Wood Pellet Demand is Heating up!

Originally published August 29, 2014

Memories of last winter’s shortage are still fresh in customers’ minds, so phone lines are naturally busy for suppliers of wood pellets this time of year. The situation is causing supplies to be tight and delivery dates to be pushed back, but this is not expected to cause anyone trouble getting the pellets they need before the heating season begins. The only problem it may cause is a lengthier time between the order date and the delivery.
 
Pellets are still available, but please be sure to plan on a little extra time between ordering and delivery.
 
Our supplies were good for most of the summer, and we have been able to deliver pellets within a week or two of the order. Currently we are about a month from order date to delivery date. Early October is the soonest we can deliver our most popular brand of wood pellets – New England Wood Pellets. We have softwood pellets from British Columbia called North Country Wood Pellets that are more readily available at the current time.
 
Pellet mills have been operating at full capacity all year and are only shutting down for maintenance. This situation is causing some older mills to have unscheduled shut-downs and set-backs in production. I have not heard of any shortages with the raw materials for making wood pellets, so you can expect manufacturers of wood pellets to do their best to meet the demand of their products.
 
More good news is that, just like last winter, the price of wood pellets has not increased significantly as we usually see with other commodities such as heating oil. If you are considering installing a pellet stove to help save on your heating bills, be glad knowing this price stability is good news, especially during these times of high demand.
 
Wood pellet supplies at Crowley Fuel are down but not out!

Bob 

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