Looking through the froum I saw Sendori's "Gas Prices" thread. I recently had to lock in a "cap" price for fuel oil for the heating season.

I locked at $4.89 plus a $0.25/gallon "cost to participate fee" - making my effective cap price $5.14. This was with Dead River.

Has anybody else pre-bought or locked in a cap? What are others getting for a rate?

 

we locked in on propane for the heating season $1800 for the season in nh

 

for how many gallons?

 

yep i just did mine last week and i prebought as the cap price was $4.60 + a .30 service per gallon fee(which sucks but its being passed on to the companies) so instead i had to get 500 gallons for $4.50/gal. ouch there goes all my hard earned money.

 

I usually use 900 gallons in a season - sooo I didn't have the cash on hand to pre-buy, but I could have saved 40 cents a gallon if I did.

 

Thank goodness for ol' woodstoves!!!!!!

 

Yep, bad back and all, I still plan on using the woodstove for most of my heating needs. I got 3 tanks with about 75 gallons each delivery last year. That covers heating water for shower, sinks, and laundry. I got 4 tanks or so when I didn't have the stove. Each time was 175+ gallons. I've got 12 acres up in VT that has beech, maple, and ash. Good stuff. It hurts but not as much as spending $700+ per tank of oil.

 

If the winter is gonna be like the last few we've had down here, I'll have the windows open. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

All electric home, and with the temps around 100º, not looking forward to this months bill.

 

Looks like I'll be turning the thermostat down this winter. I haven't locked in a price on propane yet. Now I'm afraid to go to the office to find out what their prices are.

 

its funny becasue i deliver wood pellets stoves sometimes and so far these last 2 months ive been doing it alot w/ people trying to find a cheaper source of heat. but all the dealers told me that the price of pellets is already going up and they will be hard to get this fall/winter. so when oil went up so didnt everything else.