Maine heating oil prices fall by a penny

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine energy officials say the price of home heating oil has fallen slightly in the past week.

The Governor's Energy Office said the average cash price for heating oil in its weekly fuel price survey was $3.64 a gallon on Monday, down a penny from a week ago. As usual, southern Maine had the lowest prices and northern Maine had the highest.

Propane was selling for $2.73 a gallon on average, down 5 cents from a week ago.

Kerosene was selling for $4.09 a gallon, the same as last week.