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Fuel vendors warn same‑day price lag and statutory margins are forcing LIHEAP deliveries to stop
Summary
Heating‑fuel vendors and advocates told the Human Services Committee that current LIHEAP vendor reimbursement rules and a lagging day‑of price mechanism make small retailers lose money and pause deliveries during extreme price volatility.
At the Human Services Committee hearing, energy vendors and trade associations urged lawmakers to reject HB 5355 as drafted, saying it would roll back protections previously enacted and leave small fuel dealers unable to deliver to LIHEAP recipients during volatile markets.
Chris Herb, president of the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, told the committee vendors were…
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