EIA's Heating Oil and Propane Update shows lower prices so far this winter
EIA's Heating Oil and Propane Update shows lower prices so far this winter According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Heating Oil and Propane Update (HOPU), prices at the start of the 2019–2020 winter heating season (October 1 through March 31) were 10% lower for heating oil and 22% lower for propane than at the start of the previous winter. HOPU is published as part of the State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP), a joint effort between EIA and several state energy offices to collect state-level residential heating oil and propane price data from October through March in states where heating oil and propane use is common.