A tight global diesel market is driving up heating oil prices, with households in the Northeast facing the biggest impact.

"If our homes freeze up ... our water pipes are gonna burst," a Maine mom said.

As the weather grows cold in key battlegrounds nationwide, sky-high home heating oil prices could tilt a series of tight races.

The EIA forecasts average heating oil expenditures of $2,115 from November through March, driven by a 34% rise in prices ...

Inflation data show heating oil prices are accelerating into winter, and nobody is talking about it.

Heating oil is projected to cost 31.3 percent more this winter than last, the steepest rise of any home heating fuel in a forecast from the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association. The group ...

Homes that heat with oil face an average bill of $2,115 this winter, up 21%, and most of those homes are in the Northeast.

Get a firsthand look at how a Pennsylvania home transformed its energy costs by making the switch to a heat pump. Heating and cooling your home make up the biggest chunk of your home’s energy costs.

As prices remain volatile, but significantly higher than in recent winters, campaigners have called for heating oil customers ...

After several years of skyrocketing winter heating costs, millions of Americans are expected to finally get a little relief this coming season — if they heat their homes with natural gas, that is.

Massachusetts residents are facing high heating oil prices, nearly $6 per gallon, ahead of the winter season. Global conflicts are driving up oil prices, but one local expert expects them to stabilize ...