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In the state most dependent on heating oil, prices are now less than half of their peak last summer, an unprecedented plunge that spells good news for customers, dealers and the region’s economy.
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Employees listen, in back, as Citizens Energy Corporation Chairman and President Joseph P. Kennedy II speaks during a news conference in Boston Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 where he announced that Citgo has suspended its free heating oil program for the poor....
