Interested in a more formal oil co-op?

Tuesday January 5, 2010 by Peter T

Over the last year individuals have put posts on the Blog when they are ordering oil to get others to order at the same time ensuring discounted prices. Today the District Council has contacted us to see if there is any interest in us taking this further:

Dear Parwich Community,

My name is Karen Carpenter and I work for Derbyshire Dales District Council. Part of my work involves helping local communities with keeping warm and as part of this I would like to help a small number of villages by assisting them to set up Oil Co-ops.

The benefit of having an Oil Co-op is that discounts in fuel purchases can often be obtained by buying in bulk as a group. Better prices are often obtained (per litre of fuel) for larger orders. In addition, the tanker will need to make less visits to the village thereby, having an environmental benefit also.

Oil prices have been extremely volatile recently, and living in the Derbyshire Dales oil prices are often a little higher than elsewhere, so any reductions must be a good thing. If you are interested please get in touch, I can be contacted at work on 01629 761316, or e-mailed at karen.carpenter@derbyshiredales.gov.uk, my normal working days are Monday to Wednesday. My work mobile number is 07775931037.

Hope to hear from you.

Regards

Karen Carpenter
Environmental Health Officer
Derbyshire Dales District Council

If you are interested either contact Karen Carpenter directly, or contact Parwich Parish Council (ppccl@fsmail.net) or let us know via parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

Posted in Local government, Oil, Services | 13 Comments

13 Responses

on Tuesday January 5, 2010 at 10:40 pm | Reply Emma S

Rob and I would be interested in this. I understand that a
few other people have already contacted the hotmail account and that that the blog team will get back to Karen shortly, after more people have had chance to express an interest. However, if you’re supportive of this idea please leave a comment….
on Wednesday January 6, 2010 at 10:40 am | Reply Kevin S

I am very keen to participate. I know that we have been paying over the odds recently.
on Wednesday January 6, 2010 at 5:11 pm | Reply Debbie Webster

me too!
on Wednesday January 6, 2010 at 7:44 pm | Reply Andrew R

We’ve registered our interest in participating.
on Thursday January 7, 2010 at 7:44 am | Reply Lynne

We would be interested too.
on Thursday January 7, 2010 at 10:30 am | Reply jean

and us – jean and martin compton
on Thursday January 7, 2010 at 4:02 pm | Reply Val K

We would be interested too
on Friday January 8, 2010 at 12:34 pm | Reply Jill L

I would be interested too
on Friday January 8, 2010 at 12:49 pm | Reply Jonathan

….and Jonathan Marshall.
on Friday January 8, 2010 at 11:56 pm | Reply Marion F-S

Please count John and me in too.
on Saturday January 9, 2010 at 2:35 pm | Reply Linda Brown

…and us please
on Sunday January 10, 2010 at 12:15 pm | Reply Sandra Chadfield

Sandra Chadfield
……. and us please
on Monday January 11, 2010 at 10:14 am | Reply Di Turnbull

We would be interested too. Have just been looking at oil price trends and the price of oil at the moment seems to have rocketed yet again. I usually use http://www.boilerjuice.com/heatingOilPrices.php to get a general idea.