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Company Name | Heating Oil Delivery | Boiler & Furnace Repair |
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Broco Oil Inc | Yes | Yes |
John's Oil Co | Yes | Yes |
Metro Energy | Yes | Yes |
A & B Oil | Yes | Yes |
Absolute Oil | Yes | Yes |
Amanda's Oil | Yes | Yes |
Firemans Fuel | Yes | Yes |
Fossil Fuel Enterprises | Yes | Yes |
Lapuma Fuel | Yes | Yes |
Nardone Oil | Yes | Yes |
First Energy | Yes | Yes |
Cesars Oil | Yes | Yes |
A Hohmann & Co Inc | Yes | Yes |
HOP Energy | Yes | Yes |
Arlex Oil Corp | Yes | Yes |
Direct Fuel Inc | Yes | No |
Apple Oil Company | Yes | No |
Burke Oil | Yes | No |
Michael's McGrath Heating Oil & Diesel | Yes | No |
My Easy Oil | Yes | No |
Orlando Fuel Service | Yes | No |
Blackstone Valley Oil | Yes | No |
Patriot Liquid Energy Inc | Yes | No |
John G Maclellan Inc | Yes | No |
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Homeowners have a variety of home heating fuels to choose from. Natural gas is the most popular choice in Cambridge, used by 30,797 or 63.81% of homes. The 2nd most popular choice for Cambridge homeowners is electricity, used by 12,979 homes (26.89%). The remaining homes are heated with heating oil (1,903), propane (1,353), no fuel (1,042), and other fuels (546).
Cambridge Primary Home Heating Fuel Popularity by Number of Households
Fuel | Cambridge Households | % of Households |
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Natural Gas | 30,797 | 63.81% |
Electricity | 12,979 | 26.89% |
Heating Oil | 1,903 | 3.94% |
Propane | 1,353 | 2.80% |
No Fuel | 1,042 | 2.16% |
Other Fuels | 412 | 0.85% |
Solar | 85 | 0.18% |
Coal | 34 | 0.07% |
Wood | 15 | 0.03% |
Natural gas (63.81)
Electricity (26.89)
Heating oil (3.94)
Propane (2.80)
No fuel (2.16)
Other fuels (0.85)
Solar (0.18)
Coal (0.07)
Wood (0.03)
Heating oil has become less popular in Cambridge. In the 2 years since 2020, the number of heating oil homes fell from 2,386 to 1,903, a 20.24% drop.
Cambridge Heating Oil Households (2011 - 2022)
Year | Heating Oil Households |
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2011 | 5,480 |
2012 | 5,230 |
2013 | 4,381 |
2014 | 4,047 |
2015 | 3,661 |
2016 | 3,387 |
2017 | 3,053 |
2018 | 2,831 |
2019 | 2,530 |
2020 | 2,386 |
2021 | 2,124 |
2022 | 1,903 |
Between 2020 and today, the number of homes using propane as the primary space heating fuel rose from 1,002 to 1,353.
Between 2020 and today, the number of homes using natural gas as the primary space heating fuel rose from 31,273 to 30,797.
Electric space heating systems are becoming more popular in Cambridge. Since 2020, the number of homes heating with electricity rose from 11,791 to 12,979, a 10.08% increase.
Solar is the most environmentally friendly of all space heating fuels. With an “active” solar heating system, liquid is circulated between solar panels on a home’s roof and a heat energy storage tank in the basement.
Currently, 85 homes in Cambridge are heated with active solar arrays. This is a 2.30% decrease from 2020, when only 87 homes had installed active solar heating.