# Rhode Island propane prices Latest surveyed price (Mar 30, 2026): $3.757/gal. EIA weekly survey (October-March). _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Sep 2, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $3.757/gal, 2.1% above the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $3.757/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. Rhode Island residential propane read $3.757/gal on Mar 30, 2026, down 3.5 cents on the week. The price stands 2.1% above the 4-year median. The EIA weekly survey resumes in October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $3.757/gal | $3.681/gal | +2.1% | | Year over year | $3.757/gal | $3.758/gal | -0.0% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $3.757/gal | $3.674/gal | +2.3% | | Week over week | $3.757/gal | $3.792/gal | -0.9% | ### Propane-heated households — US Census ACS 5-year estimate (2020-2024), table B25040 | Measure | Value | | --- | --- | | Homes heating with propane | 22,210 | | Share of occupied homes | 5.0% | | Occupied homes (all fuels) | 441,570 | | National rank by propane share | #29 of 51 | ## About Rhode Island propane prices Rhode Island has the smallest propane market of any state EIA surveys. Natural gas serves most of the housing stock, and propane fills in around it: the rural western towns, cooking and water heating in homes that are otherwise on gas, and cylinder demand. Supply arrives through Providence and the terminals around Narragansett Bay, or over the road from Massachusetts and Connecticut. EIA builds this number by calling retail dealers in Rhode Island each week of the October to March heating season and averaging what they report, published Wednesday afternoon. The survey stops for the summer and picks back up in October. EIA publishes no wholesale price for Rhode Island, so the chart carries the residential line alone. The wholesale series runs at the regional level instead, on the [East Coast price page](/region/padd1). The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 5.0% of occupied Rhode Island homes, around the middle of the state rankings. For context beyond one state, Rhode Island sits in the New England district: [regional prices](/region/padd1a) and [New England propane stocks](/stocks/padd1a). The [propane usage calculator](/tools/propane-usage-calculator) will estimate your fill cost at this price: gallons per burner-hour from an appliance's rating, gallons a year, and how long a tank of a given size lasts between deliveries. ## Common questions ### What is the current propane price in Rhode Island? EIA surveys residential propane prices only from October through March, so there is no current residential figure for Rhode Island right now. The [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) is the year-round wholesale benchmark, and the last surveyed residential price was $3.757/gal on Mar 30, 2026. The weekly survey restarts in October. ### When is propane most expensive in Rhode Island? Residential propane runs highest in the middle of the heating season, ordinarily January and February, and cheapest through the summer while [New England stocks](/stocks/padd1a) are building and nothing is drawing on them. The regional wrinkle is that New England has no propane production and no trunk pipeline of its own, so a cold snap here shows up first as a delivery problem: barrels arriving by ship, rail and truck against a small storage base. [Why propane prices rise in winter](/guides/why-propane-prices-rise-in-winter) has the mechanics. ### Why is there no wholesale propane price for Rhode Island? EIA publishes no state-level wholesale (rack) price for Rhode Island, so the chart above carries the residential line alone. The wholesale series runs at the regional level instead, on the [East Coast price page](/region/padd1), and the [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) is the national wholesale benchmark. [How propane is priced](/guides/how-propane-is-priced) walks through the delivered-service stack that separates a rack gallon from a delivered one. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Residential retail propane price - Basis: Residential, retail - Geography: Rhode Island propane prices - Unit: $/gal - Calculation period: Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season - Last observation: Mar 30, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly, Oct-Mar --- Cite: Residential propane in Rhode Island propane prices averaged $3.757/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/state/rhode-island Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/state/rhode-island