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...Texaco Inc. sent both Harvard and Cambridge city government officials scrambling for workable energy-saving programs this week by announcing sizable reductions in heating fuel and gasoline allowances...
...same time, Texaco announced a 28-per-cent cut in the amount of fuel it will sell to the Cambridge Electric Co. this month...
...Texaco's decision persuaded Cambridge Electric, Harvard's source of steam heat and electricity, to order all customers to curtail their use of steam and electricity by a similar 28-per-cent margin. And they threatened offenders with severe penalties--including a complete cut-off of energy...
Cambridge city officials were less optimistic in response to the cutbacks. Texaco's limit of 23,800 gallons of gasoline for city-owned vehicles means drastic reductions in municipal services will have to be made, because Cambridge usually consumes about 40,000 gallons each winter month...
Last month, Texaco set a 25,000-gallon sales quota for the city without informing Cambridge officials. Caught short of fuel shortly after Thanksgiving, City Manager Corcoran negotiated for an extra 5000 gallons from Texaco's reserve supplies...