Oil 4 Wales has announced that is has had to end its scheme offering free domestic heating oil to elderly customers to help with rising energy bills prematurely after it exceeded its projected donation.
The scheme, which was first announced by the Carmarthenshire-based fuel supplier in September, was a one-off delivery of 800 litres of domestic heating oil to elderly customers aged 80 years and over who have been with the company for at least two years.
The business had budgeted £75,000 for the scheme and planned to run it until March 2023. However, the firm exceeded projected donations after many eligible customers contacted the local depots to take part in the scheme, with over £250,000 worth of fuel being donated in the past two months.
