From the Director’s Desk: Showtime – October Kicks Off Heating Season, PFI Board Gathers Next Week
Showtime – October Kicks Off Heating Season
Wood pellet producers, hearth retailers, and pellet retailers alike all anticipate October, and for good reason. Year after year, wood pellet sales reach their peak in October as consumers lay in their wood pellets for the first half of the heating season at least. In this way, October sales are brisk regardless of the weather. Last year, even as summer temperatures hung on well into September and October, wood pellet sales peaked in October at 198,453 tons, besting the next closest month (September) by 30,000 tons.
October 5-year average (in tons)
East
Sales – 128,314
Production – 112,452
Inventory – 95,659
West
Sales – 51,837
Production – 40,136
Inventory – 55,451
South
Sales – 32,229
Production – 21,013
Inventory – 36,157
All U.S.
Sales – 213,251
Production – 173,601
Inventory – 187,267
PFI Board Gathers Next Week
The Pellet Fuels Institute Board of Directors will gather next week in Broomfield, Colorado. The Board will discuss regulatory and policy strategies for the coming year, identify budgetary targets, and make plans for federal advocacy efforts, including a fly-in for 2026. Board meetings provide PFI members with an opportunity to network with their fellow pellet producers and share marketplace concerns and challenges common to all producers. I would like to extend my thanks to all PFI board members who are taking time out of their busy work week to join the meeting.
—Tim Portz
Executive Director
