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Calculate your savings this year with pellets

A ton of pellets gives you the same heat as 150 gallons of heating oil
when you factor in the efficiency gains from space heating with a pellet stove.

So, if you pay $250 for a ton of pellets,
that’s like getting 150 gallons of oil for
$1.67 a gallon. details

Select your state and how many tons of pellets you use a year (in the Northeast, the average is about three tons) to calculate your approximate savings over other types of heating fuels.

       How did we figure this out?
  

What about next year? And the year after that?

Fuel Calulator

By switching to wood pellet heat, a typical homeowner in the Northeast could save $10,000 over the next 10 years. (Assuming you use 3 tons of pellets a year with a pellet stove, and wood pellets are priced at $275 a ton.)

Other fuel cost projections from US Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration. See detailed assumptions and calculations.