Cheap heating oil

Federal fuel assistance was announced today. $12M will help those in need. Here are a couple of links if you want to look into it:

http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components/cs/Fuel/default.htm
http://www.massdhcd.com/fuel/fa.asp

Also I wanted to put in a plug about Mass Energy. It's essentially something like a fuel co-op. You join by paying $50 and then get to buy heating oil at discount rates. Generally fuel is around 20% less at Mass Energy than retail suppliers. The oil is delivered by local operators and they have budget plans. CK Smith does delivery for me.

They also have bio-fuel available for about 10% premium. In addition to less carbon (for being "green") and sulfur emissions the fuel burns cleaner in your system. Today's price was around $2.45 per gallon through them which is comparable to other's regular fuel price.

Also they promote green electricity, conservation, solar etc.

If you're interested tell them you heard it through the blog for me!