The State of Energy · Rocky Mountain Propane Association

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Rebates lead the parade. Rand DeWitt opens with Tom Clark, a Minecraft Chicken Jockey jab, and a reminder that propane details are at thestateofenergy.com. Spring cleanup has paperwork, apparently. Tom lays out the renewed 2025 construction incentive for builders and remodelers who add propane appliances to new or renovated homes. The pitch is blunt: up to $1,500 per home is money contractors may want to stop leaving on the table. Then the roadshow barges in. Reno, a poker tournament, Albuquerque, and the Colorado-New Mexico annual convention and trade show all get folded into the propane traveling circus. Wristbands are threatened, naturally. Convention talk brings demos, hot air balloons, and Clint Pulver, described as a motivational speaker, musician, comedian, Emmy winner, and author of I Love It Here. The banter keeps swerving. A text from Robert Kenny interrupts the room, which somehow fits the show. Then comes the truck. Tom says the Tesla experiment pushed them to compare a propane-powered vehicle against electric ownership costs, energy use, and carbon footprint. The F-250 becomes the test case. The point is whether propane can give work vehicles real range, lower fuel costs, and cleaner-emissions claims that hold up outside a brochure. Fleet trucks get the hard sell. Tom says conversions can run on both propane and gasoline, which matters when long distances and energy security are part of the job. The number lands cleanly: $2,500 per converted vehicle, with four more years mentioned for anyone thinking about switching trucks. Rand closes it sideways. Tom is still the Chicken Jockey, propane is still the answer, and the rebate information supposedly lives on the website.

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Propane policy gets specific and practical.

The State of Energy stays practical, circling propane topics that matter in the field: rebates, build costs, fleet math, and the question of whether the fuel still makes sense once the headline talk settles.

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