East Coast Heating Oil Prices in 2010
23 EIA surveys, Jan 4, 2010 to Dec 27, 2010
Last updated
- Average
- $3.038
- High
- $3.338
- Dec 27
- Low
- $2.877
- Feb 8
- Against 2009
- Up +$0.481 (+18.8%)
- change in average
In 2010, EIA published 23 residential heating oil prices for the East Coast. They averaged $3.038 a gallon, from a low of $2.877 on February 8, 2010 to a high of $3.338 on December 27, 2010.
The average was 18.8% above 2009’s $2.557.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no East Coast values for April, May, June, July, August and September.
Week by week
Every survey in 2010
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 4 $2.911Jan 11 $3.016Jan 18 $2.983Jan 25 $2.929 | $2.960 |
| February | Feb 1 $2.894Feb 8 $2.877Feb 22 $2.931 | $2.901 |
| March | Mar 1 $2.925Mar 8 $2.943Mar 15 $2.951 | $2.940 |
| October | Oct 4 $2.925Oct 11 $2.964Oct 18 $2.988Oct 25 $3.003 | $2.970 |
| November | Nov 1 $3.007Nov 8 $3.096Nov 15 $3.144Nov 22 $3.131Nov 29 $3.136 | $3.103 |
| December | Dec 6 $3.228Dec 13 $3.266Dec 20 $3.282Dec 27 $3.338 | $3.279 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (East Coast series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly East Coast, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.