Home Heating Oil Price Hike Estimates Too High (155)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Federal and industry estimates that the price of home heating oil will increase 10 percent this winter are too high, a University of Tennessee oil industry specialist said Wednesday. “Ten percent is an exaggerated estimate. Five percent at the max,” said Dr. Ziad Keilany, a UT-Chattanooga economist. Americans paid an average 92.6