EIA residential propane, Georgia
Georgia propane prices: $3.16 a gallon
Latest EIA residential survey, week ending 30 March 2026, the final release of the 2025-26 heating season. Weekly updates resume in October; the wholesale benchmark below is live.
Four very different propane markets in one state: mountain counties with no gas mains, a metro ring where natural gas rules, a poultry belt that burns propane by the tanker, and a hurricane-exposed coast.
Latest EIA residential propane price
Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program, Georgia residential series. Refreshed automatically every Tuesday in season; wholesale daily.
Georgia at a glance
Latest survey$3.16/gal
vs week before+0.8c
vs 4 weeks before+5.1c
vs same week last year-2%
vs US ($2.67)18% above
Among 38 surveyed states23rd cheapest
500-gal fill (400 usable)$1266
Week by week, 2025-26 season
Georgia against the US average
Every point is an EIA survey week. This season Georgia ran from a low of $2.94 (20 Oct) to a high of $3.21 (2 Feb), with the US average finishing at $2.67. Against the same week a year earlier it is -2%.
$2.94
Season low
20 October 2025
$3.21
Season high
2 February 2026
$3.21
Same week last year
31 March 2025, now -2%
$0.85
Wholesale today
Mont Belvieu spot, 15 September 2026, +17c vs a month ago
Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program, residential propane, full-service delivery, published October to March. Wholesale is the Mont Belvieu, TX spot price; retail usually follows it by four to eight weeks, which makes it the best off-season signal of where Georgia prices are heading.
What a fill costs in Georgia at $3.16
Tanks fill to 80% of their stated size to leave room for expansion, so a 500-gallon tank takes about 400 gallons. The right-hand column is the difference against the same fill at the US average.
| Tank | Usable gallons | Fill at $3.16 | vs US ($2.67) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 gal | 80 gal | $253 | +$39 |
| 250 gal | 200 gal | $633 | +$98 |
| 500 gal | 400 gal | $1266 | +$196 |
| 1000 gal | 800 gal | $2531 | +$392 |
A Georgia home heating on propane through a typical winter burns 1,000 to 1,500 gallons, so fuel alone runs about $3164 to $4746 at this price, before tank rent or a service plan. The average is a benchmark, not a quote: enter your ZIP to ask up to three local dealers what they would charge you.
Georgia against its South neighbours
The cheapest Southern states sit at the low end of the region on Gulf production and dense customer bases. Georgia lands mid-pack in the South, held up by its rural-and-agricultural propane mix and the extra inland handling that Southeast supply carries.
| State | Price/gal | 500-gal fill | vs US ($2.67) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | $2.27 | $909 | -15% |
| Arkansas | $2.37 | $947 | -11% |
| Louisiana (regional est.) | $2.93 | $1172 | +10% |
| Kentucky | $2.94 | $1174 | +10% |
| Texas | $2.99 | $1196 | +12% |
| Mississippi | $3.05 | $1221 | +14% |
| Georgia | $3.16 | $1266 | +18% |
| Tennessee | $3.25 | $1299 | +21% |
| North Carolina | $3.45 | $1380 | +29% |
| South Carolina (regional est.) | $3.51 | $1405 | +31% |
| West Virginia (regional est.) | $3.51 | $1405 | +31% |
| Alabama | $3.52 | $1406 | +31% |
| Virginia | $3.56 | $1426 | +33% |
| Maryland | $3.74 | $1496 | +40% |
| Florida | $4.71 | $1882 | +76% |
| South average | $3.26 | $1304 | +22% |
States marked regional est. are not surveyed individually by EIA and carry their PADD regional figure. Full table on prices by state.
Why Georgia runs 18% over the national average
Georgia runs a short heating season yet prices above the Gulf-production states that anchor the cheap end of the South. The reasons are structural to Georgia's customer mix, not seasonal.
Atlanta-metro natural-gas dominance.
Atlanta Gas Light's distribution network covers most of the I-285 ring and the inner-ring counties, with retail sold by marketers such as Gas South and Georgia Natural Gas. Inside that footprint propane is a niche, small-volume fuel for backup generators, restaurants and AGL-uncovered exurbs, business that never builds the route density to pull residential per-gallon pricing down. Georgia's propane base is concentrated in the rural counties beyond gas service, exactly where delivery economics are weakest.
North Georgia Mountains route premium.
Union, Towns, Rabun, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, White and Habersham counties have no natural-gas mains, so propane is the primary heating fuel for homes, cabins and rentals across the Blue Ridge and Lake Lanier corridor. Suppliers run long mountain routes with low household density and tough winter access, which adds roughly $0.30 to $0.60 a gallon over metro Atlanta cylinder rates.
The poultry-belt agricultural anchor.
Georgia is the number-one broiler-chicken state in the US, with thousands of poultry houses across Hall, Habersham, Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Madison, Carroll, Heard and Coweta counties, each burning heavy propane volume for brooder heating. Add peanut and pecan drying in South Georgia and dairy operations statewide, and agriculture drives a large share of Georgia propane demand. That commercial anchor gives poultry-belt dealers the route density and storage scale that hold residential pricing down on the same routes.
PADD 1C supply, off the Gulf artery.
For EIA reporting Georgia sits in PADD 1C (Lower Atlantic), not the Gulf PADD 3, even though it borders Gulf-producing states. Southeast propane moves inland from Mont Belvieu and the Gulf through the Dixie Pipeline, the region's main liquefied-petroleum-gas artery, before final trucking to dealer storage. That keeps Georgia below the higher-cost interior Northeast, but the extra handling versus a state sitting directly on Gulf production is part of why Georgia does not fall to the cheapest Gulf-production levels.
Buying propane well in Georgia: four moves that change the bill
A dealer directory is step one. In Georgia the gap between a careless account and a well-run one is usually a few hundred dollars a winter, most of it decided by these four.
01
Verify the LP-Gas licence
Georgia licenses propane companies and their mechanics through the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Fuel and Measures Division. Association membership in the directory above is not the same as a current state licence, so confirm a company with GDA Licensing at [email protected] or 855-424-5423. There is no public per-dealer rating lookup, so pair the licence check with written quotes.
02
Lock summer, not autumn
Georgia wholesale bottoms after the March heating-season end. Most suppliers open pre-buy and cap-price enrolment in late spring, with the cheapest offers in June and July. A mountain household that locks 800 to 1,200 gallons can beat winter spot pricing by $0.20 to $0.50 a gallon. Ask for a cap-price contract, and whether unused pre-paid gallons roll forward.
03
Quote all three supplier tiers
Georgia has a real three-tier market: national carriers, regional marketers, and single-county family operators in the mountains and poultry belt. In rural counties the spread between the cheapest local and the priciest national quote can reach $0.30 to $0.60 a gallon, so pull one written quote from each tier. If you own your tank, say so up front to remove the leased-tank switching penalty.
04
Check LIHEAP eligibility
Georgia LIHEAP, run by DFCS through county Community Action Agencies, pays a heating benefit toward propane for households at or below 60% of Georgia State Median Income (about $34,549 for one person, $66,441 for four in FY2026). Elderly and homebound intake opens first, then the general public, first-come, first-served. Apply via the Provider Map at dfcs.georgia.gov or call (877) 423-4746.
Rated by customers
Georgia propane dealers worth calling first
A short, hand-checked list with strong public review scores, spread across the state. Ratings were read from the platforms named in August 2026 and move over time; a high score is where to start, not a guarantee. Get three written quotes whoever you call.
Middle Georgia / poultry belt
Donny's Propane Gas
Macon area, Georgia
4.47 reviews, Chamber of Commerce
Locally owned across roughly 12 Middle Georgia counties, with 24/7 live customer and emergency service and a published price-match offer. BBB accredited with an A+ rating. Reach the office on (478) 474-9773.
See the reviews ›Verified on the state registry
8 of the 55 Georgia dealers on the Southeast Propane Alliance register
| Dealer | City | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Acree Propane | Dalton | (706) 277-1333 |
| Altamaha Propane | Glennville | (912) 654-4800 |
| Amicalola Propane, Inc. | Dawsonville | (706) 344-1427 |
| AmiTy Propane | Dublin | (478) 463-3331 |
| Ard Propane Inc. | Cochran | (478) 934-4003 |
| Barfield Gas Co. | Adel | (229) 896-4828 |
| Bates Gas Co., Inc. | Albany | (229) 436-5338 |
| Blue Flame LP Gas Company | Griffin | (770) 227-0098 |
Source: Southeast Propane Alliance member directory, captured 25 August 2026. A registry listing is a licence record, not an endorsement. Membership is voluntary and paid rather than a state permit, so confirm a current LP-Gas licence with GDA Licensing, on [email protected] or 855-424-5423.
Georgia propane, the questions people ask
Where does the Georgia dealer directory on this page come from?
The directory is the Georgia membership of the Southeast Propane Alliance, the regional trade association for propane marketers across Georgia and the Southeast, captured on 25 August 2026. Each member carries a city and street address and, for all but one, a direct phone number. It is important to be precise about what this is: a trade-association membership list, not a government licence registry. Association membership is voluntary and paid, so it is a real credibility signal but not a substitute for a state permit check. Confirm any company's current LP-Gas licence with the Georgia Department of Agriculture before you sign, and get two or three written quotes. To find the members closest to your address, browse the full directory at /supplier/georgia/ or use the ZIP finder at /propane-prices-near-me/.
Which operators cover Georgia's different propane regions?
Georgia runs four distinct propane markets, and these are established operators in each, hand-checked from public web sources in August 2026. North Georgia Mountains and foothills, where there are no natural-gas mains north of the Chattahoochee: Folger Gas of Blue Ridge, third-generation and family-owned since 1972, covering Fannin and Union counties with delivery, tank installs and 24/7 emergency service on (706) 632-7606; Mark Heard Fuel Company of Cumming, locally owned for more than 60 years across Forsyth, Hall, Dawson, Lumpkin, Cherokee, Pickens, Gwinnett and Fulton; and ThompsonGas, a large regional marketer with North Georgia branches, useful as the mid-tier quote between a national carrier and a single-county family operator. Metro Atlanta and exurbs, where Atlanta Gas Light covers most of the I-285 ring: Georgia Gas Distributors, family owned and operated since 1957, serving Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette, Henry and Rockdale beyond the natural-gas footprint. Middle Georgia and the poultry belt: Donny's Propane Gas and Mid Georgia Propane of Macon and Gray, the latter covering about a 50-mile radius for residential, commercial and agricultural delivery. Coastal and South Georgia, where hurricane-season generator demand sets a different curve: Palmetto Propane and Fuels of Savannah, delivering to Georgia homes and businesses for more than 65 years. A strong start is not a guarantee, so still verify the LP-Gas licence and get written quotes.
How do I check whether a Georgia propane company is licensed?
Propane companies and their mechanics are licensed in Georgia by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA), Fuel and Measures Division. A company must hold an LP-Gas Company licence, and each mechanic it employs holds an individual LP-Gas Mechanic licence. To confirm a dealer's licence is current, contact GDA Licensing at [email protected] or 855-424-5423 (855-4-AG-LICENSE); the department also runs an online licensing portal through Kelly Solutions. The association membership directory on this page is a separate thing: it tells you a company has joined the trade body, not that its state licence is current, so run both checks. Separately, the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner handles bulk-plant and installation fire-safety inspections and is the right contact for a safety concern.
Am I eligible for LIHEAP energy assistance in Georgia?
Georgia's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is administered by the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS), and delivered locally through Community Action Agencies (CAAs) in each county. Your total gross household income must be at or below 60% of Georgia's State Median Income; for federal fiscal year 2026 that is roughly $34,549 for a one-person household and about $66,441 for a four-person household. The applicant must be a US citizen or legally admitted immigrant and hold responsibility for the primary home heating bill. Heating intake opens on a staggered schedule, elderly (65+) and homebound households first, then the general public roughly a month later, and runs first-come, first-served until funds are exhausted, so confirm this year's exact dates with your county CAA. Propane-heated households qualify and the benefit is paid toward your delivery; FY2026 heating benefits run from about $400 to $810. Apply through the DFCS Provider Map at dfcs.georgia.gov or by calling (877) 423-4746.
Why is propane more expensive in the North Georgia Mountains than in Atlanta?
Two structural reasons. First, Atlanta Gas Light's natural-gas distribution covers most of the I-285 ring and the inner-ring counties, so inside the metro propane is a low-volume niche fuel (cylinder exchange, small-tank refill, backup generators) rather than a primary-heat business. Second, the North Georgia Mountains (Union, Towns, Rabun, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, White, Habersham) have no natural-gas mains at all. Propane is the main heating fuel there, rural households burn 800 to 1,200 gallons a winter, and suppliers run long routes through mountain terrain with low customer density. That route-density premium typically adds $0.30 to $0.60 per gallon over metro Atlanta cylinder pricing, and the same pattern shows up in the second-home and cabin corridor around Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Helen, and Lake Lanier.
Why does Georgia agriculture use so much propane?
Georgia is the number-one broiler-chicken producing state in the US, and propane is the dominant fuel for poultry-house heating: brooder heaters run hard through the first two weeks of each grow-out cycle, and a single broiler house can burn many thousands of gallons a year. North Georgia counties (Hall, Habersham, Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Madison) and the west-central belt (Carroll, Heard, Coweta) run large numbers of houses. Beyond poultry, propane fuels peanut and pecan drying in South Georgia, cotton-module heating, dairy operations, and frost-protection burners. That agricultural base actually helps residential pricing in the surrounding rural counties, because a dealer running big commercial ag accounts has the route density and storage scale a residential-only operator never reaches. If you live near a poultry corridor, ask whether your supplier also serves commercial accounts.
How should I prep my propane supply for hurricane season on the Georgia coast?
Coastal Georgia (Savannah, Brunswick, St. Simons, Tybee, Jekyll, Camden County) carries direct hurricane risk from June through November. Propane is the practical whole-home backup-generator fuel: it stores indefinitely (gasoline degrades in months), feeds a standby generator without manual refuelling, and can run a range and water heater through a multi-day outage. Three steps: top the tank to 80% by the end of May, when wholesale is near its seasonal low and before named-storm demand tightens delivery windows; confirm your standby generator's consumption rate (a 20kW unit runs roughly 2 to 3 gallons per hour at load) so you can size gallons for five to seven days; and sign up for automatic delivery, since most coastal suppliers prioritise pre-storm fills for auto-fill customers over will-call.
When is the best time to buy propane in Georgia?
May through August. Georgia residential demand collapses after the short heating season ends in March, and wholesale follows; most Georgia suppliers open pre-buy and cap-price enrollment in late spring, with the lowest per-gallon offers landing in June and July. Locking 800 to 1,200 gallons at a summer rate routinely beats winter cold-snap spot pricing by $0.20 to $0.50 a gallon, on the order of $200 to $500 a year for a North Georgia Mountains household. Avoid filling in January and February, when cold-snap demand can push spot rates up and stretch rural delivery routes. A cap-price contract lets you keep the savings if wholesale falls; a flat pre-buy locks the number in either direction, so ask which one you are signing and whether unused pre-paid gallons roll forward.
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