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.
How well insulated a house is does not matter for what I am saying.
If you take two identical houses and one thermostat is set at 72 and the other is at 65, the furnace will run the same amount of time on a cycle to maintain the temp set. So it will cost the same in fuel to maintain either temp setting
Oh I completely agree. But to those with uninsulated houses, fix yo’self