Saving Money on Winter Heating Costs

Saving Money on Winter Heating Costs governor-sam Fri, 10/09/2026 - 17:15 October 9, 2026 Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills, and thank you for listening. Well, it's getting more and more painful to fill up at a gas station or fill a tank of oil to heat your home. And we all know why. Look, we're making progress shifting to other sources of energy to heat our homes, but we're still the most dependent on heating oil to heat our homes in the in the entire country. That reliance on heating oil makes us vulnerable to great shifts in global energy markets that drive up costs for Maine people and businesses. This 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. The price of heating oil in Maine has reached more than $6 a gallon, so you'll be paying almost $800 more to fill a standard 275 gallon tank than you did a year ago. Kerosene prices are also reaching historic highs, all because of this war. Maine people should not be forced to choose between staying warm or putting food on the table because the president chose to drag us into a needless war -- and an endless war, it appears. My adminis

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