Heating bills rise Wood and pooled oil buying

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France 2 examines household responses to rising heating costs. Near Lyon, the Keller family stacks ten stères of wood and says wood heating keeps its annual budget around €1,000. Other households buy in batches; dry firewood is quoted around €100 per stère, with suppliers' rising energy costs threatening increases. In Dordogne, Agathe Sibelet faces nearly €2,000 for each of her usual two winter heating-oil fills. Mayor Frédéric Vilhès describes organizing a pooled purchase in response to residents' requests, aiming to negotiate lower prices; twenty-six residents are ready to participate. Savings and delivery have not yet been established.

Mayor Frédéric Vilhès organized a pooled heating-oil purchase in Brantôme-en-Périgord in response to residents' requests, aiming to negotiate a lower price. France 2 reports twenty-six residents ready to participate and shows retiree Agathe Sibelet facing an approximately €2,000 tank-fill bill. The start date, a negotiated discount and actual delivery are not established.