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Table 4e. U.S. Regional Propane Prices and Inventories
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Prices
(cents per gallon)

         

Propane Wholesale Pricea

90 100 117 139 73

Propane Residential Retail Prices Excluding Taxes

         

Northeast

192 217 236 271 202

South

181 202 219 250 189

Midwest

143 160 176 203 146

West

177 198 215 248 187

U.S. Average

167 188 205 234 174

Propane Residential Retail Prices Including Taxes

         

Northeast

201 227 247 283 211

South

190 212 230 262 198

Midwest

151 169 186 215 154

West

187 210 227 262 198

U.S. Average

176 198 215 246 183


         

Propane End-of-period Inventories
(million barrels)

         

PADD 1 (East Coast)

4.3 5.3 4.6 3.7 4.5

PADD 2 (Midwest)

18.0 22.7 19.4 18.0 19.0

PADD 3 (Gulf Coast)

33.0 31.2 25.7 27.7 28.1

PADD 4 (Rocky Mountain)

0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4

PADD 5 (West Coast)

1.4 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8

U.S. Total

57.2 61.6 52.0 51.6 53.7
a Propane price to petrochemical sector.
 
  - = no data available
  Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
  Regions refer to Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD) for inventories and to U.S. Census regions for prices.
  See "Petroleum Administration for Defense District" and "Census region" in EIA's Energy Glossary (http://www.eia.doe.gov/glossary/index.html) for a list of States in each region.
  Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Petroleum Marketing Monthly, DOE/EIA-0380;
  Petroleum Supply Monthly, DOE/EIA-0109; Petroleum Supply Annual, DOE/EIA-0340/2; and Weekly Petroleum Status Report, DOE/EIA-0208.
  Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding.
  Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.