PERC Partners with Texas Social Media Influencer to Highlight Propane

As part of their efforts to reach out and educate consumers in more a digital social media world, the Propane Education & Research Council has partnered with a number of social media influencers all over the country including Texan Jennifer Borget. Partnering with these influencers, PERC is able to expand their audience reach and have propane users with bigger regional audiences speak from the heart on their propane use.

Jennifer is a successful blogger, social media influencer, Disney fanatic, financial guru, earth’s caretaker and a propane user.

The Propane Education & Research Council partnered with her to see how propane fits into her inspiring and creative lifestyle. Check a snapshot of the propane Q & A with this Texas blogger:

You paid off your mortgage in under two years! While a lot of planning and sacrifices made that goal possible, did propane as an efficient source of energy contribute to helping you save money?

It did! Since so many of our appliances are propane powered, and we top it off when we need to, we go several months without having any kind of propane bill. We are able to plan ahead and budget for it, using months in between to pay a little more towards our principal.

How does using propane help you get closer to your dream of living as close to off the electric grid as possible?

Unlike when you’re on a city grid, you get to choose your own propane provider, which means that you aren’t limited to just one option the city decides for you. In the winter, we don’t use much electricity because our furnace is propane powered. Eventually, we’d like to get a propane-powered generator for emergencies also if/when the city grid goes down.

How did propane make a difference for your family during storm Uri in Texas?

Our neighbors all had a text chain, and we were helping each other out with tips about using our propane-powered fireplaces and stoves. My hot water heater actually still worked too. So, we were grateful to have the option to take warm baths and heat up pasta when the lights were out. Not to mention warm up by the fireplace when the power was out. Another thing we realized was our propane-powered furnace warmed up the house a lot faster than our previous electric-powered furnace. That made a big difference when our power was intermittent, so we were able to warm up quicker as soon as power came back on.

Why is it important to you to live sustainably and use energy efficient sources like propane?

For us, we want to do our part. There’s so much I’m trying to learn about our environmental footprint. I’m mother to an animal enthusiast who is very passionate about taking care of the earth so the wild animals will be OK. I’m constantly trying to find ways we can do that. Propane is just one way, but we are going to keep doing more.

What else do you put into practice to live a sustainable lifestyle?

We recycle every week, and we are starting to do the store-recycle programs for things that we can’t recycle curbside. We use metal straws instead of plastic, and I’m learning to compost! We limit our water consumption, stopped using single-use plastic water bottles, we collect rainwater for our garden. I hope to continue to learn more and get better every day!

Follow Jennifer at Cherish365.com or on Instagram at @JENNIFERBORGET