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Propane vs Natural Gas

NJ Nat Gas is coming through town laying supply lines everywhere. I thought it was a no brainer for me to hook up but my property is a PITA apparently.

The side of my house where my current service is won't work because of all the decking. They said 'd need to tear up the decking in order to run the line. F sat!

The other side is the driveway but it's a tight clearance to the property line and that's where my water line is so that's a bit problematic too.

IDT think I'm going to be able to do it.

So, now I'm wondering if the presence of nat gas is going to drive up LP prices because they're losing hundreds if not thousands of customers.

Then again maybe I'm over thinking it.

Follow up: Comparing NG to LP I could cut my yearly fuel cost by 40% or a little more going to NG. However, my conversion cost is estimated at approx. $7500. So that's roughly a 10- year payback. There are also other costs involved. I'd need to demolish a portion of a deck and have my driveway trenched as well.

hmmm So I'll be 82 by the time this upgrade pays off. I'm thinking I'll hang on to the 7+K.

What would youse guys do?
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