AUGUSTA, Maine — Energy officials say heating oil prices in Maine have fallen 21 cents a gallon on average since the beginning of the month and now stand at their lowest levels of the year.
The Governor’s Energy Office says oil prices on Friday averaged $3.56 a gallon statewide. Southern Maine had the lowest prices, while northern Maine had the highest.
The last time the average heating oil price was below $3.56 a gallon was last October.
Kerosene was selling for an average of $3.97 a gallon on Friday, down 20 cents since April 30. Propane was selling for $2.97, down from $3.09.
Fill your tanks now for fall, folks!
Yes, Folks: That’s because your fellow Americans are drilling Eagle Ford in Texas, Sites in The Dakotas, Indiana, Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, New Mexico, Montana, and many more locations. America is the World’s largest deposit of oil, gas in the World. Between Canada and USA, we need nobody’s oil. We can actually export enough to bring OPEC to it’s knees!
I think you’re a little over-optimistic, leumas, at least for the present. It IS good, however, to see American oil business making a comeback. I do hope that we can move toward energy independence in the coming years.
Funny. I thought he was just being sarcastic.
Humor?
What a rich fantasy world you live in.
Of course, the end of heating season wouldn’t have anything to do with this . . .
2 pallets of wood pellets is still cheaper than what it would cost me to fill my oil barrels.
It costs about half as much to heat with pellets as with oil, even with the price drop.
Of course it is, election time is getting closer.
What does that have to do with it, oil companies set prices, not Presidents.
The Feds help set the price of fuel. So charge the middleast $132.00 a bushel for grain and see what happens to the price of oil. Who is the president him or her???
The Feds set fuel taxes, but that would be congress, and the s at the end of President, means, pass,present and future.
Thank you
This is nothing to brag about its still to high and people that are on a fixed income can’t afford it. We need solutions on how people can afford to heat their homes
Propane $2.97? Must be in Southern Maine because just this week I got a Propane delivery and it was 70 cents more then that.
I don’t know where, you live, it 2.74 in Ellsworth.
$3.77 in Exeter, that was Monday.
LP hasn’t been over 3.10 all winter, and spring in this area. we heat with LP, my last fill up the end of March was 3.02.
downeast 3.90 a week ago
It depends. Propane is a funny thing. the more appliances you have that use propane the less per gallon it is.. You neighbor could be paying 70 cents less then you and from the same company.
The idea of heating a house by burning oil comes from when oil was really cheap. Like 25¢/gallon cheap. The 20th century economy was in full swing. And we are never going back to that. In many cases we’re headed for smaller houses and more people living together in them.
Fill ‘ em up folks! Me- I will be getting my exercise bringing in my winter firewood- which -cut on my own land- costs me $0.00
we heat our primary home on 2 wood stoves. no back up. To many years of this, now going for a wood pellet stove backup. Yet on the other properties we paid over $21,000 for number 2 heating oil last year.
Make the switch. Go solar. Insulate and air seal. Install an air source
heat pump. No oil. No gas. Invest in your own energy independence. If I owned income property I would at least look into this practical solution to lowering heating costs.
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you’re right, so sorry. I do spend gas for the chain saw. And the 4 wheeler to haul out the wood in my little trailor. I’m thinkin…..maybe 50- max for a season. Wear and tear? Nah, except maybe my sore muscles. Being a little petty aren’t you? I have oil backup for my wood. I spent maybe $75.00 last winter.
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and we are suppose to be happy. Gas was under $2 a gallon when Obama took office. doubled in 3.1/2 years.. Thank God there is no inflation… thats if you take the cost of living out of it..
Summer of 2008 gas was 4 dollars + george bush
Make the switch. Go solar. Insulate and air seal. Install an air source heat pump. No oil. No gas. Invest in your own energy independence.
This is so wonderful that our country leaders allow the oil companys to stick it too us as bad as they do. Its like dealing with the IRS.