Fuel Comparison Chart

Fuel Type

Btu Value Per Unit

Units Required To
Produce 1,000,000 Btu

Fuel Price Per Unit
6/22/2010

Cost To Produce
1,000,000 Btu

Appliance
Efficiency

Effective Cost Per
1,000,000 Btu

Shelled
Corn

7,000 per pound

               143 lbs

$3.41 bushel
$8.70/143 lbs

$8.70

80%

$10.87

Electricity

3,413 per kWh

293 kWh

$ 0.1247 per kWh

$36.54

100%

$36.54*

Natural
Gas

1000 per cu. ft.
1 therm = 100 cu. ft.

10 therms

$1.35 per therm

$13.50

80%

$16.88**

Fuel Oil

139,000 per gallon

7.1 gallons

$2.77 per gallon

$19.67

80%

$24.58

LP Gas

91,690 per gallon

11 gallons

$2.74 per gallon

$30.14

80%

$37.68

Wood

22,000,000 per cord

0.0607 cords

$225 per cord (green)

$13.66

60%

$22.77***

Wood
Pellets

8,000 per pound

125 lbs

$235 per ton (avg.)
$14.69/125lbs

$14.69

80%

$18.36

Kerosene

135,000 per gallon

7.41 gallons

$3.17 per gallom

$23.49

95%

$24.66

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Table of Current Average
Annual Heating Fuel Costs

* National Grid - Does not include $4.00 fixed monthly charge.
** Keyspan - Does not include $13.70 fixed monthly charge.
*** Cord wood price is an average and includes delivery.