Heating oil?

[guinnessfloat.livejournal.com]

I just moved into a place that uses heating oil. I've never used oil before and my landlord does not have an agreement with a specific company. Does anybody have any specific recommendations or warnings for local oil delivery companies?
Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for all of the suggestions!! I think I'm going to check out the energy alliance. :)

Comments

[kevin-church.livejournal.com]

You should be able to find some help here:
http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/tag/utilities (http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/tag/utilities).

[ron_newman]

I tagged your post "utilities", for lack of a better category at the moment. If you click on the tag, you'll find a few other posts on the subject, though they are mixed in with other posts about electricity, phone, cable, and internet service.

-- Your friendly moderator

[eustaciavye.livejournal.com]

Look into the Massachusetts Consumer Energy Alliance. It costs $20 to join and will end up saving you around $60 per tank fill. They will set you up with a vendor who will give you a really good price on heating oil.

[elements.livejournal.com]

Seconded. I don't use oil any more but when I did, it was Mass Energy. I think the company I was set up with was Faulkner, but I could be wrong. I think the place I used was the one that's on Cedar by the bike path. I have nothing to compare them to, though. I do know I was paying less than their advertised rates for sure. :)

[herbert42.livejournal.com]

Second to the Mass Energy Alliance.
http://www.massenergy.com/Index.html

If you do sign up and want to kick back to a fellow Davis Square'r you could list Alex Holman as the referrer when you sign up and I'll get a couple of bucks off a heating bill.

Though eustaciavye might fight me for that.

[sly-salkie.livejournal.com]

Hi Beth!!

Arlington energy is the cheapest I've found, but the guy is a total asshole and he doesn't have anyone to answer his phone.

I really like Hayes on Mass. Ave.

[thegecko.livejournal.com]

we use Hayes, they do auto refills and they're very polite. they called me a few weeks ago to make sure i still lived there and wanted to continue this winter. they also called in the spring before the last delivery of the winter to make sure i would be living there in the fall so as not to make me pay for a tank i wouldn't end up using this winter.

[librarybrandy.livejournal.com]

Back when I asked last year, someone suggested www.newenglandoil.com (http://www.newenglandoil.com/massachusetts/zone2.asp?x=0) for pricing. Mostly I went with B&C, because they usually took debit cards by phone and gave the cash price, and they were very nice (and accommodating) when we needed last-minute fuel deliveries. (Long story involving landlord not telling us we were running low until we were within 12 hours of completely out, several times.)