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Where does the Board get its pricing information?

The Board is required by legislation to use the pricing benchmarks set out in the regulations. Daily published data for the benchmarks for gasoline and diesel motor fuels and furnace and stove oil heating fuels is sourced, by subscription, from Argus Media, an internationally recognized, used and accepted source for fuel-pricing information. Propane data is received weekly from Oil Price Information Service based on the Sarnia propane rack price in Ontario. The information contained in the subscriptions is proprietary and the Board is prohibited from releasing this information.

The benchmark sources can be found below

Benchmark Sources and Blending Methodology
Product
Reporting Data Source
Product Price Assessment
Blend Methodology
Winter Blend
Spring Blend
Regular
Gasoline
Argus Media
New York Harbor UNL 87
100% UNL 87 Year Round
Diesel Motor
Fuel (Island)
Argus Media
New York Harbor ULSD
New York Harbor ULSK
25% ULSD
75% ULSK
100% ULSD
Diesel Motor Fuel
(Zones 13 and 13a)
Argus Media
New York Harbor ULSD
New York Harbor ULSK
100% ULSK
25% ULSD
75% ULSK
Furnace Oil
Heating Fuel (Island)
Argus Media
New York Harbor ULSD
New York Harbor ULSK
25% ULSD
75% ULSK
100% ULSD
Stove Oil
Heating Fuel (Lab)
Argus Media
New York Harbor ULSK
100% ULSK Year Round
Propane
Heating Fuel
Oil Price Information Service
Sarnia Propane (Weekly Average)
Sarnia Propane Price Year Round
 

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