On Wednesday night I went to a meeting at Central Baptist to meet with representatives from various churches in town to talk about oil prices and to see if there was anything we could do to get a better price this winter. Rev. Michelle Madsen-Bibeau had made contact with several oil companies to see what they had to offer. The end was result was not very promising.
None of the oil companies would offer us a volume discount. They would only offer us the same thing they were willing to offer any other business. It didn't matter if we guaranteed them 6,000 gallons or 40,000 gallons. We ended up feeling that we may as well take the information and try to get the best deal possible for our own churches.
At First Baptist we are looking into the possibility of replacing our oil burning furnaces with new efficient gas burning furnaces. Norwich Public Utilities has regulated rates on gas and is very reasonable. They also offer no interest or low interest loans to do the conversion.
I'd love to hear your comments on the oil companies and the thought of conversion to gas. I'll pass them on to the board of Trustees.
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