Maine propane, from the licence registry up

This is the license-verified registry for Maine, a June 2026 snapshot of active Fuel Board dispensing-station licences, not a ranked or best-of list. The register carries no scale or service-quality field, so the sample of 30 above is simply ordered by town; the full 424 run from statewide operators like Dead River and Downeast Energy to single-town country stores. Browse the complete Maine directory or enter your ZIP to see the closest dealers. Use it to confirm a company is on the state register before you hand over a deposit, then get three written quotes. Being licensed is a floor, not an endorsement. For a view based on customer reviews, see the next section.

What Maine customers say about the big regional operators

An honest note on Maine: there is no cluster of 4.5-star propane companies here with a deep review base. Scores are modest and split hard by branch and by platform, so a single statewide star rating would be misleading. Below are real figures read from public review sites in August 2026 for four established operators, with the platform named each time. Read them as directional, then confirm the licence and get three written quotes.

Ratings and review counts were read from Birdeye, GasBuddy, and Angi in August 2026 and change over time. We take no payment for placement. Two more established operators worth a quote have public review bases too thin to score reliably: Daigle Oil Company (Fort Kent, serving Aroostook and northern Penobscot since 1955) and Giroux Energy Solutions (Portland, serving greater southern Maine since 1959). Inclusion here is not a substitute for confirming a current Fuel Board licence.

Buying propane well in Maine: four moves that change the bill

A licensed dealer list is step one. The gap between a careless propane account and a well-run one in Maine is usually a few hundred dollars a winter, and one legal rule decides whether you can even shop around. Here is where that money is won.

Why Maine propane runs well above the national average

At 32% over the national average, Maine is an expensive state to heat with propane, even though it currently sits toward the lower end of an already-pricey Northeast. It runs one of the longest, coldest heating seasons in the lower 48 and carries the highest residential oil-heat share in the country. The reasons propane costs what it does here are structural, not seasonal.

Price figures: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP) residential survey, full-service delivery. Real Maine quotes run roughly 10-15% either side of this average depending on supplier, contract type, owned versus leased tank, and how rural the route is.

Two official price benchmarks, and the rules that protect you

Maine is unusual in publishing its own live fuel-price survey alongside the federal one, and in having a hard consumer-protection rule that decides whether you can switch suppliers at all. Both are worth knowing before you sign.

The Maine Department of Energy Resources updates its survey weekly through the heating season and every other week off-season, so it is the closest thing to a live check on the number a dealer is quoting you today. The Maine Energy Marketers Association is the industry trade body for fuel dealers, not a regulator or a price authority; do not read a trade-association membership as a state licence or a price guarantee.

What a fill actually costs at $3.52/gal

Tanks fill to 80% of stated capacity (the 80% rule) to allow for thermal expansion, so a 500-gallon tank takes about 400 usable gallons. Here is the Maine 2026 average worked through the common residential tank sizes. Aroostook, the western mountains, and northern Penobscot typically land at the high end of the real-world range.

A typical Maine propane-heat household burning 800 to 1,200 gallons a year spends roughly $2818 to $4228 on fuel alone, before tank rental or service contracts. That is about $849 more than a comparable household in a national-average market at 1,000 gallons. Compare the national refill cost guide or the 500-gallon tank cost breakdown.

Where Maine lands among its Northeast neighbours

The whole Northeast sits well above the national mark, so even at the lower end of the region Maine still runs 32% over the national average. In the current reading Connecticut anchors the pricey end and Pennsylvania, closer to the Mid-Atlantic terminals and shorter final routes, anchors the cheaper end.

See the full state-by-state pricing for all 50 states, or read the daily wholesale benchmark on propane prices today.

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