Home Heating Bills Forecast This Winter Home heating bills likely to be lower, due to warmer weather forecast for much of the U.S. By CASSANDRA SWEET and BRIAN MCGILL Dec. 23, 2015 7:29 p.m. ET http://www.wsj.com/articles/home-heating-bills-forecast-this-winter-1450916967 Home heating bills this winter are likely to be lower than last year’s, due to a warmer weather forecast for much of the U.S. that would require less fuel for heating. Fuel prices are the same, or lower, than a year ago.
Natural gas prices have fallen to historic lows this year, owing to the shale gas boom, while low oil prices, brought by the fracking boom and a global glut of supply, have brought down prices for heating oil and propane. Low prices for natural gas, a key fuel for generating electricity, have kept a lid on power prices.
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