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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!

Following the release of the latest comparative average heating price figures from Sutherland Tables, OFTEC reports good news for most oil heating users in the UK. Detailed below, the figures...

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Fuel poor left out in the cold

...for ECO is the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). However, the focus of the RHI is firmly on carbon reduction by encouraging the take up of 100% renewable heating technologies...

Opinion

New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers

...and contradicts the very essence of what the scheme is designed to achieve.” The consultation on A Future Framework for Heat in Buildings remains open until 29th June – www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-future-framework-for-heat-in-buildings-call-for-evidence...

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Heating oil theft falls

OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...

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Could heating oil prices be frozen?

...very little mention was made of other fuels such as heating oil. The possibility of a heating oil price freeze Citing international factors, gas and electricity suppliers plus a number...

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Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels

...data on comparative UK domestic heating prices, oil is now by far the cheapest of all the major heating fuels, costing just £930 a year to heat an average three...

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The distributor offer revisited

...– amply demonstrated during the harsh winter weather of December 2010, when demand for heating oil soared. Good levels of general customer satisfaction in the domestic heating oil market were...
Domestic heating oil users urged to place orders now, as industry trade association, UKIFDA, welcomes further financial support

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Domestic heating oil users urged to place orders now

Customers are recommended to place heating oil orders with local distributors as normal ahead of the winter period, as industry trade association, UKIFDA, welcomes further increased support for domestic heating...

Opinion

Response to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan

...a similarly important role in cutting emissions in the heating sector. Introducing a Renewable Heat Obligation, which would be operated in a similar manner to the Biofuels Obligation Scheme, would...