{"id":310626,"date":"2026-10-20T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310626\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:10:18","slug":"philadelphia-area-heating-costs-projected-to-rise-nearly-9-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310626\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia-Area Heating Costs Projected to Rise Nearly 9% This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphians<\/a> turned to air conditioners as they sweated through high temperatures and humidity this past summer, the coming winter season isn&#8217;t expected to bring much relief for utility rate payers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, heating costs are projected to <a href=\"https:\/\/neada.org\/winter-heating-costs-projected-to-jump-8-7-percent-deepening-the-nations-energy-affordability-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rise nearly 9%<\/a> from last year. This increase comes as individuals across the region and nation grapple with the ongoing affordability crisis, including many households struggling to pay their utility bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Energy Information Administration also delivers bad news for households relying on oil for heating. Heating oil is projected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/outlooks\/steo\/report\/perspectives\/2026\/10-winterfuels\/article.php#hhtab1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rise 21%<\/a> this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity demand is also intensifying across the United States. In the 13-state region served by PJM Interconnection, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, experts say the costs utility providers incur to keep up with demand are reaching consumers.<\/p>\n<p>For households already struggling financially, the coming winter heating season leaves many feeling out in the cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen someone is getting a shutoff notice or struggling with their bill, it&#8217;s unlikely that is the only issue they&#8217;re dealing with. They&#8217;re trying to go to work, get medical treatment, or take care of their kids,\u201d said Charlotte Edelstein, a lawyer at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philadelphia-area-heating-cost-increase-winter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">in a statement shared with WHYY<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Philadelphians turned to air conditioners as they sweated through high temperatures and humidity this past summer, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-310626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}