Increasing Demand for Pellet Stoves?
There have been numerous stories in the press recently about demand souring for pellet stoves primarily as a result of the increase in fossil fuel prices. Most of the focus has been on East Coast suppliers and customers). It looks like the impact is starting to head west. This stove supplier in Washington State appears to be experiencing increased demand also.
Here are a couple of the recent articles:
Boston Globe (July 27 2008)
Cape Cod Times (August 5 2008)
It will be interesting to see how good pellet availability is this heating season given all the new customers - are we in for a repeat of the 2006/07 season when there were supply problems? Obviously this issue may be balanced by the increase in pellet manufacturing capacity accross the USA.