Rhode Island is small enough that the whole state is one delivery market, and it prices near the top of the national range despite having the shortest delivery distances in New England.
EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program / EIA SHOPP weekly residential, Rhode Island / published 30 March 2026 / checked 23 September 2026 / lag 177 daysthree to six months oldtier A
State level print for the week ending 30 March 2026. The survey pauses after March, so this figure ages until the season resumes in October.
Where this sits
Of the twenty one states with a published print for this week, Rhode Island ranks 18. The cheapest is Nebraska at $3.97 and the dearest is Delaware at $5.91, a spread of $1.94 a gallon. On a 261 gallon fill that national spread is worth $506.60.
150 gallons
$870.30
261 gallons
$1,514.32
314 gallons
$1,821.83
523 gallons
$3,034.45
The market here
A compact market with a limited number of dealers and a large share of older housing stock still on oil.
Fuel rules
No statewide blend mandate.
Ordering
Because the state is small, quotes from Massachusetts and Connecticut dealers near the border are worth getting. Cross-border dealers deliver into Rhode Island routinely.
The last sixty weeks
8 Apr 2024 to 30 Mar 2026 / 60 readings
low 3.431$ / high 5.813$
Kerosene scale / 60 week window / colour is price level, never anything else
Bands are quintiles of the 60 week window in dollars per gallon. There is no red and green pair anywhere on this site. Direction is carried by the delta glyph in the text, not by colour.
The last five seasons
| Season | Average | Low | Peak | 261 gallon fill at the average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $3.75 | $3.25 | $5.28 | $979.79 |
| 2022-23 | $4.74 | $4.02 | $5.88 | $1,236.36 |
| 2023-24 | $4.12 | $3.91 | $4.45 | $1,074.80 |
| 2024-25 | $3.68 | $3.47 | $3.99 | $959.44 |
| 2025-26 | $4.11 | $3.61 | $5.81 | $1,073.75 |
The state survey and the federal print
Rhode Island points at the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources. Where a state runs its own dealer survey it usually samples more dealers than the federal collection does in that state, so the two figures will not match exactly and neither is wrong. Use the state survey to sanity check a quote in the week you order, and the federal series to compare across states.
Assistance
Help here runs through Rhode Island LIHEAP. Applications go to the state, never to the federal office, and for a delivered fuel the benefit is normally paid to a participating dealer against a delivery rather than to the household.
Primary sources for this page
- EIA State Heating Oil and Propane ProgramWeekly residential delivered price of No. 2 heating oil, national and by state. Collected October to March. The survey pauses after the last March print and resumes in October, which is why every federal page shows March data all summer.
- Rhode Island Office of Energy ResourcesThe Rhode Island state price source. Linked rather than restated, because it updates on its own schedule.
- Rhode Island LIHEAPThe assistance route for this state. Eligibility and amounts are set by the state and change each program year.
- EIA Residential Energy Consumption SurveyHousehold fuel shares and consumption. Used for context, never for a price.