A cap price plan

A fixed price plan

• No need to worry about checking your tank to see when you need a delivery, our automatic delivery computer system monitors your energy usage and determines when you need your next delivery.
• By utilizing automatic delivery it evens out your energy usage and helps prevent the possibility of you running out of fuel, which can result in costly repairs to your heating system.
• Automatic delivery customers allow us to deliver fuel more efficiently, which means we can pass the savings on to you in the price you pay.
• Automatic delivery customers who select one of our price cap protection plans always pay the best price we have to offer for delivery of their fuel.
• Automatic delivery customers can depend on Mirabito for "The Full Service Difference" when they need it most:
  1. Automatic Delivery
  2. 24-Hr. Emergency Response
  3. Quick Service
  4. Professional Staff
  5. Payment Plans & Credit Terms
  6. Price Cap Protection Plans
  7. Fully Insured Company
  8. Service Plans
• Automatically qualify for our Rewards Plus program that offers our customers valuable rewards and discounts from Quickway Food Stores, Mirabito Fuel Group and participating merchant partners. Remember they have to fill out an application which you can send to them to fill out.

First, three Gulf Coast refineries shut down last fall are only now beginning to return to operation.

Compared to weekly data last year for the similar period (the four weeks ending April 15, 2005), gasoline production for the most recent four-week period is down 457,000 barrels per day, while gasoline demand is up slightly compared to last year. As a result, finished gasoline inventories have been pulled down sharply, dropping more than 20 million barrels over the past four weeks, despite large volumes of imports. However, as these refineries return to full operation, gasoline production should increase, thus adding much-needed supply into the system.

Second, crude oil prices have climbed to more than $70 a barrel, which is "higher than EIA had expected."

Third, notes EIA, is the shift from MTBE to ethanol, which in some areas of the United States has caused problems, "most notably much of the East Coast and major cities in Texas."

In summary, says EIA, "significant increases in gasoline production as refineries undergoing maintenance return to full operation sometime over the next several weeks should stem the rise in gasoline prices and may, actually, cause them to decline somewhat." While demand will generally increase as we move closer to summer, increased domestic production, in addition to the expected continuation of significant volumes of gasoline imports, should be enough to cause prices to begin to fall again, albeit not nearly as much as they have increased. Whether this occurs later this month or next, EIA does expect prices to begin to come down. While the average U.S. price of regular gasoline could reach $3 per gallon sometime this year, that outcome is by no means a foregone conclusion given the current market situation.

5. What can I do about it?

• Choose a Price Protection Plan from Mirabito, during the past heating season; Mirabito Price Protection Customers saved, on average, nearly 50 cents/gallon during the height of the home heating season.
• Choose one of our cap plans and you may pay less but you will never pay more during the duration of the plan you choose.
• Choose a Fixed Price Plan from Mirabito and you will pay one rate for the gallons you purchase during the duration of the agreement.
• Have your heating system serviced by a qualified technician from Mirabito to increase its efficiency.
• Consider upgrading your heating system with a newer, more energy efficient unit from Mirabito.

The Full Service Difference If all you needed was fuel for your home, you could get that from any company. But it's our "full-service difference" that gives you real dependability, service, comfort and peace of mind.

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How To compare Units of Energy
A BTU is the univeral measurement of energy that is used to compare fuel costs and efficiencies of different kinds of energy, BTU stands for British Thermal Unit and it is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit.

Therefore the more BTU's a particular type of energy can produce the more efficient it is. This becomes important when a customer calls up and wants to know about the different efficiencies of the types of energy we sell. You must not only compare efficiency but also compare cost.

Comparing Fuel Values
1. On average, area homeowners use 800 gallons of fuel oil/year to heat their home.
2. For comparison sake, we are assuming the customer in the example below uses
    fuel oil.
3. To determine how much a customer would use of a different type of fuel put the
    number of gallons for fuel oil used under annual usage in the shaded area.
4. The chart will multiply the number of gallons of fuel oil by the BTU ratio of the fuel
    you are comparing, to determine what the annual consumption of that fuel would be.
5. Once you know how much of the alternative fuel you would use on an annual
    basis and you know what price they are being quoted for fuel oil and you put that
    price in the shaded area, this chart will compare what their annual energy costs
    by product would be.