Category: Propane
Heating Oil, Propane Prices: New Internet Tool To Compare Heating Oil & Propane Prices
As we start our heating season there is a new online tool to check to see if you are paying a fair rate for your heating oil and propane. www.lowermyheat.com, still under construction, has price comparisons already in 30 states, including Connecticut, according to Arik Keller, of LowerMyHeat LLC. I did a quick tour of the site [...]
Conn Consumer Protection Commissioner Proposing Propane Reform Regulations To Help Consumers
Connecticut Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. is moving ahead with his proposed regulations intended to even the playing field for consumers who use or want to use propane gas. His proposed “Consumer Bill of Rights” appears to have the backing of the propane industry, the least transparent energy business in the country. There are [...]
Propane gas purchase tips from Ct Consumer Protection Commissioner
Tips courtesy of Ct Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. Make sure the dealer you buy from is registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, as required by law. See License Verification at www.ct.gov/dcp or call 860-713-6160. Some propane dealers offer guaranteed price plans. Retail contracts for propane gas that offer a guaranteed price, [...]
Heating oil and propane tips from Ct Atty General
Connecticut Heating Oil and Propane Price Comparison web sites
Check http://www.connecticutheatingoil.com/ for many of the heating-oil dealers listed by towns that are served. Click on a town, and you will get a list of at least some of the dealers that service that municipality. The list appears to be incomplete — Windham only has one dealer listed. So only use this list as a [...]
Watchdog starts new blog site: CL&P’s mystery meters examined
My four-decade-long career at The Courant ended Friday as I was fired for doing my job – being the advocate for consumers. My career began in June 1969 as a reporter in the Willimantic bureau and ended as the first – and likely last – investigative consumer columnist at the nation’s oldest newspaper of continuous publication. [...]
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