WASHINGTON --- Home heating bills will be $156 lower than last year for Midwestern households using natural gas, but residents who heat their homes with propane and electricity can expect their bills to increase, according to a new energy forecast.
Government forecasters are predicting a mild winter this year and that could mean lower home heating bills for you. Experts say on average natural gas users can expect to pay an average of $119 less this year and propane users can expect to pay $15 less this season.
The federal government's prediction of lower costs this winter also includes propane. But homeowners using oil or electricity may see higher bills, officials say.
Know where your shutoff valve is located and how to shut it off. Don't replace your propane tank with a larger unit, the supplied regulator is not compatible and may cause an explosion.
Two Waukesha firefighters talk Monday in front of Lakes Gas, 2200 Badger Court, as about 15,000 gallons of propane leaks from the white tank located behind them. Several businesses on Badger Court and Poplar Drive were evacuated as a precaution.
The dispenser hose on a propane gas delivery truck exploded and caught fire as it sat parked at the Nyhof Trucking Co., 918 Wisconsin Ave. in Oostburg, at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, the Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department said Monday.
WAUKESHA, Wis. -- Workers are back on the job at Lakes Gas Co. in Waukesha. A propane leak early this afternoon forced an evacuation. A worker discovered the leak in a 30,000-gallon propane tank at about noon.