Our Town Energy Alliance

Cindido · 08-31-2015, 08:37 AM

Does anyone know the 2015-2016 price for home heating oil from this Alliance? Thank you!

codeman671 · 08-31-2015, 10:05 AM

We use their rack pricing program instead of their program rate. It was great last season.

Last weeks price through Eastern was $1.74 if paid net 10.

Cindido · 08-31-2015, 10:20 AM

Thanks Codeman - Are you able to tell me how many gallons I need to purchase to get that price?

codeman671 · 08-31-2015, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindido

Thanks Codeman - Are you able to tell me how many gallons I need to purchase to get that price?

The rack rate deal is not dependent on usage as it is not a prebuy situation.

You can go to the otchoice website, hit program info, then eastern (or your local provider) under the rack rate pricing. Eastern is local for us, if they are not for you the deal may not be as good.

For some reason it looks like it jumped $0.20 since Thursday.

upthesaukee · 08-31-2015, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by codeman671

The rack rate deal is not dependent on usage as it is not a prebuy situation.

You can go to the otchoice website, hit program info, then eastern (or your local provider) under the rack rate pricing. Eastern is local for us, if they are not for you the deal may not be as good.

For some reason it looks like it jumped $0.20 since Thursday.

During last week's financial ups and downs, one of the reasons given for the fall was low oil prices. One of the side effects of this instability was said to be slight, temporary increase in fuel prices. Seems to be stabilizing.

I live here... I am always Upthesaukee.

DesertDweller · 08-31-2015, 07:25 PM

Anyone have information on propane pricing? We called about locking in pricing for the winter and the rate they quoted was about the same as last year. Given the huge decline in pricing/excess inventory not sure that makes much sense to me.

Lakegeezer · 08-31-2015, 09:10 PM

Here is the price list that Ourtown put out in July. The note said it was 50 cents per gallon less than last year

Cindido · 09-03-2015, 09:42 AM

Thanks for the Alliance pricing information. Just what we needed to lock in for the upcoming winter.

C.

DesertDweller · 09-03-2015, 12:57 PM

How does it work if I wanted to switch to another provider (which would be Eastern in my case). I have a 1,000 gallon underground tank that is essentially full now (somewhere between 700 and 800 gallons) and is leased.

Would Eastern have to buy the tank from the existing provider and then service it from that point forward or would they need to put a new tank in? The house is only about 8 years old so I assume the tank would be good to go for a while.

Also, how does it work with Our Town Energy Alliance? Do you join first and then call Eastern or the other way around?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

winni83 · 09-03-2015, 01:35 PM

Desert Dweller:

I was in a similar situation this Spring with a newer house and a leased 500 gallon underground tank (no charge for tank lease). My supplier was not Eastern. I joined Our Town ($25.00) and got their 2015-2016 prices. If I were to use Eastern, they would have to buy the tank from my supplier (not a sure thing as I understand it) and then Eastern would charge me something like $175.00 per year to rent the tank. I think it was more for a 1,000 gallon tank. Using the price information from Our Town, I was able to negotiate a fixed price for propane from my existing supplier which was slightly less than the rate quoted by Eastern when the fee for the tank rental was factored in.

DesertDweller · 09-03-2015, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by winni83

Desert Dweller:

I was in a similar situation this Spring with a newer house and a leased 500 gallon underground tank (no charge for tank lease). My supplier was not Eastern. I joined Our Town ($25.00) and got their 2015-2016 prices. If I were to use Eastern, they would have to buy the tank from my supplier (not a sure thing as I understand it) and then Eastern would charge me something like $175.00 per year to rent the tank. I think it was more for a 1,000 gallon tank. Using the price information from Our Town, I was able to negotiate a fixed price for propane from my existing supplier which was slightly less than the rate quoted by Eastern when the fee for the tank rental was factored in.

Greatly appreciate the suggestion. The same thought crossed my mind but I wasn't sure if negotiating the rates was a possibility. Have no issues with the current provider other than the fixed price they have quoted is way too high (especially in light of the pricing sheet posted). Will try it and see what happens. Thanks again.

winni83 · 09-03-2015, 03:03 PM

I just told my supplier that if they did not come very close to Eastern, I was going to switch and that I had the Eastern numbers in front of me. That was in mid May, 2015. You might want to check and see if Our Town still has availability for new members using Eastern so that your statement to your current supplier has some credibility. Within 30 minutes of my phone conversation, we had agreed on a price. I do not think most suppliers want to lose customers. I really did not want to go through the hassle of switching, so it worked out.

Cindido · 09-03-2015, 04:26 PM

Irving is our supplier but no longer involved with Our Town Alliance. However, when we called to ask them to match the Alliance price - for oil and propane - they actually came in lower.

08-31-2015, 08:37 AM	#1
Cindido Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 157 Thanks: 222 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Our Town Energy Alliance Does anyone know the 2015-2016 price for home heating oil from this Alliance? Thank you!

08-31-2015, 10:20 AM	#3
Cindido Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 157 Thanks: 222 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Oil Alliance Thanks Codeman - Are you able to tell me how many gallons I need to purchase to get that price?

08-31-2015, 09:10 PM	#7
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,657 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 342 Thanked 618 Times in 278 Posts	Ourtown Propane Here is the price list that Ourtown put out in July. The note said it was 50 cents per gallon less than last year Attached Images __________________ -lg

09-03-2015, 09:42 AM	#8
Cindido Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 157 Thanks: 222 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Oil/Propane Pricing Thanks for the Alliance pricing information. Just what we needed to lock in for the upcoming winter. C.

09-03-2015, 01:35 PM	#10
winni83 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 423 Thanks: 17 Thanked 212 Times in 134 Posts	Our Town Energy Desert Dweller: I was in a similar situation this Spring with a newer house and a leased 500 gallon underground tank (no charge for tank lease). My supplier was not Eastern. I joined Our Town ($25.00) and got their 2015-2016 prices. If I were to use Eastern, they would have to buy the tank from my supplier (not a sure thing as I understand it) and then Eastern would charge me something like $175.00 per year to rent the tank. I think it was more for a 1,000 gallon tank. Using the price information from Our Town, I was able to negotiate a fixed price for propane from my existing supplier which was slightly less than the rate quoted by Eastern when the fee for the tank rental was factored in.

08-31-2015, 10:05 AM	#2
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,360 Thanks: 210 Thanked 764 Times in 448 Posts	We use their rack pricing program instead of their program rate. It was great last season. Last weeks price through Eastern was $1.74 if paid net 10.

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08-31-2015, 07:25 PM	#6
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 361 Thanks: 24 Thanked 84 Times in 70 Posts	Anyone have information on propane pricing? We called about locking in pricing for the winter and the rate they quoted was about the same as last year. Given the huge decline in pricing/excess inventory not sure that makes much sense to me.

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09-03-2015, 12:57 PM	#9
DesertDweller Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV and Moultonborough, NH Posts: 361 Thanks: 24 Thanked 84 Times in 70 Posts	How does it work if I wanted to switch to another provider (which would be Eastern in my case). I have a 1,000 gallon underground tank that is essentially full now (somewhere between 700 and 800 gallons) and is leased. Would Eastern have to buy the tank from the existing provider and then service it from that point forward or would they need to put a new tank in? The house is only about 8 years old so I assume the tank would be good to go for a while. Also, how does it work with Our Town Energy Alliance? Do you join first and then call Eastern or the other way around? Thanks for any thoughts on this.

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09-03-2015, 03:03 PM	#12
winni83 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 423 Thanks: 17 Thanked 212 Times in 134 Posts	I just told my supplier that if they did not come very close to Eastern, I was going to switch and that I had the Eastern numbers in front of me. That was in mid May, 2015. You might want to check and see if Our Town still has availability for new members using Eastern so that your statement to your current supplier has some credibility. Within 30 minutes of my phone conversation, we had agreed on a price. I do not think most suppliers want to lose customers. I really did not want to go through the hassle of switching, so it worked out.

09-03-2015, 04:26 PM	#13
Cindido Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 157 Thanks: 222 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Alliance Irving is our supplier but no longer involved with Our Town Alliance. However, when we called to ask them to match the Alliance price - for oil and propane - they actually came in lower.