Real Time Prepay 
Market Update

 For the week of Monday March 8, 2010. 

Propane Market Information:

• Thank you for inquiring about our Real Time Prepay Contract (RTP). 

• Country Comfort's goal is to provide propane consumers the flexibility to purchase your propane needs when you see the opportunity to be best. 

• Each week we will provide you with a few bullet points relating to the current energy market.  We post new energy comments by 10:00A.M each Monday morning. 

• The comments are solely the synopsis of market opinions shared by propane commodity wholesalers.

 Market Information:    

• Weather Factors: Warm temperatures may close the book on this winter heating demand.  The focus will move to replenishing the inventories for next year.  This will be the major challenge as refineries struggle to ramp up production of refined products (gasoline, diesel and propane).     
• Energy Commodity Factors:  Crude oil is up again this Monday morning to near $83/ barrel.  Propane continues to leg the increases.  This puts propane in a very weak price relationship to crude of around 60%.  This may be a very good buying opportunity before propane does“catch up” to crude.    
• International News Factors:  Sounds like the market has found some resolve in new on the Greece currency.  Exports to foreign country is largely what hurt the propane inventories, we will need these exports to slow this summer if we were to have much hope for propane to come down.
• Bottom Line:  Very weak propane to crude price relationship, market knows the long term position of all involved.  This is a buy time for a minimum of 30% of your propane for 2010 and 2011!!   We will leave prices unchanged for the week, although based on the opening trade could be 2 to 3 cents higher
• Reminder: You may buy 3 contracts with a 300 gallon minimum.  Cost average and good for your budget!
• Our goal with RTP is to provide you options in this very difficult time of energy cost! 

  FOR CURRENT WEEKLY PRICES!!  We will forward the weekly graph to your email address.  Click my email address here to be included on the weekly update. dstaubin@countrycomfort.org.  

The prices posted are for delivery during the 2010 and 2011 heating season.  NEW!  Delivery of the posted prices is not available until  July 1, 2010.    

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  We are Send email to dstaubin@countrycomfort.org if you would like to receive the weekly RTP price quote.  You will be added to a weekly distribution list. 

• Five Reasons to RTP now! with Country Comfort:

1. Supply partnership with Cenex.  We can make you part of a seamless link to Cenex’s propane supply network!
2. RTP gives you peace of mind that your heating costs are secured for next year! Removes the risk for higher prices.
3. RTP is a built in budget plan!  Buy up to 3 contracts and spread out your purchases to fit your budget!
4. Country Comfort has a computerized delivery system to assure accuracy in tracking multiple contracts!
5. We are owned by 4 local cooperatives, when you purchase through Country Comfort and Selectus Energy you are supporting local business that return its profits to you in the form of patronage or capital credits!

The information contained in this document is taken from sources which we believe to be reliable, but is not guaranteed by us as to accuracy or completeness and is sent to you for information purposes only.  Any hypothetical examples given are exactly that and no representation is being made that any person will or is likely to achieve profits or losses based on those examples.  Past results are not necessarily indicative to future results.

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