this is more than a crisis.
This is an absolute emergency, a catastrophe almost at this point, said Jon Crawford of Crawford Oil and Propane in Portage, which services four counties, including Columbia and Marquette.
Its absolutely terrible. When the price goes three times as high, nobody plans for that, said Bob Carlson, CEO of Landmark Services Cooperative, which serves 12,000 customers in Rio and Cambria and across southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
With no relief in sight yet for the below-zero temperatures and even-lower wind chills, a crisis is growing: not only is propane becoming in short supply, but prices are rising almost hourly.
The price increase is the equivalent of diesel fuel costing $12 to $15 per gallon, said Crawford: where homeowners would pay about $1,500 per season to heat their home with propane, they are now paying that amount per month.
No one knows yet how high the costs will go.
Propane shortage has become 'an absolute emergency' : Portage Daily Register
