New Propane Supplier and tank perhaps?

[friar92]

I am tired of the poor customer service and price gouging I receive from Energy North. The tank is owned by Energy North.

Has anyone else bought their way out of an Energy North owned tank? Understand I will have to pay, but will be worth it to extricate myself from this company.

[Reilly]

The new comp will buy the tank & do inspection

[HellRaZoR004]

I am tired of the poor customer service and price gouging I receive from Energy North. The tank is owned by Energy North.

Has anyone else bought their way out of an Energy North owned tank? Understand I will have to pay, but will be worth it to extricate myself from this company.

Ask for a quote from another supplier. Usually they will buy they tank from your current one.

[RLW]

http://i44.tinypic.com/1499wms.gif friar92, I was just browsing through the forum and noticed that you are fairly new to posting on the forum after joining back in October 2011. We are glad that you have come aboard and joined us. Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends.

Great to see ya back posting. Always like to see older members coming back to join in.:)

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[BraunBayGuy]

I also had Energy North and dumped them 8 years ago for same reason. I have Eastern now at home and lake. I also joined Our Town Energy Alliance and I am paying 2.33 per gallon for propane this year. I had an above ground tank with Energy North and they came and picked it up when I switched. My in laws and one of my friends had Energy North with underground tanks and they also switched to Eastern and OTEA. They have to pay something like a $100 or less yearly maintenance fee. Well worth it. OTEA is $25 to join and $10 for each additional home.

[TheProfessor]

All tanks are leased and not owned with all propane providers.

Some providers charge customer a "rental" fee as they in turn are actually renting the tank. Some don't.

When switching companies, the new company will place their tank in place of the older tank.

Then it is up to you to contact the previous company to remove tank.

Note: They will refund for propane left in previous tank - for a fee. Used to be $75.00. Some charge a "removal" fee also.
When I switched, I paid the new company $20.00 to place old tank near street. And left it at that. I was never charged any fees as tank was low in propane. Yes, the few gallons of propane that I had paid for left in old tank was "given" to the old company. But I was not charged any fees whatsoever.

Your best bet is to do all in warm weather with no snow.

You can purchase your own tank and then set up accounts with a dozen propane providers and get the daily cheapest price/cost. But purchasing the tank is quite expensive and NOT for everyone.
Note: there is a posting about owning tanks in another thread - so no point in rehashing all of this here.

[Whimsey]

I bought my underground tank from Energy North due to high prices note their service. I figured about a 2 year payback, but I use a couple of thousand gallons per year. I'm using Eastern now via OTEA.

[kauriel]

I locked in for Eastern through Our Town as well although I've also heard of others in my area of MA who locked in directly with Eastern for less. Eastern tends to have high prices so it's good to look into options to lock in a lower rate.

[TheProfessor]

I locked in for Eastern through Our Town as well although I've also heard of others in my area of MA who locked in directly with Eastern for less. Eastern tends to have high prices so it's good to look into options to lock in a lower rate.

Eastern seems to have the lowest price - for me anyway.

All propane companies have a tier system.
Amount used.
Credit report.
And on and on.