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Company Name | Heating Oil Delivery | Boiler & Furnace Repair |
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Pautler Oil Service Inc | Yes | Yes |
The Maunz Corporation | Yes | Yes |
Drum Oil Inc | Yes | Yes |
Francis W King Petroleum Products | Yes | No |
Ken Wendts Propane Gas Service Inc | Yes | No |
Noco Energy Corp | Yes | No |
Olear's 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 Buffalo, used by 230,823 or 88.37% of homes. The 2nd most popular choice for Buffalo homeowners is electricity, used by 22,620 homes (8.66%). The remaining homes are heated with propane (4,048), heating oil (2,224), other fuels (1,494), and other fuels (1,344).
Buffalo Primary Home Heating Fuel Popularity by Number of Households
Fuel | Buffalo Households | % of Households |
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Natural Gas | 230,823 | 88.37% |
Electricity | 22,620 | 8.66% |
Propane | 4,048 | 1.55% |
Heating Oil | 2,224 | 0.85% |
Other Fuels | 1,494 | 0.57% |
No Fuel | 724 | 0.28% |
Wood | 514 | 0.20% |
Coal | 75 | 0.03% |
Solar | 31 | 0.01% |
Natural gas (88.37)
Electricity (8.66)
Propane (1.55)
Heating oil (0.85)
Other fuels (0.57)
No fuel (0.28)
Wood (0.20)
Coal (0.03)
Solar (0.01)
Heating oil has become less popular in Buffalo. In the 8 years since 2014, the number of heating oil homes fell from 3,603 to 2,224, a 38.27% drop.
Buffalo Heating Oil Households (2011 - 2022)
Year | Heating Oil Households |
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2011 | 4,094 |
2012 | 4,037 |
2013 | 3,823 |
2014 | 3,603 |
2015 | 3,329 |
2016 | 3,270 |
2017 | 2,903 |
2018 | 2,826 |
2019 | 2,471 |
2020 | 2,464 |
2021 | 2,196 |
2022 | 2,224 |
Between 2014 and today, the number of homes using propane as the primary space heating fuel rose from 2,529 to 4,048.
Between 2014 and today, the number of homes using natural gas as the primary space heating fuel rose from 216,755 to 230,823.
Electric space heating systems are becoming more popular in Buffalo. Since 2014, the number of homes heating with electricity rose from 14,636 to 22,620, a 54.55% 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, 31 homes in Buffalo are heated with active solar arrays. This is a 138.46% increase from 2014, when only 13 homes had installed active solar heating.