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Welcome To Our Web Site!
Direct Propane Services is a family owned and operated company that has provided Travis, Bastrop, Williamson, Hays, Caldwell, Lee and Burnet counties with fast, friendly, home delivery service since 1985. Our main office is located in Webberville, just east of downtown Austin, Texas on F.M. 969. Our Austin location is on Hwy. 71 across from ABIA airport. We are members of the National LP-Gas Association and are licensed through the Railroad Commission of Texas and a member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
At Direct Propane Services, we specialize in providing quality propane equipment and supplies for residential, industrial and agricultural sectors, and vehicles. In rural and suburban homes, we recommend propane for water heating, space heating, cooking and clothes drying. You could be saving your families thousands of dollars in the years to come. And you'll be giving them a more comfortable and convenient home.
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Why are propane gas prices increasing?
In a free market economy, many supply factors affect the pricing of all goods - including propane. Propane comes from crude oil and natural gas. Its wholesale pricing usually tracks the cost of crude oil. So, for example, when the OPEC oil cartel cut crude production in 1999 in an effort to increase prices, the price of propane also began to rise.
Weather also has a large impact on energy prices. Colder temperatures will mean great demand, and prices for all heating fuels will likely rise as producing companies work to meet that demand.
There are several factors that will influence propane prices:
- Record high crude oil prices.
- Record high natural gas prices.
- Weather.
- Inventories.
According to recent U.S. Department of Energy statistics, propane is half the price of electricity per Btu. So even at its current higher price, safe, clean-burning propane gas is still your best value - keeping you and your family warm all winter long.
Propane. Answer to the energy question
Today, building or buying a new home has become very complicated. It is no longer enough to have a "perfect location," an image of what the house should be like, and the savings for the down payment. Now the homebuyer must consider mortgage rates, closing costs, tax deductibility, price, operating costs, and even politics.
Safe, portable, American energy
Propane for residential consumption is largely domestically produced, so it is less susceptible than fuel oil to political upheaval. Everywhere it is used, propane is regulated by stringent safety codes and practices. There are no dangerous waste by-products of propane. Propane is abundant. And because propane is portable, it is available wherever it is needed.
Millions use propane
Clean, convenient, reliable propane now serves over 7.7 million households in the United States, and the number is growing. Billions of gallons of propane are consumed each year to heat homes, heat water, dry clothes, and fuel millions of backyard grills. Propane is also used for multi-unit complexes, industry, commerce, and agriculture.
Propane makes luxuries
Affordable The most important thing to remember about propane is simply that propane is gas-to do every major home energy job cost effectively and efficiently. That means that the up-graded amenities which once were included in only the most expensive homes, can now be afford ably built into many American Dreams. A luxury master bath with a spa or whirlpool. A deluxe kitchen or fully equipped laundry. Perhaps even a heated pool.
Propane gas appliances save money
Gas appliances have always been energy efficient. And today's new gas appliances are the most efficient ever. They are technologically advanced and use less fuel, which means dramatic savings compared to oil-fired or electric appliances.
For example, over a ten year period, the average operating costs for a home equipped with an electric range, water heater, dryer, and furnace would be $24,433.50. The cost to operate a home equipped with the same propane gas appliances would be $10,977.20. Propane would save the homeowner $1,343.63 per year or $13,436.30 in ten years over the electrically equipped home!
When planning or building a new home, propane gas is clearly the answer to the energy question.
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