OT. Price of Heating Oil per Gallon

Just got 150 gallons at $4.259/gal (road fuel is $3.699). That"s almost $640 and my tank wasn"t empty. Hope it"s a short, warm winter.
If you use this fuel in equipment add .06 for state tax. Looks like somebody is stuck with overpriced fuel to get rid of.
Where are you and what's the price?

around 3 bucks in ct., gota get from discount guy cash price PS all the oil is the same

just a question for you all with oil fired furnaces,im not sure, but cant you just use off road diesel in those? or does it cause problems, the last oil burning furnace i was around was replaced in the late '60's or early '70's so im just courious, i realize if that would work the home owner would probably have to own some kind of tank trailer to haul it in to get around gov regulations designed to cost you more money to heat your house

Bought 100 gallons 4 weeks ago $3.57 just checked he's $2.67 today Cape Cod Ma. I only have 1/2 a tank but I think it's still going lower, Waiting anyways

I just bought 600 gallons yesterday. $3.29 per gallon here in New York. Also, last week bought 300 gallons in northern Michigan and it was $3.79 per gallon.

Here in New York, off-road diesel IS heating oil, just taxed and colored differently. Soon, it will change and be "medium sulful" diesel, and . . . if all things go by plan, around 2010 heating oil will be ultra low sulfur, same fuel as sold at the pump.

off road-#2fuel oil all the same in Ky. just red dye.

I thought off road diesel was now ulsd. I received a flyer last fall saying all off road diesel was to be used up by Dec. 1 and then all would be ulsd. They fill both my fuel oil tank and ord tank in one stop, one truck. Fuel oil is 8 cents higher that ord and has 8% sales tax added on top of that.

There is now a third version of diesel oil that suppliers sell by me - after old stocks are used up. Some exceptions allowed if there are any shortages. The new off-road is not ulta-low sulfur yet, but is dyed a new color (not red). I've read through the legal documents and it makes my head spin. So, I just go by what I'm told when I call to order the stuff. I was told that the dyed red fuel is no longer legal in New York in any engine - i.e. used for heat only. The "off road and farm" is dyed a new color, taxed a little different, but in most cases is NOT ultra low sulfur - yet.

Here's some docs. If it makes sense to you - you're smarter - or at least more patient - then me.

Sec. 16a-21a. Sulfur content of home heating oil and off-road diesel fuel. (a) The amount of sulfur content of the following fuels sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not exceed the following percentages by weight: (1) For number two heating oil, three-tenths of one per cent, and (2) for number two off-road diesel fuel, three-tenths of one per cent.

(b) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limit the sulfur content of number two heating oil to one thousand five hundred parts per million, the sulfur content of number two heating oil sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not exceed one thousand five hundred parts per million.

(c) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limit the sulfur content of number two heating oil to one thousand two hundred fifty parts per million, the sulfur content of number two heating oil sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not exceed one thousand two hundred fifty parts per million.

(d) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limit the sulfur content of number two heating oil to five hundred parts per million, the sulfur content of number two heating oil sold, offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not exceed five hundred parts per million.

(e) As of the date on which the last of the states of New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island limit the sulfur content of number two off-road diesel fuel to five hundred parts per million, the sulfur content of number two off-road diesel fuel offered for sale, distributed or used in this state shall not exceed five hundred parts per million.

(f) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may suspend the requirements of subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of this section if the commissioner finds that the physical availability of fuel which complies with such requirements is inadequate to meet the needs of residential, commercial or industrial users in this state and that such inadequate physical availability constitutes an emergency provided the commissioner shall specify in writing the period of time such suspension shall be in effect.

(P.A. 95-68, S. 1, 2; P.A. 06-143, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 95-68 effective January 1, 1996; P.A. 06-143 added new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) re graduated permissible sulfur contents for number two heating oil, added new Subsec. (e) re permissible sulfur content for number two off-road diesel fuel, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (f), allowed suspension of requirements of Subsecs. (a) to (e) if commissioner finds inadequate physical fuel availability constitutes an emergency and made technical changes, effective June 6, 2006.

Trucks that haul fuel have compartments and can haul different kinds of fuel at one time.

This might be a dumb question but I got to ask...

Why did you buy heating oil for $4.25 when road diesel is $3.69.
Is it because they would deliver the heating oil???

im in the oil gas delivery bussiness. heating oil is dyed red low sulphur diesel. same as in tractor tanks. the only thing its about 6 cents higher than farm diesel due to small del. and dog sht. we have to put up with home owners check not clearing banks. my price on 400 gallons on friday was 2.89 cash 2.95 on 200 gallons up here in norhern part of oregon

One gallon of #2 fuel oil burned in an 80% efficient furnace provides 32.5KW of heat.
An electric heater is 100% efficient.
Oil at $4.259 is like paying 13.1 cents per KW/hr of electricity.
Depending on your local rates it maybe be cheaper to not burn oil.
Electricity is 9.24 cents per KW around here.

There are 3 kinds of #2 diesel for sale today.

High sulfur.... This is the old fuel oil and off road diesel. It is being fazed out and will no longer be available.

Low sulfur.... This is the old road diesel and will now be used to replace high sulfur diesel applications.

Ultra low sulfur... This is the new road diesel.

Low sulfur diesel is limited to a maximum sulfur content of 500 PPM. If you read all the legal mumbo jumbo you listed you can see they are saying all off road and heating oil must be below 500 PPM sulfur so low sufur must be used.

The reason some guys think there is only one diesel is because some areas only have one diesel. You can use a lower sulfur diesel (ULSD) in a application that allows a higher sulfur. That is not against the law so many do it to save the amount of storage tanks needed.

Are you actually paying 9.24 cents per KWh or is that what your bill shows just for the KWh itself? Here, the posted price for electricity is 12 cents per KWh, but that figure is meaningless because of all the fees, taxes, and delivery charges added into the bill. Our actual cost is over 18 cents per KWh. Just divide the total charge on the bill by the KWh.

Oil here is $3.29 and still going down. When used for heat, electricity would have to be less then 10 cents per KWh to be equal. Propane would have to be $2 per gallon.

Total bill divided by KW/hr used = 9.24cents KW hr.
Actual "rate" is 5.9cents per KW/hr.

The names/titles and justification for the extra fees shows some real imagination on somebody's part.

That's kind of amazing. Cheap hydro? Must be from all that water you guys dammed up. Maybe my grandparents shouldn't have left Québec.

No, I didn't know I was getting a delivery. Receipt was in door, I'm on auto delivery and pay monthly on a budget plan.

My supplier delivers both out of the same truck and same tank.

dividing my total bill here on Ohio Edison I get .12 cents KW some of those on a co-op get it for around .06 cents KW total.

3.05 per gallon,Harford Co.,Md.

Fuel man filled me up Sept. 26 here in Michigan. Price was 3.61 then. I paid 3.35 for diesel at the pump Thursday. Fuel is getting cheap enough that I'm starting to rethink the plan to burn some wood this year.

Used to, be back in the early to mid 80's
I was a truck driver for a fuel company back then the only differance was, a tank inside the house could use #2 fuel. AKA. diesel fuel, So it wouldn't gel. --An outside tank used #1 or also known as kerosene.

A differant sized orfice was recomended on the injector pump, between fuel oil and Kerosene.

After that, regulators, revenooers, er what ever you want to call them came up with the idea to keep a closer eye on the taxable fuel. Thus the dye.

Also the differance [at that time ] for winter fuel for on road was 60/40% diesil,Kero mix respectivly, that we did on loading product at the "rack" And summer fuel was streight #2

Who are you getting it from?

We got some #2 last month at $3.499. My nieghbor was quoted $2.999 yesterday.