How many gallons of 2 home heating oil does the average residence in Maine use?

Answer 1

Maine Sources for Heating

"A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied (or if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall."

Sales of Distillate Fuel Oil by End Use 2008: 247,877,000 gallons

(http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_821dst_dcu_SME_a.htm)

Maine # of Housing Units 2008: 700,480 (80%=560,384)

(http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/23000.html )

Avg Maine home use of fuel oil for heating homes: 442 gallons/housing unit in 2008

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/states/residential.cfm/state=ME#sources