Icebox Interrupts
Natural Gas Supply
At Biggest Employers
NYSEG Forces 4 Oneonta Institutions
To Switch To More Expensive Fuel Oil
By JENNIFER HILL• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – With the bitter cold, NYSEG has flagged some of the region’s largest employers to heat with oil instead of natural gas, driving up their heating costs.
“We have been burning oil since Tuesday evening,” SUNY Oneonta’ Chief Facilities Planning & Safety Officer Lachlan Squair said. “I’m fairly certain other places are doing the same.”
That would mean Fox Hospital and Lutz Feed in Oneonta, and Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich, who all have "interruptible power" contracts that require the shift during cold snaps.
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