# The Fill Line > The weekly brief for propane marketers. State and regional prices, inventories against their five-year band, exports and the Mont Belvieu spot, pulled from the public record every week. One brief a week. No forecasts, no buy signals. _Data through Aug 25, 2026._ ## Latest issue: PADD 3 Stocks Reach 69.6 Million Barrels, 29% Above Five-Year Median (Aug 26, 2026) PADD 3 propane inventories reached 69.6 million barrels for the week ending Aug 21, 29% above the five-year median. Demand ran at 0.631 million b/d, 35% below the five-year median. Belvieu fell to $0.685/gal. Read: https://fill-line.com/issues/2026-08-26 · Markdown: https://fill-line.com/issues/2026-08-26.md ## The data ### State prices Residential propane price by surveyed state, week over week (heating season). - [Alabama propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/alabama.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Alaska propane](https://fill-line.com/state/alaska.md) — 6,554 propane-heated homes (2.4%) - [Arizona propane](https://fill-line.com/state/arizona.md) — 80,415 propane-heated homes (2.8%) - [Arkansas propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/arkansas.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [California propane](https://fill-line.com/state/california.md) — 460,501 propane-heated homes (3.4%) - [Colorado propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/colorado.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Connecticut propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/connecticut.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Delaware propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/delaware.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [District of Columbia propane](https://fill-line.com/state/district-of-columbia.md) — 3,549 propane-heated homes (1.1%) - [Florida propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/florida.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Georgia propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/georgia.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Hawaii propane](https://fill-line.com/state/hawaii.md) — 9,539 propane-heated homes (1.9%) - [Idaho propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/idaho.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Illinois propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/illinois.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Indiana propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/indiana.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Iowa propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/iowa.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Kansas propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/kansas.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Kentucky propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/kentucky.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Louisiana propane](https://fill-line.com/state/louisiana.md) — 36,271 propane-heated homes (2.0%) - [Maine propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/maine.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Maryland propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/maryland.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Massachusetts propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/massachusetts.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Michigan propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/michigan.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Minnesota propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/minnesota.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Mississippi propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/mississippi.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Missouri propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/missouri.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Montana propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/montana.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Nebraska propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/nebraska.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Nevada propane](https://fill-line.com/state/nevada.md) — 35,539 propane-heated homes (3.0%) - [New Hampshire propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/new-hampshire.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [New Jersey propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/new-jersey.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [New Mexico propane](https://fill-line.com/state/new-mexico.md) — 56,945 propane-heated homes (6.8%) - [New York propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/new-york.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [North Carolina propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/north-carolina.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [North Dakota propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/north-dakota.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Ohio propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/ohio.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Oklahoma propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/oklahoma.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Oregon propane](https://fill-line.com/state/oregon.md) — 32,351 propane-heated homes (1.9%) - [Pennsylvania propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/pennsylvania.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Rhode Island propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/rhode-island.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [South Carolina propane](https://fill-line.com/state/south-carolina.md) — 73,416 propane-heated homes (3.5%) - [South Dakota propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/south-dakota.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Tennessee propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/tennessee.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Texas propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/texas.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Utah propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/utah.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Vermont propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/vermont.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Virginia propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/virginia.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Washington propane](https://fill-line.com/state/washington.md) — 91,506 propane-heated homes (3.0%) - [West Virginia propane](https://fill-line.com/state/west-virginia.md) — 39,343 propane-heated homes (5.4%) - [Wisconsin propane prices](https://fill-line.com/state/wisconsin.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [Wyoming propane](https://fill-line.com/state/wyoming.md) — 26,697 propane-heated homes (11.0%) ### Regional prices Propane price rolled up by PADD and nationally, residential and wholesale. - [PADD 1 (East Coast) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd1.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 1A (New England) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd1a.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd1b.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 1C (Lower Atlantic) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd1c.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 2 (Midwest) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd2.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd3.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 4 (Rocky Mountain) propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/padd4.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [United States propane price](https://fill-line.com/region/us.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 ### Inventories Weekly propane/propylene stocks for the US and each PADD, year-round. - [PADD 1 (East Coast) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd1.md) — 8.1 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [PADD 1A (New England) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd1a.md) — 0.8 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd1b.md) — 5.7 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [PADD 1C (Lower Atlantic) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd1c.md) — 1.7 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [PADD 2 (Midwest) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd2.md) — 26.6 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd3.md) — 69.6 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [PADD 4-5 (Rockies and West Coast) propane stocks](https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd4-5.md) — 5.1 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [US propane inventories](https://fill-line.com/stocks/us.md) — 109.5 million barrels (as of Aug 21, 2026) ### Spot Mont Belvieu propane spot price, the hub the market prices off. - [Mont Belvieu propane spot price](https://fill-line.com/spot/mont-belvieu.md) — $0.685/gal (as of Aug 25, 2026) ### Supply Production, exports, imports and product supplied, the weekly balance. - [US propane demand, latest week](https://fill-line.com/supply/demand.md) — 631 kb/d (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [US propane exports](https://fill-line.com/supply/exports.md) — 2,018 kb/d (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [US propane exports by destination](https://fill-line.com/supply/exports-by-destination.md) — 2.023 million b/d to 43 destinations (as of May 2026) - [US propane imports](https://fill-line.com/supply/imports.md) — 82 kb/d (as of Aug 21, 2026) - [US propane production](https://fill-line.com/supply/production.md) — 2,921 kb/d (as of Aug 21, 2026) ### Spreads Retail minus wholesale and residential minus the hub, broad gross-spread indicators (in season). - [PADD 1 (East Coast) retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/padd1.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/padd1b.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 1C (Lower Atlantic) retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/padd1c.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 2 (Midwest) retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/padd2.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/padd3.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [PADD 4 (Rocky Mountain) retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/padd4.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [United States retail-wholesale propane spread](https://fill-line.com/spreads/us.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 - [US residential price vs Mont Belvieu](https://fill-line.com/spreads/us-vs-mont-belvieu.md) — Out of season; last quoted Mar 30, 2026 ### Heating demand Propane-weighted heating degree days, the weather driver of heating demand (NOAA CPC, weekly). - [US heating degree days (propane-weighted)](https://fill-line.com/heating-demand/us.md) — 0 (as of week of Aug 24, 2026) ### Why prices are moving Why propane prices are rising or falling right now, updated every week the data moves. - [Why are propane prices falling right now?](https://fill-line.com/why/propane-prices-falling.md) — Not the current direction (as of Aug 25, 2026) - [Why are propane prices rising right now?](https://fill-line.com/why/propane-prices-rising.md) — $0.685/gal, the current story (as of Aug 25, 2026) ### Current price The current propane benchmark in one sentence: the wholesale number, the move and the residential layer around it. - [Current propane price](https://fill-line.com/current-price/propane.md) — $0.685/gal (as of Aug 25, 2026) ## More - [Key statistics](https://fill-line.com/stats.md) - [Guides](https://fill-line.com/guides.md) - [Issue archive](https://fill-line.com/issues) - [Agent index (llms.txt)](https://fill-line.com/llms.txt) - [RSS feed](https://fill-line.com/rss.xml)