WORCESTER The Better Business Bureau has revoked the accreditations of Peterson Oil and another company it runs, Cleghorn Oil, citing recent allegations of improper fuel deliveries the business settled in court.
The Worcester-based oil company recently agreed to pay $450,000 to settle civil allegations from Attorney General Maura T. Healey that it sold the state oil with higher-than-contracted levels of biodiesel.
Healey alleged as have residential customers in a lawsuit filed in Worcester Superior Court that the higher levels of biodiesel caused damage to heating equipment.
The Better Business Bureau action occurred on Wednesday
In an interview Thursday, Peterson Oil President Howard W. Peterson Jr. denied that the fuel, called bioheat, caused the problems, and said he planned to ask the BBB to reconsider its decision.