# Connecticut Residential Propane at $4.213/Gal, 15.5% Above Five-Year Median _Oct 7, 2026_ > EIA's first heating-season price survey puts Connecticut residential propane at $4.213/gal and New Jersey at $3.946/gal, both 15.5% above their five-year medians. Mid-Atlantic wholesale prices opened even further above baseline. _Numbers as of Oct 7, 2026 pull._ Connecticut residential propane opened heating season at **$4.213/gal** per EIA's State Heating Oil and Propane Program, 15.5% above its five-year median. New Jersey came in at **$3.946/gal**, also 15.5% above its five-year median. The first readings from EIA's weekly price survey since March arrive with Mid-Atlantic wholesale prices running further above baseline: Maryland at **$1.234/gal**, 20.3% above its four-year median, and Virginia at **$1.204/gal**, 18.8% above its four-year median. [Chart: Mont Belvieu propane spot price](https://fill-line.com/current-price/propane) ([data](https://fill-line.com/current-price/propane.md) — chart image: https://fill-line.com/charts/issues/propane/2026-10-07/current-price/propane.png) - **US propane exports: 2.464 million b/d**, up 47.6% week over week and 59.8% above the five-year median per EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report. EIA's Oct. 1 Today in Energy reported that US propane exports reached records in the first half of 2026, supported by record domestic production and a price advantage over Asian markets. - **PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) propane stocks: 68.7 million barrels**, 18.2% above the five-year median per EIA's WPSR, down 2% on the week. - **PADD 1C (Lower Atlantic) propane stocks: 1.7 million barrels**, 10.2% below the five-year median and the furthest below normal of any reported PADD, down 2% on the week. - **Mont Belvieu propane spot: $0.919/gal**, up 3.1% on the week and 9.4% above the five-year median per EIA. US primary propane stocks sit at **107.8 million barrels** as of Oct. 2 per EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report, covering **118 days of supply** at the trailing four-week product-supplied average of 0.915 million barrels per day. LP-gas-weighted HDD came in at **20** for the latest week per NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, running 20 HDD warmer than normal for the period. Season to date is 43% warmer than normal. EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook expects US propane/propylene inventories to reach **98.7 million barrels** by end of December 2026. --- Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/issues/2026-10-07