Propane vs natural gas for my new home

You'll have to get the propane tank refilled, where the NG will just be billed a month.

The company is Entergy..Any idea on what it’s going to cost to run natural gas approx 600 feet? Am I going to have to dig it or will Entergy come put it down the drive way

Don't do propane.

Never burns clean no matter what jets you put on there.
Have to refill a bottle/tank
Pressure regulators are just another failure point.

No brainer - natural gas if at all possible. You won’t regret it.

Here in Washington, most people except in the urban parts of the cities use propane (as do I) but being its earthquake country, its obvious why people use it instead. Propane doesn't burn quite as good as natural gas and yes, it will be a pain especially if you wait too long to get it refilled . Mine is refilled once a year (just me) and runs around $240 including the $60 "member fee". But propane is a LOT more protected from price fluctuations as long as you have it filled before the winter demand comes around.

Gas icky poo bad..electricity...boner!

The problem with Propane that I ran into was the fact during natural disasters and cold snaps propane prices went unchecked and only if there was a state of emergency called they would halt their prices. NG stays pretty constant during times such as these.

I do not believe propane is regulated as well as NG so they can raise prices as they want.

NG is a lot cheaper but propane gives you more independence in an emergency.

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NG is a lot cheaper but propane gives you more independence in an emergency.

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Speaking for southern Louisiana only, not other areas of the country, personally I’ve never known any one to lose natural gas availability during hurricanes and other flooding related disasters - electrical power loss, of course; contaminated water supply, perhaps; natural gas loss, never, and of course the supply is unlimited - one never runs out.

Most people down here use natural gas to power whole house generators during power outages provided it is available (often not in rural areas and they rely on propane). I’ve always made sure all my appliances like kitchen stove and water heaters were natural gas to insure the ability to cook hot food and take hot showers/baths during multi day power outages associated with hurricanes. Learned that from my parents at an early age growing up in south Louisiana.