Have you called your oil man lately? In the Northeast, few if any oil companies are offering fixed price plans because they don’t have any idea what the price of home heating oil will be in the fall and winter. “People are trying to figure out what they are going to do,” the nice lady said. How much money to put aside? “Whatever you spent last year, plan on doubling it,” she replied. It’s difficult to know how most people are is going to be able to do that.
