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Title: Propane Conversion Strategies: Energy Alternatives for Minnesota Users of Propane Gas

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This report presents options the Legislature may wish to consider in order to help Minnesotans reduce their dependence on propane, which can be an expensive and price-volatile fuel, as the 2013-14 heating season demonstrated. Alternatives including converting from propane to other heating sources, adding supplemental heating sources that would reduce but not entirely replace propane usage, and energy conservation. There is no single solution to delivered fuel challenges; determining the best energy alternative is a site-by-site decision, depending on geography, the type of customer, individual preference, and many other factors. Therefore, this report provides a menu of options. As with any energy question, using less energy, through conservation measures such as building envelope improvements and more efficient appliances, should be the first consideration. In a few areas of the state that are close to interstate natural gas pipelines and that have relatively high densities of demand, it may be possible to build natural gas distribution systems to areas currently dependent on propane and other delivered fuels, especially . . .

Url: https://www.lec.leg.mn/projects/PropaneConversionStrategies2015.pdf

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Authors: Levenson-Falk, Annie

Publisher: Legislative Energy Commission

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Natural Resource Management, Other

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