WILBURTON – State Rep Jim Grego, R-Wilburton,  said propane users need to check their levels or risk not being able to purchase replacement propane because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grego said he was notified that if a customer runs completely out of propane, it is in state law that the propane dealer has to enter a person’s home to do a pressure check to make sure it is not an issue with an appliance that caused the depletion. With the COVID-19 quarantine, however, some propane companies are refusing to let their drivers enter homes to do the pressure checks.

Grego said he has been in contact with the Oklahoma LP Gas Commission and the governor’s office to see what can be done to help people who might have run out of propane.