Heating oil

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$4.998 per gallon

RESIDENTIAL · $/gal · North Carolina · week of Mar 30, 2026

Last season's final reading · new season starts Oct 7, 2026

No. 2 heating oil for NC homes ended last winter near $5.00 a gallon, and EIA starts new weekly prices on October 7.

Why?

This is No. 2 heating oil, not kerosene. EIA's weekly survey does not price kerosene.

1 gallon ≈ 138,500 BTU. One therm (100,000 BTU) ≈ 0.72 gal ≈ $3.61 at this price.

Why?

EIA: 1 gallon of heating oil = 138,500 BTU. Estimate at full input; ignores furnace efficiency. Source: EIA, British thermal units.

Source: EIA, Weekly North Carolina No. 2 Heating Oil Residential Price (W_EPD2F_PRS_SNC_DPG). Data: week of Mar 30, 2026. Released Apr 1, 2026.

Chart: 54 weekly readings, Oct 2024 – Mar 2026, incl. 2 off-season readings EIA posted (Apr 14 and May 12, 2025). Weekly survey runs Oct–Mar.