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Gas, heating fuels see price increase in Newfoundland and Labrador

SaltWire Network | Posted: April 19, 2018, 4:35 a.m. | Updated: April 19, 2018, 9:49 a.m. | 1 Min Read
['Darrell Burris, an oil delivery driver with Wilson Fuels, is seen adding furnace fuel to a residence in Bible Hill. This is the peak season for consumption of both furnace and diesel fuels, a factor that tends to keep prices from decreasing too greatly during the winter months. HARRY SULLIVAN – TRURO DAILY NEWS']
Furnace oil is up by 2.75 cents per litre today. —SaltWire Network

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As of midnight the Public Utilities Board has increased the price of all types of fuel with the exception of propane. Gas is up by 2.1 cents per litre (cpl); diesel is up by 3.2 cpl; furnace oil has increased by 2.75 cpl;  and stove oil will cost 2.75 cpl more today. Propane is down 2.0 cpl. for the second week in a row.

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