EIA Winter Fuels Outlook in Washington: November-to-March Heating Oil Spending Forecast at $2,115, Up 21%, While Natural Gas Homes Average $640, Down 9%
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — In the 2026–27 Winter Fuels Outlook, released on October 6 alongside the October Short-Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects household heating spending this winter (November through March) to split by fuel: homes that primarily heat with heating oil are forecast to spend about $2,115 on average, up 21% from last winter; electricity-heated homes about $1,196, up 4%; propane-heated homes about $1,246, down 3%; and natural-gas-heated homes about $640, down 9%.
According to EIA, households that primarily heat with natural gas or propane — about half of U.S. households — will spend less because prices for those fuels are lower. Homes using heating oil, about 3% of U.S. households and located mostly in the Northeast, face the largest increase: heating oil prices are forecast to rise by more than 30% on average, with milder Northeast weather offsetting only part of the increase. EIA Administrator Tristan Abbey said relatively high natural gas inventories entering the winter season provide a cushion for heating demand, while households that rely on heating oil face higher prices because distillate markets remain tight.
EIA expects national winter temperatures to be about the same as last winter and the previous 10-winter average. The figures are national average forecasts; an individual household's actual bills depend on regional weather, the home and its equipment, and the outlook is not a prediction of any single household's spending.
来源链接：美国能源信息署发布（eia.gov）： https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press593.php
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：燃油配送车。Daderot 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A heating oil delivery truck. Photo by Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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