Annual Retail Propane Sales Survey Propane Council Rolls Out Simplified

It’s Time to Complete the Annual Retail Propane Sales Report for 2021

Ensure Texas gets fair share of PERC Funding

For the past 20 years, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has produced an exclusive annual report on U.S. odorized propane sales by market, region and state. Each year we rely on propane professionals like you to provide the data necessary to portray an accurate picture of the industry’s retail sales performance.

If you have previously shared your company’s data for this report, thank you. We know that your time is valuable, and we appreciate your participation. If not, we urge you to do so beginning with the 2021 sales data now being collected.

Starting April 1, please go to propane. com/salesreport and follow the on-screen instructions for completing the report.

Based on feedback from industry members, we have simplified the collection steps and created a secure collection form owned and managed by PERC, rather than a third party. PERC is confident you will find the process less onerous while maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of your submission.

Individual responses are kept CONFIDENTIAL and anonymous. Only summary statistics are presented in the final report, and data is never disclosed to third parties.

Sales reports are due May 31, 2022.

If you have any questions about the 2021 Annual Retail Propane Sales Report, please email salesreport@propane.com or call the PERC office at (202) 452-8975.

Why Report?

The final report is shared on propane. com and incorporated into the National and State Propane Profiles, showing market trends by state and region.

Help ensure Texas gets its fair share of funding so we can continue programs like:

• Propane Appliance Rebates • Statewide Advertising Campaigns • Duty to Warn Safety Mailing Program • Propane Living Consumer Newsletter & • Other marketing, safety and training programs.

2020 Pandemic Propane Sales Data

According to the Sales of Propane report published by PERC for 2020, “In 2020, U.S. retail (odorized) propane sales totaled 9.44 billion gallons, a 7.0% year-over-year decline from the 10.14 billion gallons sold in 2019.” A decrease in daily economic activities due to COVID 19 (e.g., school shutdowns, restaurant slowdowns, & more) and warmer weather led to the decline overall in propane sales for the United States and only marginally for Texas. We’ve included here some of the data sets that these reports help build. While the biggest market in the U.S. is residential with 54% of the national market share, in Texas, the commercial sector is our largest market.

You can view the entire 2020 report at propane.com/salesreport.com.

Snapshot of 2020 U.S. Data

2020 U.S. Retail Propane Sales Summary

Markets Gallons

Residential Commercial Agriculture Forklifts Autogas Cylinder Markets Non-Road/Other Industrial (non-forklift) U.S. Total

5,086,000,000 2,198,000,000 978,000,000 507,287,503 65,722,415 326,000,000 16,128,401 263,000,000

9,440,000,000

Texas had a warmer winter in 2020 with only 1,533 heating degree days compared to 1,880 heating degree days the year prior. Although, 2020 gallons only slightly dipped less than 4% as result.

2020 Total Texas Odorized Propane Sales Gallons have increased from 2018 – 2020

2020 2019 2018 432,000,000 449,000,000 386,000,000

2020 Texas Retail Gallon Sales by Sector

Markets Residential Commercial Industrial (non-forklift) Forklift

Autogas Non-Road/Other Cylinder Markets Agriculture Total

Gallons 151,000,000 190,000,000 12,000,000 39,393,620.86 3,483,785.07 221,243.99 25,000,000 11,000,000 432,098,650

Texas dominates the U.S. chemical sector non-odorized sales with 3.9 billion of the 4.8 billion gallons sold in the country for the petrochemical market. Source: 2020 PERC Sales of Propane Report