Battling High Home Heating Costs and Available Resources
Battling High Home Heating Costs and Available Resources governor-sam Fri, 10/30/2026 - 14:14 October 30, 2026 Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills, and thank you for listening. Well, cold weather is upon us already, and we’re getting ready for heating season. Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy authorized the release of up to 315,000 barrels of fuel oil from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. While we hope this action might ease prices for Maine people in the near term, it will not solve the long-term problem driving up heating costs. The President's war in Iran right now has created the largest fuel supply disruption in global history and has driven energy prices to record highs. Maine is the most heating oil-dependent state in the nation, and the price of heating oil has now exceeded $6 a gallon. So if you own a standard 275-gallon oil tank, you'll be paying about $750 more to fill that tank than you did a year ago. Kerosene prices are also reaching historic highs, and diesel fuel, of course—all because of this war that is not supported by a majority of Americans. Maine people should not be forced to choose between staying warm or putting food on the table because this P
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