The weather forecast is calling for much colder weather next week and maybe some snow? Good news for Mainers, the latest home energy fuel prices have dipped slightly.
The Governor's Energy Office says that the average statewide cash price for heating oil has dropped five cents per gallon from two weeks ago and is now at $2 per gallon.
The average heating oil prices in Maine have fallen to their lowest point in 10 years. The statewide average price for home heating oil in Maine has dropped to $1.99 a gallon, the lowest since 2004, according to the Governor's Energy Office.
The average heating oil prices in Maine have fallen to their lowest point in 10 years. The statewide average price for home heating oil in Maine has dropped to $1.99 a gallon, the lowest since 2004, according to the Governor's Energy Office.
What a brutal winter it has been. Temperatures have been well below normal and the snowfall has been historic. A silver lining has been that heating oil prices have been much lower than last year.
It's been pretty cold over the past few weeks and I know that my furnace has been kicking in way more than I would like, but the good news is that heating oil prices in Maine have dropped over the past week.
The heating season in Maine is underway and heating oil prices dropped this past week. The Governor's Energy Office reports that the average price of heating oil in Maine dropped three cents per gallon this week for a statewide average of $3.09.
Usually when the weather in Maine turns colder, heating oil prices go up. As we enter the month of November, heating oil prices in Maine have actually dropped.
Heating oil prices are usually at their lowest during the middle of summer, not this year. The Governor's Energy Office reported that the average price of heating oil has dropped four cents a gallon over the past week.
With October here, the furnaces throughout Maine will begin a long heating season. There is some good news from the Governor's Energy Office reported yesterday that heating oil prices in Maine have dropped 6 cents from September for an average of $3.32 per gallon.
It's been an extremely cold winter in Maine and the sound of your furnace running means plenty of money going up the chimney. The cost of heating your home in Maine is now higher than at any point last year.
With talk about a polar vortex, ice storms, record cold, 'feels like' temperatures, news many Mainers don't need is that it is costing more to heat our homes. A weekly Maine survey has found that the average price of home heating fuel has climbed to $3.81 a gallon, up 4 cents from last week.