Propan Pricing and Account Options
Propane is a price-based commodity. There’s no question more tempting to ask over the phone with a prospective propane provider than “what’s your price?” Basing your decision to do business with any propane company solely based on price per gallon can be very misleading. At Blue Ridge Propane, our pricing depends on your annual gallon usage for the propane appliances you have at work in your home, which is determined when you first become a customer. Since propane is a price-based commodity, pricing can fluctuate depending on the season due to supply and demand. Most of the time these changes are cents on the dollar. Be cautionary of companies that try to gain business solely based on price per gallon, you might find yourself signed on with a cheap, low-quality propane gas company. We pride ourselves in not only fair pricing, but timely deliveries, professionally trained service technicians and great customer service
For customer who are interested in different pricing options, we offer the following (qualification based on individual customer history)
Even Monthly Budget Payments – Our Budget Program spans a 10-month time period beginning in August and runs through May during the peak of heating season. Customers will pay the same amount each month for your propane bill. In May, if customers still owe a balance on their account, we ask that they ‘settle up’ in this month. Budget plans cannot be started during the middle of the heating season, but must begin before heating season begins. Call our office for details so that we can customize your budget plan specific for your average usage.
Pre-buy Program – Avoid price spikes by buying propane in advance. This price for pre-buy is set in August, and is available for purchase from August 1 through September 15th, before the beginning of heating season. The minimum ‘buy-in’ for this program is 500 gallons per heating season. If you do not utilize this much propane each heating season, this program is not for you. If the pre-buy gallons aren’t utilized, they are lost and do not go back on the customer’s account as a credit. We help you determine based on past usage how many gallons should be purchased when buying in to the pre-buy program.
Automatic Payments – Schedule automatic monthly payments at convenient times with a payment method of your choice. We accept all major credit cards, and can also set up a bank draft for your billing. We encourage all of our customers in the Budget Plan to set up automatic payments on the 1st of each month. We can also set up your card to pay for each delivery, at the time of delivery. We try to make our process as easy and convenient for customers, to reflect our way of business.
Call our office to see if one of these programs will be beneficial to you!