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MOC’s Michael Ferrante and John Mullaley with Frank
Lamparelli Oil of Canton spoke on camera with WCVB-
TV 5 Consumer Reporter Susan Wornick recently and
explained the financial difficulties that dealers could
face when customers break contracts for heating oil,
and how dealers are working hard to resolve
customers concerns. Wornick’s report aired on
November 19th. For a transcript of the report, follow
the link below to Channel 5’s web site.
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On November 17th the Boston Globe featured a front
page Business section report on gas heat pricing
across the state, and MOC is credited with producing
the analysis that shows that Oilheat is less costly
than gas heat currently in many parts of the state.
In the report the Globe wrote, “Because most
consumers have difficulty understanding the charges
for therms on their gas bill, the Oilheat Council every
year posts on its web site key elements of each
utility’s pricing structure and translates the utility’s
price of gas into a heating oil equivalent.”
MOC’s Michael Ferrante and Zahra Massicotte worked
with Globe reporter Bruce Mohl for more than a week
on the gas heat analysis story. “We’re very pleased
that our analysis of gas heat rates has earned a lot
of credibility over the years, and we know that it’s
been very helpful in promoting Oilheat and slowing
conversions to gas,” Ferrante said.
You can read the complete story by clicking through
to this link below on the Boston Globe web site.
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On November 20, Joe Kennedy of Citizens Energy and
Felix Rodriguez of CITGO made the first delivery of
discounted heating oil this season to Matilda Wilson,
a 75-year widow and great-great grandmother, living
alone of social security in Dorchester. Wilson is one
of the 60,000 residents who will receive heating
assistance in Massachusetts this winter.
This is the second year in which CITGO Petroleum
Corporation has partnered with Citizens Energy to
deliver heating oil at a 40 percent discount to needy
households. This year the program has been
expanded to16 states and will deliver over 100
millions gallons to more than 400,000 homes this
winter season. Citizens Energy has also agreed to
pay dealers who participate in the program their
retail or posted price for the day of delivery. For a
dealer agreement form please go to
www.massoilheat.org.
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MOC is pleased to announce that it will be working
with noted industry trainer George Lanthier on
technical training for the Massachusetts Oil Burner
Code – 527 CMR 4.00, and the National Association
of Oil Heat Service Managers (NAOHSM) on a NORA-
approved course on home heating oil tank technology
and safety.
Join us at NEFI for the first CMR 4.00 session on
December 12th . A registration form can be
downloaded here for your convenience, or call MOC
for details. More sessions are planned for 2007
across the state. The MOC-NAOHSM tank seminars
will take place across the state in April and June of
2007. Details will be announced shortly.
And MOC’s highly successful Oilheat-Realtor
Partnership Program will continue in 2007 with
meetings in Worcester, Springfield and Quincy. Call
MOC for more details or log onto our web site
www.massoilheat.org.
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email:
zahra@massoilheat.org
phone:
781-237-0730
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