State seeks to help oil co. customers
Gov. Paul LePage and other state officials are planning to discuss ways to help customers impacted by the sudden closure of a Brunswick oil company.
LePage, state legislators and representatives from the Finance Authority of Maine, MaineHousing and local Community Action Program agencies were scheduled to meet yesterday to develop an action plan in the wake of Thibeault Energy's closing, but with the snowstorm, the meeting will be rescheduled, according to The Times Record. The company last month stopped honoring customers' pre-paid contracts and then closed Jan. 22, only two days after the company's attorney said it was seeking additional working capital to fulfill customer orders. A message on the company's answering machine informed customers the 84-year-old company was closing "for reasons beyond our control." The attorney general's office did not confirm if it was investigating the company, but it has received nearly 360 verbal and written complaints.
Customers of a Scarborough-based oil company, Yorkie Oil, have also recently complained of not receiving scheduled deliveries, according to the Kennebec Journal. Owner Mike Maietta said the delays were the result of high oil demand, recent snowstorms and staffing problems.
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