About Heat Fuel Prices
Radif Partners reads the Energy Information Administration's Wednesday release of residential heating oil and propane prices, the New York regional survey and the agency's winter forecast, then turns them into what a delivery, a whole winter or a locked-in price will cost in your state. No dealer pays to be listed, no ZIP code or phone number is asked, and every figure carries the week it was surveyed.
The gap this site fills
Every Wednesday from October to March, the federal government publishes what households pay for heating oil and propane in 38 states. The tables are accurate and dry: prices to the tenth of a cent, without taxes, without the cost of a delivery, without a word on whether this winter is cheap or dear. The pages that rank for "heating oil prices" or "propane prices" are mostly dealer directories, lead forms that want your ZIP code and phone number, or copies of the federal table with the arithmetic done wrong. A household with a tank in the basement or in the yard wants three answers: what will the next fill cost, what will the whole winter cost, and should it sign the fixed-price contract its dealer is offering.
What the site adds to the federal tables: this week's price for each state and fuel with the change on a week and on a year, the cost of filling your own tank (the propane fill limit applied), a winter budget scaled to your state's degree days, a check of a fixed-price offer against every winter since 2013-14, the days your tank will last, and the federal LIHEAP income ceiling for your household. Everything is computed in your browser from files dated to the week.
Who publishes it
The site is published by Radif Partners, a company that builds calculators on public rules and public data. It is not a fuel dealer, a propane supplier, a broker or a lead generator. It is not affiliated with the Energy Information Administration, NYSERDA, any state energy office or any assistance program, receives no commission and has no partner to send you to. Pages carry no affiliate link and no dealer pays to appear.
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What we rely on
The EIA's State Heating Oil and Propane Program (eia.gov), its Winter Fuels Outlook (Table WF01), NYSERDA's regional prices for New York (data.ny.gov), NOAA's degree day normals, the Census Bureau's count of homes by heating fuel, and the federal LIHEAP rules and income tables. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, for every weekly price and forecast shown.
What the site leaves out
It does not quote your dealer's price, which can sit well above or below the state average, and it does not know your local taxes. Winter budgets rest on an average home and normal weather. The method page lists every step and its limits; the editorial policy explains corrections.
Contact
contact@heatfuelprices.com, for corrections and sources. We answer questions about a figure or a rule, not requests for a dealer.