# PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) propane price Residential and wholesale propane, EIA weekly survey (October-March) _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Aug 19, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $3.539/gal, 4.6% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.539/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Central Atlantic residential propane closed the heating season at $3.539/gal on March 30, running 4.6% above the 4-year median. The EIA survey pauses until October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.539/gal | $3.383/gal | +4.6% | | Year over year | $3.539/gal | $3.467/gal | +2.1% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.539/gal | $3.479/gal | +1.7% | | Week over week | $3.539/gal | $3.535/gal | +0.1% | ## About PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) propane price The Central Atlantic, PADD 1B, covers Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and carries the biggest share of East Coast propane demand, concentrated upstate in New York and across Pennsylvania's rural counties rather than in the coastal cities, which run mostly on natural gas. Supply here is the most varied on the East Coast: Marcellus and Utica gas processing sit inside the region itself, import and pipeline terminals line the Delaware River and New York Harbor, and the Mariner East pipelines even carry Pennsylvania-produced propane the other direction, out to Marcus Hook for export. That local production is why the Central Atlantic's retail-minus-wholesale spread, tracked on [Central Atlantic retail vs wholesale](/spreads/padd1b), tends to run tighter than New England's: a shorter average haul from source to rack. Because this sub-district carries the most East Coast volume, its reading tends to set the direction of the [PADD 1 aggregate](/region/padd1) above it more than the other two sub-districts do. New Jersey's dense suburbs and New York City itself run overwhelmingly on natural gas, so the demand behind this district's number concentrates upstate in New York and across rural Pennsylvania, a geography this aggregate figure does not show but the [state pages](/state) behind it do. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Propane price, residential and wholesale/resale - Basis: Residential and wholesale/resale - Geography: PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) - Unit: $/gal - Calculation period: Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season - Last observation: Mar 30, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly, Oct-Mar --- Cite: PADD 1B (Central Atlantic) residential propane averaged $3.539/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/region/padd1b Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/region/padd1b