East Coast Heating Oil Prices in 2017
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2017 to Dec 25, 2017
Last updated
- Average
- $2.710
- High
- $2.926
- Dec 25
- Low
- $2.594
- Mar 27
- Against 2016
- Up +$0.434 (+19.1%)
- change in average
In 2017, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for the East Coast. They averaged $2.710 a gallon, from a low of $2.594 on March 27, 2017 to a high of $2.926 on December 25, 2017.
The average was 19.1% above 2016’s $2.276.
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 2017
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 2 $2.638Jan 9 $2.649Jan 16 $2.643Jan 23 $2.639Jan 30 $2.639 | $2.642 |
| February | Feb 6 $2.651Feb 13 $2.651Feb 20 $2.653Feb 27 $2.656 | $2.653 |
| March | Mar 6 $2.637Mar 13 $2.623Mar 20 $2.608Mar 27 $2.594 | $2.616 |
| October | Oct 2 $2.674Oct 9 $2.654Oct 16 $2.662Oct 23 $2.672Oct 30 $2.699 | $2.672 |
| November | Nov 6 $2.742Nov 13 $2.806Nov 20 $2.828Nov 27 $2.850 | $2.807 |
| December | Dec 4 $2.875Dec 11 $2.886Dec 18 $2.893Dec 25 $2.926 | $2.895 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (East Coast series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly East Coast, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.