Home Heating Problems

Our goal is to help our members with home heating problems,
better their experiences with heating companies.

State Attorneys General     Better Business Bureau     Other services

If you're in Ct you may want to trywww.courant.com/ctwatchdog

Free Tips

For a thorough list of insider tips on home heating oil problems that will help prevent you getting taken by heating companies  look at www.heatingoilhelp.com

HomeHeatingOilPrices.com forums Members regularly discuss consumer issues as well as post complaints or kudos about heating companies.

Better Business Bureau

Another choice to the state attorneys general is the BBB . It is among the oldest consumer information services in the United States. The BBB maintains limited online information on companies, but you can file a complaint online.

Other services
Some of the most popular are the Federal Trade Commission , ScamBusters , and  Yahoo!  maintains lots of lists of consumer information sites. Some services require merchants to pay a fee to participate or require you to pay to use fully.

If you are interested in contacting the attorney generals office in your state, we have made the following links available to you:

State Attorneys General

If you have a complaint or you would like to more information before you get involved with a heating company, we also suggest contacting the state attorney general's office of the state the company your interested in resides in. Theses guys track consumer complaints and usually make that information available to the public.


The National Association of Attorneys General  offers additional information.

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Understanding factors that drive the volatility in residential heating oil prices.

Regional operating costs:

Prices in remote locations are also impacted by higher transportation costs. Operating costs of dealers can vary substantially with location as well. State and local fees and regulations vary widely from one locale to another.

Surges: Drastic upshift in prices over a very short period of time caused largely by unplanned events. Some of the conditions that initiate a surge in prices are listed below.

Refineries cannot meet unexpected demands:

Refineries do not just produce heating oil. It is but one of the byproducts of their manufacturing process. It is not economically feasible for them to produce excessive amounts of surplus gasoline, diesel, and other distillate products to produce heating oil for a short-term demand.

Unexpected rapid drop in temperatures:

A rapid drop in the temperature in a region can have a severe effect on supply and demand. Customers are using more fuel oil unexpectedly and inventories are being depleted faster than they can be replenished. Rivers and harbors may be frozen or other disruptions to the supply chain may occur.

Competition in local markets:

Areas with a limited number of suppliers may also net higher prices. This is typically true in rural or remote areas where the competitive advantage of choosing between numerous providers is denied.

Changes in the cost of crude oil:

As the principal cost component of all fossil fuels (at 42 percent of total cost), changes in the price of heating oil fuel are closely linked to the price refineries pay for crude oil. Price increases are complex and intermingled with one another. Global supply and demand as well as the state of the global economy and even the weather determine crude oil prices. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other factors also influence supply and prices as well.

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