Energy

What Mainers pay for energy and where it comes from. Petroleum still dominates a state that leans hard on heating oil, but renewables supplied about 28% of energy in 2024.

28.4¢

per kWh of electricity, 2026-04

Recent prices

Electricity price

Average residential price including delivery, cents per kWh, monthly — among the highest in the U.S.

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Electricity price — data table
Date	Value
2024-05-01	20.94
2024-06-01	22.4
2024-07-01	23.15
2024-08-01	23.77
2024-09-01	26.26
2024-10-01	25.78
2024-11-01	25.17
2024-12-01	26.21
2025-01-01	26.13
2025-02-01	26.25
2025-03-01	28.27
2025-04-01	28.11
2025-05-01	27.91
2025-06-01	28.14
2025-07-01	27.98
2025-08-01	28.25
2025-09-01	27.98
2025-10-01	26.63
2025-11-01	27.85
2025-12-01	30.39
2026-01-01	30.73
2026-02-01	32.17
2026-03-01	28.32
2026-04-01	28.42

Most recent 24 of 304 rows shown.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA API)

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Heating oil price

New England residential No. 2 heating oil, dollars per gallon, weekly

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Heating oil price — data table
Date	Value
2025-10-20	3.446
2025-10-27	3.519
2025-11-03	3.548
2025-11-10	3.647
2025-11-17	3.684
2025-11-24	3.728
2025-12-01	3.679
2025-12-08	3.681
2025-12-15	3.65
2025-12-22	3.607
2025-12-29	3.604
2026-01-05	3.605
2026-01-12	3.589
2026-01-19	3.63
2026-01-26	3.827
2026-02-02	4.034
2026-02-09	4.055
2026-02-16	4.046
2026-02-23	4.057
2026-03-02	4.248
2026-03-09	5.132
2026-03-16	5.185
2026-03-23	5.601
2026-03-30	5.578

Most recent 24 of 795 rows shown.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA API)

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Long-run prices

Residential energy prices by source

Dollars per million BTU — electricity costs far more per unit of energy than heating fuels

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Residential energy prices by source — data table
Year	Electricity	Heating oil	Kerosene	Gasoline	Natural gas
2,001	38.47	9.22	9.63	11.55	10.46
2,002	37.34	8.56	9.66	11.27	11.26
2,003	36.26	9.96	9.28	12.82	12.21
2,004	35.63	11.45	11.13	15.38	13.41
2,005	38.79	15.05	15	18.49	15.46
2,006	40.45	17.43	17.83	20.99	16.99
2,007	48.43	19.37	22.27	23.2	15.78
2,008	47.59	24.41	26.85	27.23	16.38
2,009	45.83	18.18	21.9	20.28	15.76
2,010	46.06	20.15	24.82	23.53	13.61
2,011	45.09	25.43	29.02	30.15	13.63
2,012	42.96	28.79	31.06	31.13	15.49
2,013	42.07	27.85	31.01	30.38	14.75
2,014	44.76	27.27	31.55	29.19	16.36
2,015	45.76	18.71	16.89	20.64	16.29
2,016	46.38	15.92	13.46	18.57	13.42
2,017	46.8	17.84	16.84	20.86	14.1
2,018	49.36	19.76	24.33	23.28	15.74
2,019	52.43	18.83	22.72	21.81	15.48
2,020	49.27	15.16	14.75	18.37	14.31
2,021	49.88	18.44	23.3	24.97	15.89
2,022	65.78	30.01	38.96	33.63	19.86
2,023	80.37	27.07	34.24	29.6	18.34
2,024	71.18	23.73	29.42	27.84	18.17

Most recent 24 of 55 rows shown.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, SEDS

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Energy use

Energy use by source

Primary energy consumed, billion BTU — petroleum dominates, renewables are rising

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Energy use by source — data table
Year	Coal	Natural gas	Petroleum	Renewables
2,001	7,875	101,190	227,875	127,845
2,002	8,000	126,275	230,101	121,681
2,003	7,481	73,517	265,720	111,054
2,004	7,336	89,581	260,353	114,130
2,005	7,059	64,818	263,938	133,157
2,006	6,618	67,557	235,253	125,205
2,007	6,583	67,227	233,431	131,781
2,008	5,908	74,494	201,971	157,289
2,009	1,652	73,569	202,727	124,976
2,010	2,279	80,988	190,050	136,657
2,011	1,542	75,061	188,619	137,486
2,012	1,299	70,451	170,292	134,696
2,013	1,657	65,886	182,651	140,106
2,014	2,142	62,423	186,117	135,221
2,015	2,588	54,203	195,413	140,477
2,016	2,194	54,509	186,453	121,928
2,017	2,168	45,125	181,914	121,133
2,018	2,113	48,370	171,483	122,829
2,019	2,160	46,301	167,272	120,891
2,020	1,657	47,028	157,835	98,140
2,021	1,588	57,233	164,096	95,138
2,022	1,269	62,559	166,801	96,245
2,023	1,295	61,045	173,910	91,717
2,024	857	82,286	166,637	94,653

Most recent 24 of 65 rows shown.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, SEDS

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Prices are nominal dollars per million BTU, which lets very different fuels be compared on one scale. Consumption is primary energy by source; electricity is generated from these fuels, so it isn’t counted again here.