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However, heating a home with a geothermal heat pump or a cold climate heat pump would be less expensive than using oil.At $4.67 a gallon for oil, it would cost the same to produce the same amount of heat using oil or electric baseboard heat.or example, a home that uses 800 gallons of oil for heating would use about 25,300 kilowatt-hours to produce the same amount of heat. Visit www.cmpco.com for a link to a more detailed spreadsheet from the Department of Energy to compare heating costs.
According to EIA historical data , from October 2012 to March 2013 the average price per gallon for residential heating oil varied from $3.969-$4.175, or about $910-$1,000 to refill a 275-gallon tank and $1,850-$2,100 for a 550-gallon tank; and 10 years ago, from October 2003 to March 2004, the average was $1.344-$1.625 a gallon.