PLAINS, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — Pennsylvania heating-oil customers are heading into the winter with prices near their highest level on record, creating new pressure for households already struggling with groceries, rent, insurance and other essential bills.
The statewide average residential heating-oil price was $5.833 a gallon as of Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is just three cents below Pennsylvania’s record of $5.863 a gallon, set in November 2022.
For a household needing a 100-gallon delivery, that statewide average works out to about $583 before taxes and delivery-related charges. At the same point last October, the average was about $327 — a difference of more than $250 on the same 100-gallon fill…