Bucks County’s State Representative Chris King is planning to introduce legislation that would impose regulations on home heating oil companies in the state. Because adding a layer of bureaucracy is always a good way to keep costs in line, especially when the price of the underlying product is skyrocketing.
King said he decided to introduce the legislation because there is limited competition in the local home heating oil industry and he has received a lot of calls from constituents concerned about the price of home heating oil this winter.
Well, that’s an interesting take on it. I never found Bucks County to have a dearth of companies supplying home heating oil. In fact, a crude Yahoo! search found 73 listings in a 10 mile radius of Bristol Township in Levittown.
“A large number of my constituents use oil to heat their homes,” King said. “Oil companies are offering deals with varying rates to lock in rates for the winter months, and the PUC should have regulatory oversight of the industry to ensure that consumers are not being taken advantage of.”
Government, thinking for you so you don’t have to. Get your own house in line, Harrisburg Democrats. We’ll take care of ours.
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1Vincent J.Rodriguez on Aug 15, 2008 at 8:14 pm:
Chris King , is a great person he helped my sister in Allentown ,get help for her daughter when the insurance company shot her down, Chris King even helped my wife get her car work paper work in order by mailing papers and writeing her a note, the funny thing is im a Matt Wright ,volunteer,and a supporter,but now Chris King has my vote. In fact he is voted the highest grade out of any state rep. in Bucks County,89% 2 others tied
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Steven Reply:
August 15th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Adding a regulatory burden to home heating oil companies is not a way to bring down prices.
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2Edit35 on Aug 15, 2008 at 11:14 pm:
yeah, highest grade among Moveon.nutjobs.
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