Prices for oil, natural gas and electricity are all up as New England heads toward winter heating season.
Shirlee Thurston's latest heating oil bill is a frightening prospect only weeks before Halloween and the arrival of the winter months.Oil prices are on the rise. This week, a gallon of home heating oil in Massachusetts sold on average for $5.71 a gallon. Last year at this time, it was $3.30 a gallon - that’s a 73% increase.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
Trahan and others are asking for the release of Northeast oil reserves to help bring down prices for middle-class families. "We are very concerned that people will not be able to heat their homes. That they won’t be able to get oil deliveries," she said.
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