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Table 4e. U.S. Regional Propane Prices and Inventories
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Prices
(cents per gallon)

         

Propane Wholesale Pricea

100 117 139 68 76

Propane Residential Retail Prices Excluding Taxes

         

Northeast

217 236 277 217 199

South

202 219 257 196 181

Midwest

160 176 209 159 137

West

198 215 248 184 179

U.S. Average

188 205 239 183 166

Propane Residential Retail Prices Including Taxes

         

Northeast

227 247 289 227 208

South

212 230 269 206 190

Midwest

169 186 221 168 145

West

210 227 262 194 189

U.S. Average

198 215 251 192 175


         

Propane End-of-period Inventories
(million barrels)

         

PADD 1 (East Coast)

5.3 4.6 3.4 4.5 4.5

PADD 2 (Midwest)

22.7 19.4 18.4 19.9 19.5

PADD 3 (Gulf Coast)

31.2 25.7 31.3 28.5 27.1

PADD 4 (Rocky Mountain)

0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

PADD 5 (West Coast)

2.0 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9

U.S. Total

61.6 52.0 55.4 55.1 53.3
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.