Why some have no choice but to pay costly oil prices
The vast majority of those people live in rural locations.The heating oil market is unregulated, unlike gas and electricity, so any changes in the global price quickly gets passed on to customers. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine are two issues currently both affecting supply which is causing prices to rise. After a dip in the past few months, it is rising once again and it currently stands at 111ppl, according to price comparison site Boiler Juice.
- ▪The vast majority of those people live in rural locations.The heating oil market is unregulated, unlike gas and electricity, so any changes in the global price quickly gets passed on to customers.
- ▪Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine are two issues currently both affecting supply which is causing prices to rise.
- ▪After a dip in the past few months, it is rising once again and it currently stands at 111ppl, according to price comparison site Boiler Juice.
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Why some have no choice but to pay costly oil pricesImage caption, Many heating oil customers are having to buy early in preparation for the colder monthsByMarie Lennon, Political reporter, Wiltshire and Edward Rowe, Political reporter, GloucestershirePublished7 minutes agoAs the temperature drops, some of us will start putting the heating on but for the one-and-a-half million people across the UK that are not on the mains gas network - and who are relying instead on heating oil - that decision may give them pause. The vast majority of those people live in rural locations.The heating oil market is unregulated, unlike gas and electricity, so any changes in the global price quickly gets passed on to customers.
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