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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The heat is being turned up on big propane companies that last summer quietly reduced the amount of fuel in canisters that are attached to backyard grills without telling their customers, according to a pair of federal lawsuits.
The propane companies named in the suits said they cut the amount of fuel in each tank to avoid raising prices last summer, when energy prices soared. Propane prices have since plunged, however, yet the practice of putting 15 pounds of gas in a 20-pound tank continues.
Attorneys, seeking class-action status in both suits, say the companies failed to give fair warning to customers.
