Wednesday, February 12, 2014
…The average U.S. residential propane price jumped 105.00 cents/gal. the week ended Jan. 27 to 401.00 cents, nearly 172.00 cents/gal. higher than the same time last year, notes the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The jump was the largest single-week increase since EIA began the price survey in 1990. Ten Midwest states had price increases of 97.00 cents or more. Wholesale prices increased 143.00 cents/gal. to nearly 355.00 cents…