New England Heating Oil Prices in 2017
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2017 to Dec 25, 2017
Last updated
- Average
- $2.647
- High
- $2.869
- Dec 25
- Low
- $2.556
- Mar 27
- Against 2016
- Up +$0.434 (+19.6%)
- change in average
In 2017, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for the New England. They averaged $2.647 a gallon, from a low of $2.556 on March 27, 2017 to a high of $2.869 on December 25, 2017.
The average was 19.6% above 2016’s $2.213.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no New England 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 $2.584Jan 9 $2.596Jan 16 $2.598Jan 23 $2.594Jan 30 $2.592 | $2.593 |
| February | Feb 6 $2.594Feb 13 $2.593Feb 20 $2.602Feb 27 $2.606 | $2.599 |
| March | Mar 6 $2.595Mar 13 $2.584Mar 20 $2.570Mar 27 $2.556 | $2.576 |
| October | Oct 2 $2.577Oct 9 $2.568Oct 16 $2.570Oct 23 $2.581Oct 30 $2.605 | $2.580 |
| November | Nov 6 $2.660Nov 13 $2.728Nov 20 $2.757Nov 27 $2.779 | $2.731 |
| December | Dec 4 $2.811Dec 11 $2.817Dec 18 $2.825Dec 25 $2.869 | $2.831 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (New England series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly New England, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.