Heating Fuels Used

County Comparisons – Heating Fuels Used

by Joe Swyers • 10/12/03

People moving to New England may be in for a surprise regarding heating fuels if they are used to being on natural gas utility lines. Except for Hillsborough county, most of New Hampshire uses fuel oil or kerosine.

Heating Fuel for Occupied Units

CountyTotal UnitsUtility GasBottled, Tank, LP GasElec-
tricity		Fuel Oil, Kerosine, etc.Coal or CokeWoodSolar EnergyOther FuelNo Fuel Used
Belknap22,4591,6592,5401,25515,745471,076127055
Carroll18,3511973,2841,29411,722251,76163428
Cheshire28,2998412,2511,64820,6561472,5681210769
Coos13,9611650024812,231169110309
Grafton31,5984874,5802,60820,768422,9501111537
Hillsborough144,45551,45513,69711,25163,4552263,16729822353
Merrimack51,84311,2195,9484,72726,854692,5252638788
Rockingham104,52914,25111,4919,31165,9472452,62979457119
Strafford42,5816,9044,0013,25826,999341,166212097
Sullivan16,5302582,53162311,450221,473312149

Heating Fuel for Occupied Units
(The above table but with percentages of total units)

CountyTotal UnitsUtility GasBottled, Tank, LP GasElec-
tricity		Fuel Oil, Kerosine, etc.Coal or CokeWoodSolar EnergyOther FuelNo Fuel Used
Belknap22,4597.39%11.31%5.59%70.11%0.21%4.79%0.05%0.31%0.24%
Carroll18,3511.07%17.90%7.05%63.88%0.14%9.60%0.03%0.19%0.15%
Cheshire28,2992.97%7.95%5.82%72.99%0.52%9.07%0.04%0.38%0.24%
Coos13,9610.11%3.58%1.78%87.61%0.11%6.53%0.00%0.21%0.06%
Grafton31,5981.54%14.49%8.25%65.73%0.13%9.34%0.03%0.36%0.12%
Hillsborough144,45535.62%9.48%7.79%43.93%0.16%2.19%0.02%0.57%0.24%
Merrimack51,84321.64%11.47%9.12%51.80%0.13%4.87%0.05%0.75%0.17%
Rockingham104,52913.63%10.99%8.91%63.09%0.23%2.52%0.08%0.44%0.11%
Strafford42,58116.21%9.40%7.65%63.41%0.08%2.74%0.00%0.28%0.23%
Sullivan16,5301.56%15.31%3.77%69.27%0.13%8.91%0.02%0.73%0.30%

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