We've been on an annual budget plan for years where they bill you a fixed amount each month, and then we ante-up any overage in July and they issue an adjusted rate for the next year based on current cost. My monthly was $182/mo. but now it's $454/mo. effective July. Our boiler uses oil for both hot water and baseboard heat, and it's not like we can just rip it out and replace it with all-electric stuff without a huge outlay.
I'm really torqued over this. If you're a heating oil consumer, prepare yourself to take it in the rear.
We just topped off our heating oil tank with 1500 liters that cost us 2000 euros. The 1500 liters is roughly a year's worth of use for us.
Our primary heating is firewood which you absolutely cannot get anymore. Thankfully, we have quite a bit stacked up already.
Pillage construction sites? House const. here is a 40ft bin a week in waste material