Well, here we are just about a month later and oil has expectedly hit $100/barrel. As of today the price per gallon of home heating oil through my usual supplier is $3.56. I had dire predictions last winter of what was to come, and although it hasn't gotten as bad as I had fretted (yet) we're not done feeling the effects of... decisions made outside of our control.
$3.56 yesterday morning turned into $3.74 today. I checked last night and I have a little less than half a tank left, which will carry me through until the fall. The burning question is (pun intended) do I buy more now anticipating that when fall comes, the prices will be exponentially worse, or do I embrace the pipe dream that prices will improve by then?
3.89 for heating oil at the place I go by daily. They stopped posting a lp price years ago when people got pizzed off that the price advertised is not the price on the bill!
Time to add to this thread. Down the road it’ll be useful to have a digital trail left behind documenting how fast things unraveled. When I woke up this morning it was $4.60. By the time the stock market opened at 9:30 it jumped to $4.70 and stayed there all day. As of right now it’s at $5.20/gallon.
Can hardly wait to see what it cost me for them to deliver 120 gals of propane yesterday. Last fill was 4/2/2021 so that is 11 months of DHW and 3 mnths of pilot light for the boiler.
My boss got propane on Monday & paid $2.75 a gallon. I expected it to be higher since she only has a 120 gallon tank & only gets it twice a year.
Last time I bought home heating oil was Jan 3. Price was $2.96/gal Today’s price: $5.40/gal This morning as I put gas in the car. Price was 4.19/gal. As I went inside to pay, there was a short line waiting to pay. They told me that the delay was because the guy behind the counter was in the process of raising the price (up to $4.29) [small victory, I got the gas at 4.19] So, by me, the price has gone up about $1/gal in about a month.
Our no special contract price is $2.499 for lpg… with diesel going to $5.29 today, we are selling at cost.