Heating oil prices drop for fifth week in a row

AUGUSTA – The State Planning Office reported Tuesday that heating oil prices in the state were lower again this week, marking the fifth week in a row that prices have declined.

The average price of a gallon of home-heating oil dropped a penny to $1.16 a gallon.

The lowest prices could be found in southwestern parts of Maine, where some customers were paying as little as 94 cents a gallon. The highest price, at $1.28 a gallon, was in northern sections.

Kerosene also dropped 1 cent to an average of $1.45 a gallon. Propane was down to an average of $1.46 a gallon, after increasing 1 cent last week.