# Weekly Propane, Heating Oil, Diesel and Gas Prices by State (`standardwork/weekly-heating-fuel-diesel-prices`) Actor

Latest weekly residential propane and heating oil prices plus retail diesel and gasoline for any U.S. state, with week and year change.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/standardwork/weekly-heating-fuel-diesel-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [Standard Work Co.](https://apify.com/standardwork) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Weekly Propane, Heating Oil, Diesel and Gas Prices by State

**Informational only. Not for navigation, safety, emergency, financial, medical, or legal decisions. Check the official source before you rely on it.**

Survey averages, not a price offer. Call your supplier for a current price.

### What it does

For each state you list, returns the latest weekly price (and optional history) for:

- residential propane and residential heating oil (heating season survey, about October to March),
- retail on-highway diesel,
- retail regular gasoline.

Each row shows the week, price per gallon, change from the prior week, the price about one year earlier, and the change from a year ago. When the government survey has no price for your state, the row uses your region's average (or the U.S. average) and says so in `areaLevel`, `areaName`, and `note`.

Good for fuel dealers, farm and ranch budgets, delivery fleets, property managers, and anyone tracking rural heating costs.

### How to use it (no code)

1. Click **Try for free** or **Start**.
2. Add one or more two-letter state codes, for example `OH`, `NY`, `MN`.
3. Turn fuels on or off.
4. Pick how many weeks of history you want (1 is just the latest).
5. Click **Start**. Export to Excel, CSV, or JSON, or schedule it weekly (EIA updates these on Wednesdays, Best guess on timing).

### Example input

```json
{"states": ["OH", "NY"], "includePropane": true, "includeHeatingOil": true, "includeDiesel": true, "includeGasoline": false, "weeks": 4}
```

### Output fields

Same fields in the same order on every row; missing values are null.
state, stateName, fuel, product, areaLevel (state, region, or U.S.), areaName, seriesId, weekOf, pricePerGallon, changeFromPriorWeek, yearAgoWeekOf, yearAgoPrice, changeFromYearAgo, unit, note, disclaimer, credit, sourceUrl, pageUrl, retrievedAt (ISO 8601 with offset), retrievedAtLocal (U.S. Central), qcStatus (ok or flagged), qcNotes, error.

### Coverage and limits

- Propane: 38 states plus regional and U.S. averages. Heating oil: 24 states plus regions. Off-season (about April to September) the latest value can be months old; rows are flagged when the latest week is over 14 days old.
- Diesel: regions plus California. Gasoline: regions plus 9 states (CA, CO, FL, MA, MN, NY, OH, TX, WA).
- Discontinued state series (for example DC and Illinois heating oil) are skipped and the region is used.
- Year-ago price is the reading within 3 days of 52 weeks earlier, when one exists.
- Self-checks flag prices outside a plausible range, week-over-week moves over 15%, stale latest weeks, and future dates.

### Disclaimer

Informational only. Not for navigation, safety, emergency, financial, medical, or legal decisions. Check the official source before you rely on it.

This is an independent tool by Standard Work Co. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any government agency named here. Agency names are used only to say where the data comes from.
The data comes from public government sources and is passed through as published, only reformatted. Government data can be preliminary, late, missing, revised, or wrong, and this tool can fail too. This output is not an official government record.
Provided "as is" with no warranty of any kind, including accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. You are responsible for checking the official source before acting on anything here. Liability is limited as stated in the Apify Standard Actor Contract for this tool.

Fuel prices: these are weekly survey averages, not offers to buy or sell, and not trading or financial advice. Call your supplier for a current price.

### Data sources and credits

U.S. Energy Information Administration, public domain: Heating Oil and Propane Update (weekly residential prices) and Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (weekly retail prices). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (date shown in each row).

# Actor input Schema

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter U.S. state codes, for example OH or NY. When EIA has no weekly price for a state, the regional (or U.S.) average is returned and labeled. Leave empty for OH and PA.

## `includePropane` (type: `boolean`):

Weekly residential propane price (heating season survey, about October to March).

## `includeHeatingOil` (type: `boolean`):

Weekly residential No. 2 heating oil price (heating season survey, about October to March).

## `includeDiesel` (type: `boolean`):

Weekly retail on-highway No. 2 diesel price (year-round; regions plus California).

## `includeGasoline` (type: `boolean`):

Weekly retail regular gasoline price (year-round; regions plus 9 states).

## `weeks` (type: `integer`):

How many recent weekly readings to return per state and fuel (1 to 52). Each reading is one result.

## `includeUSAverage` (type: `boolean`):

Also return the U.S. average for each fuel, for comparison.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [
    "OH",
    "PA"
  ],
  "includePropane": true,
  "includeHeatingOil": true,
  "includeDiesel": true,
  "includeGasoline": true,
  "weeks": 1,
  "includeUSAverage": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows in the default dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "states": [
        "OH",
        "PA"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("standardwork/weekly-heating-fuel-diesel-prices").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "states": [
        "OH",
        "PA",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("standardwork/weekly-heating-fuel-diesel-prices").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "states": [
    "OH",
    "PA"
  ]
}' |
apify call standardwork/weekly-heating-fuel-diesel-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,standardwork/weekly-heating-fuel-diesel-prices"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/TWGYYtUdSc3ypQyem/builds/yIHQD6DTnfOMRV8EP/openapi.json