"Dan Abel" > wrote

>
> Interesting. What utilities? I had read that a major reason for the
> indexes (that COLAs are based on) going down was the drop in price for
> heating oil. I don't use heating oil, and nobody that I know around
> here does, so that was disappointing, but I know that a lot of people
> spend a lot of money on that in cold climates.

Heating oil can vary considerably during the year. Right now around here it
is the same price as it was last January. 2.75. Last June it dropped to
2.38. Go back another year and in 2009 it varied from 2.09 to 2.68, the low
price in early February. Overall, it has changed little in the past couple
of years so no surprise to the COL hold. Those prices are for NE CT and
can vary.