Feeling the Heat
BusinessWest (September 15, 2008)
Author: Bednar, Joseph
Vol: 25, Issue: 9
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Based on average consumption in recent years and the most recent federal forecasts, Massachusetts household expenditures this year on home heating oil and natural gas heat are expected to total $927.2 million - followed by an additional $469.9 million increase in 2009. "The Pioneer Valley depends on home heating oil much more than other areas of the country, so certainly Western Mass. can be expected to bear its share of that additional spending," said Michael Goodman, director of economic public policy research at the Donahue Institute.
Feeling the Heat
There's a chill settling in across the Valley.
It's not the cool weather, exactly - but, rather, anxiety over when it will blow in, and just how much it will cost to fight it off.Gail Pisacane is all too familiar with that feeling. As the director of Energy Programs for the Valley Opportunity Council, she oversees a program that last year offered modest energy assistance to almost 12,000 low-income households. With oil prices almost $1 more per gallon than last year, the need will be more acute this fall and wint...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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