R E S I D EN T I A L

Residential

People trust and rely on propane for heating and cooling their homes, heating water, cooking, refrigeration, drying clothes, barbecuing, interior and exterior lighting and fueling their gas fireplaces.

Propane burns cleanly, so it's environmentally friendly. When used as a home energy source, propane gas offers homeowners reliability, cleanliness, improved performance and, on average, costs significantly less than electricity.

Homes and businesses use about one-quarter of the propane consumed. Propane is used mostly in homes in rural areas that do not have natural gas service, as well as in manufactured (mobile) homes. Nearly 49 million households use propane to meet some of their energy needs. Nearly 6 million households use propane as their main heating source.

Propane is also used in homes for air conditioning, heating water, cooking and refrigerating foods, drying clothes, lighting, and fueling fireplaces. Homes that use propane as a main energy source usually have a large propane tank outside of the house that stores propane under pressure as a liquid.

BP Propane supplies propane to residences in trucks, filling the tanks several times a year as needed. The average residential propane tank holds between 500 and 1,000 gallons of liquid fuel. Millions of backyard cooks use propane-powered gas grills for cooking. Recreational vehicles usually have propane-fueled appliances, giving them a portable source of energy for cooking, hot water, and refrigeration.