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Seasonal Outlook and Your Home

What The Long-Term Temperature Forecast for the Puget Sound Means for Your Home Winter is in full swing here in the Puget Sound. And given the La Niña forecast, we’re likely in for more wet, cold winter weather.  To help you and your home be better prepared for the remainder [...]

By |2022-02-16T11:33:37-08:00February 16th, 2022|bioheat|Comments Off on Seasonal Outlook and Your Home

Six Steps to Get Your Home Ready for Winter

Pumpkins are plentiful, the Seahawks' season has kicked off, and fall is officially here. Our state's weather forecasters have said we're on track for a "La Nina" winter, meaning colder-than-average temperatures and a need for a little more heat in our homes. With Winter on its way, it's best to be [...]

By |2021-09-29T13:43:15-08:00September 29th, 2021|bioheat|Comments Off on Six Steps to Get Your Home Ready for Winter

Five facts about Puget Sound homes with heating oil furnaces

Across the Puget Sound, it’s the height of a record hot summer as well as the height of the home buying season. While heating a home is the last thing most of us want to think about now, it is a necessary logistic to settling into a new home. Winter can often sneak up [...]

By |2021-07-12T10:23:35-08:00July 12th, 2021|bioheat, Green Heating, Oil Heat|Comments Off on Five facts about Puget Sound homes with heating oil furnaces

Five Things to Know About Cleaner Bioheat

Five Things to Know About Cleaner Bioheat #1: Bioheat is a cleaner, renewable option for heating your home or business. Bioheat is an advanced home heating oil made of a blend of traditional petroleum-based fuel and clean, renewable biodiesel. It is an affordable, modern fuel that is better for our environment and [...]

By |2021-04-29T08:38:05-08:00April 29th, 2021|bioheat, Green Heating, Heating Technology, Oil Heat|Comments Off on Five Things to Know About Cleaner Bioheat

Preferred Propane Supplier Thurston County

Genesee Energy is a local, family owned business now in its third generation, supplying fuel in the Puget Sound area since 1929. We supply residential & commercial propane for home and industrial use. Thanks to our great customer feedback, we are proud to be the preferred propane propane supplier in Thurston County, Washington. If [...]

By |2020-06-30T11:05:59-08:00June 30th, 2020|propane|Comments Off on Preferred Propane Supplier Thurston County

Propane in Mason County

Genesee Energy is now delivering propane in Mason County, Washington Local and family owned, Genesee Energy has been committed to the Puget Sound area since 1929. We know you have options for propane in Mason County. In deciding on which company to choose, here are three questions we think you should ask. [...]

By |2020-06-30T13:53:59-08:00June 25th, 2020|Green Heating|Comments Off on Propane in Mason County

Home Heating Oil Automatic Delivery FAQs

What is automatic delivery and how does it work? Automatic delivery is a service we provide to insure you do not run out of heating oil when you need it most. As an automatic delivery customer, we use an algorithm to monitor your usage, so you don't have to. Our calculations are based on [...]

By |2019-04-03T13:07:29-08:00April 3rd, 2019|Maintenance and Energy Saving Tips, Oil Heat|Comments Off on Home Heating Oil Automatic Delivery FAQs

Gas Furnaces and Carbon Monoxide Safety

First, what is Carbon Monoxide? Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless and colorless gas that when not properly vented can cause severe illness or death. It is often referred to as the "silent killer" because early symptoms are often overlooked. CO is found in fumes produced after burning fuels in cars, stoves, lanterns, [...]

By |2020-01-11T11:27:28-08:00February 4th, 2019|Maintenance and Energy Saving Tips|Comments Off on Gas Furnaces and Carbon Monoxide Safety

3 Differences between Propane and Natural Gas

Defining Natural Gas and Propane What is Natural Gas? Natural gas is a fossil fuel, extracted from below the earth's surface. Natural gas is mainly composed of methane, but it is actually a mixture of gasses, containing smaller amounts of propane, butane, and ethane. What is Propane?  Propane is a byproduct [...]

By |2019-01-14T12:19:34-08:00January 14th, 2019|Green Heating, propane|Comments Off on 3 Differences between Propane and Natural Gas

Heating Oil vs. Natural Gas

The reality behind the myth December, 2018 Most new homeowners barely give it a second thought. One of the first things on their list of things to do, is switch out their heating oil furnace to natural gas equipment. It has been the common ideology for decades, that gas is good, and oil is bad. [...]

By |2018-12-04T10:50:00-08:00December 4th, 2018|bioheat, Green Heating, Oil Heat|Comments Off on Heating Oil vs. Natural Gas

5 Heating Oil Myths

October 2018 For over 90 years, Americans have been using heating oil to heat their homes. Despite the test of time, heating oil remains one of the most misunderstood sources of energy in Seattle. For starters, heating oil is not the black, thick crude oil most people conjure up in [...]

By |2018-10-04T10:13:18-08:00October 4th, 2018|bioheat, Green Heating, Oil Heat|Comments Off on 5 Heating Oil Myths

Summer Furnace Tune-up Special

  June, 2018   Many people think if they had any sort of furnace failure which required a service person to come fix it, they should be good to go for a while and don't need a tune-up. But just as with your car, fixing a flat tire is not the same thing as changing your [...]

By |2018-06-06T10:20:28-08:00June 6th, 2018|Green Heating|Comments Off on Summer Furnace Tune-up Special

Mini-Split Air Conditioner

Seattle Has the Ideal Climate for Mini-Split Ductless Air Conditioners For the same reason Seattle sells the most sunglasses per-capita, when the spring temperatures arrive, Seattleites repeat their yearly quarries on installing air conditioning, having forgotten the heat summer can bring. We don’t need it very often, or for very long, but when we do, [...]

By |2018-05-18T10:16:30-08:00May 18th, 2018|Heating Technology, Maintenance and Energy Saving Tips|Comments Off on Mini-Split Air Conditioner

5 Reasons to Choose Propane

The topic of Energy comes up more and more frequently and in more and more situations these days. Within the last ten years, people are wanting more and more control over their own energy supply. They want to be more efficient, dependable, greener and cheaper. It is important to know that you have choices when [...]

By |2018-04-05T10:06:31-08:00April 5th, 2018|Green Heating, propane|Comments Off on 5 Reasons to Choose Propane

Benefits vs Price: Biodiesel vs Petroleum Heating Oil

Global Warming, Greenhouse Gasses, and Carbon Footprint These buzzwords can trigger escalating discussions these days. The underlying issues and how they will effect our future can be scary to think about. But aside from modern conveniences such as streaming videos, storing our digital photos, and even reading our e-books, we need energy to meet [...]

By |2018-09-06T12:17:43-08:00February 14th, 2018|bioheat, Green Heating, Oil Heat|Comments Off on Benefits vs Price: Biodiesel vs Petroleum Heating Oil

Why Bioheat? It’s renewable, lower in carbon, and just better heating oil.

Bioheat is better than standard heating oil in more ways than one. First and foremost, bioheat is better for the environment, reducing carbon emissions by up to 80%. It is a renewable fuel in the same category as wind and solar, and made from local recycled restaurant cooking grease, that would otherwise end up in [...]

By |2017-12-19T15:35:12-08:00December 19th, 2017|bioheat, Green Heating, Oil Heat|Comments Off on Why Bioheat? It’s renewable, lower in carbon, and just better heating oil.

Propane vs. Natural Gas

November 30, 2017 Propane and Natural Gas are similar, but have significant differences as well. While natural gas has historically been the default fuel for heating homes and powering appliances in the greater Seattle area, Propane has quickly been gaining in popularity. In some cases, natural gas isn't an option because the natural gas pipeline [...]

By |2017-11-30T12:42:13-08:00November 30th, 2017|Green Heating, propane|Comments Off on Propane vs. Natural Gas

Seattle Home Oil Heat and Reducing Carbon Emissions

November 8, 2017 Dear Home Heating Oil Customer, You may have received a letter from the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) encouraging you to “ditch dirty oil.” The OSE’s campaign is not rooted in facts. We want to set the record straight—and give you the information you need to make the [...]

By |2017-11-08T12:05:37-08:00November 8th, 2017|bioheat, Green Heating|Comments Off on Seattle Home Oil Heat and Reducing Carbon Emissions

Propane and Heating Oil Automatic Delivery and Auto Pay

October 19, 2017 Lets face it, getting that bill for a big propane or heating oil delivery is not fun. But neither is running out of fuel because you're afraid of getting that bill. At Genesee Energy, we understand this dilemma, which is why we are offer propane and heating oil automatic delivery and auto pay. [...]

By |2017-10-19T09:59:23-08:00October 19th, 2017|Green Heating|Comments Off on Propane and Heating Oil Automatic Delivery and Auto Pay