Average Residential
Heating Oil Prices in Nebraska
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2002/2003 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $1.073 | $1.048 | $1.036 | $1.094 | $1.162 | $1.336 | $1.074 | $1.027 | $1.023 | $1.026 | $1.051 | $1.113 |
| Second Monday | $1.086 | $1.025 | $1.022 | $1.084 | $1.269 | $1.339 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $1.090 | $1.008 | $1.017 | $1.098 | $1.277 | $1.313 | ||||||
| Fourth Monday | $1.077 | $1.039 | $1.047 | $1.113 | $1.302 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $1.078 | |||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2003/2004 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $1.109 | $1.109 | $1.088 | $1.108 | $1.171 | $1.177 | $1.205 | $1.272 | $1.292 | $1.287 | $1.381 | $1.457 |
| Second Monday | $1.168 | $1.105 | $1.088 | $1.126 | $1.153 | $1.193 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $1.161 | $1.122 | $1.101 | $1.143 | $1.154 | $1.197 | ||||||
| Fourth Monday | $1.148 | $1.114 | $1.108 | $1.168 | $1.157 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $1.106 | |||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2004/2005 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $1.621 | $1.768 | $1.629 | $1.495 | $1.557 | $1.727 | $1.900 | $1.822 | $1.792 | $1.912 | $1.892 | $2.365 |
| Second Monday | $1.661 | $1.710 | $1.548 | $1.496 | $1.554 | $1.773 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $1.736 | $1.678 | $1.546 | $1.519 | $1.571 | |||||||
| Fourth Monday | $1.788 | $1.672 | $1.531 | $1.549 | $1.649 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $1.688 | $1.566 | ||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2005/2006 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $2.608 | $2.269 | $2.014 | $2.001 | $2.067 | $2.108 | $2.174 | $2.370 | $2.494 | $2.554 | $2.894 | $2.609 |
| Second Monday | $2.661 | $2.181 | $2.050 | $2.034 | $2.044 | $2.092 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $2.686 | $2.106 | $2.048 | $2.003 | $2.033 | |||||||
| Fourth Monday | $2.804 | $2.070 | $2.012 | $2.030 | $2.061 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $2.515 | $2.044 | ||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2006/2007 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $2.128 | $2.128 | $2.221 | $2.169 | $2.079 | $2.246 | $2.478 | $2.447 | $2.418 | $2.472 | $2.586 | $2.690 |
| Second Monday | $2.110 | $2.209 | $2.189 | $2.117 | $2.097 | $2.293 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $2.118 | $2.215 | $2.204 | $2.045 | $2.108 | |||||||
| Fourth Monday | $2.138 | $2.230 | $2.190 | $2.015 | $2.181 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $2.138 | $2.009 | ||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $2.932 | $3.036 | $3.005 | $2.875 | $3.242 | $3.528 | $3.728 | $4.240 | $4.247 | $3.954 | $3.664 | |
| Second Monday | $2.694 | $3.006 | $3.008 | $2.942 | $2.957 | $3.424 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $2.698 | $3.011 | $2.964 | $2.904 | $3.030 | $3.552 | ||||||
| Fourth Monday | $2.720 | $3.076 | $2.954 | $2.874 | $3.177 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $2.780 | $2.982 | ||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2008/2009 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $3.497 | $2.526 | $2.225 | $1.864 | $1.827 | $1.622 | $1.779 | $1.728 | $2.050 | $2.122 | $2.220 | $2.197 |
| Second Monday | $3.238 | $2.515 | $2.092 | $1.917 | $1.784 | $1.577 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $3.036 | $2.398 | $1.993 | $1.879 | $1.702 | $1.571 | ||||||
| Fourth Monday | $2.772 | $2.265 | $1.943 | $1.850 | $1.644 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $1.878 | |||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2009/2010 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $2.151 | $2.382 | $2.400 | $2.416 | $2.359 | $2.397 | $2.619 | $2.696 | $2.435 | $2.461 | NA | NA |
| Second Monday | $2.190 | $2.407 | $2.366 | $2.479 | $2.331 | $2.426 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $2.288 | $2.404 | $2.356 | $2.455 | $2.304 | $2.458 | ||||||
| Fourth Monday | $2.359 | $2.404 | $2.372 | $2.402 | $2.366 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $2.399 | |||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2010/2011 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $2.627 | $2.625 | $2.771 | $2.865 | $3.040 | $3.435 | $3.571 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Second Monday | $2.651 | $2.720 | $2.831 | $2.892 | $3.058 | $3.457 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $2.668 | $2.786 | $2.829 | $2.951 | $3.099 | |||||||
| Fourth Monday | $2.640 | $2.773 | $2.862 | $2.990 | $3.304 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $2.773 | $3.003 | ||||||||||
| Heating Season | Off Season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |
| 2011/2012 | ||||||||||||
| First Monday | $3.353 | $3.613 | $3.532 | $3.442 | $3.452 | $3.602 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Second Monday | $3.353 | $3.693 | $3.490 | $3.402 | $3.488 | $3.638 | ||||||
| Third Monday | $3.410 | $3.648 | $3.441 | $3.400 | $3.515 | $3.652 | ||||||
| Fourth Monday | $3.444 | $3.595 | $3.442 | $3.409 | $3.592 | |||||||
| Fifth Monday | $3.508 | $3.440 | ||||||||||
Heating Season
The Nebraska Energy Office has participated in the State Heating Oil and Propane Program for twelve winter seasons. During the heating season (October to March), the staff contact companies each week who supply heating oil to Nebraska, collect Monday's retail price, and submit the data to the Energy Information Administration. The Energy Information Administration calculates the average price shown in the table above.
At times, Nebraska's average residential heating oil price has been the lowest price in the Midwest Region. The Energy Information Administration theorized that this was due to minimal transportation costs. Another reason would be the number of participating states. Since state participation in the program is voluntary, heating oil prices were not surveyed in each state in the Midwest Region. Kansas and Oklahoma might also have had low prices—possibly lower than Nebraska's because the two states are closer to heating oil sources.
Off Season
During the off season (April through September), time permitting, the Nebraska Energy Office staff continue to contact the same suppliers who were contacted during the heating season. Staff contact suppliers once a month instead of once a week since the price of heating oil is usually not as volatile during the off season. The Nebraska Energy Office staff calculate the average price, shown in the table above, from the suppliers' retail prices on the first Monday of the month.
State Heating Oil and Propane Program
The Energy Information Administration, the independent statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, conducts the State Heating Oil and Propane Program from October to March—the heating season—each year. The Energy Information Administration collects prices for the program each week from participating states and calculates a state average price, a regional average price, and a national average price which can be seen in the report Residential Heating Oil Prices by Region and State.
Midwest Region
For statistical purposes, the Energy Information Administration defines the Midwest Region to include the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Price Explanation
The prices represent average residential home heating charge prices for home delivery of No. 2 heating oil, excluding taxes and cash discounts.
A general rule of thumb: A dollar increase in the
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil
price per barrel will result in a 2.5–cent increase in the price of heating oil per
gallon. Likewise, a dollar decrease in the WTI crude oil price per barrel will result in a
2.5–cent decrease in the price of heating oil per gallon.
Sources: State Heating Oil and Propane Survey and the Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Note: NA = Not Available
This report was updated on May 10, 2013.
Typically, there is one week between updates during the heating season and
one month between updates during the cooling season.