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CEMA
The last few weeks have been crazy for those of you delivering heating fuel, trying to keep up with your customers' demands to keep them warm. We at CEMA have also been working to help you through regulatory relief, through media interviews to keep the public calm, and through helping you with a wide variety of questions and issues you may be experiencing as part of your day-to-day running of your business.
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CEMA Exclusive by Brad Carlson, Gray, Gray & Gray
The Internal Revenue Service released Notice 1036, which updates the income-tax withholding tables for 2018 reflecting changes made by the tax reform legislation enacted last month. This is the first in a series of steps that IRS will take to help improve the accuracy of withholding following major changes made by the new tax law.
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CEMA
We sent out an alert last week that our industry's national association, the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) had secured an extension of the regional hours of service waiver through Jan. 28 from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
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CEMA
We know that you are going above and beyond the call of duty to serve all of your customers and we want to thank you! If we can do anything to help lighten the load please contact us. Your truck drivers, service technicians and staff are the hero's of the winter, coming through to supply power plants so that the lights stay on, making deliveries to interruptable natural gas users who have been shut off and to your regular customers.
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CEMA
We understand that your staff has been running flat out in response to the cold and snow that we have been experiencing, but we received a couple of calls today inquiring about your obligation to pay employees during a "snow day" when an employee refuses to travel during a snow storm.
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CEMA
The federal Energy Information Administration's most recent natural gas reports compare January 2018 to the January 2014 polar vortex affecting natgas supply and prices. Here are some excerpts from these reports.
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CEMA
Operation Fuel is a private nonprofit organization that provides heating assistance to the needy and is funded solely through public contributions. Unlike the state's margin-over-rack program, Operation Fuel pays fuel dealers their full margin for making deliveries to the needy.
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CEMA
ENTECH has received more calls about our CDL program in the last two week than we have in the last two years! Members are cross training service technicians and other staff to help deal with the added demand for fuel deliveries caused by recent weather conditions. We have open enrollment and can get your employees.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
While incentives such as bonuses and profit sharing are important, recognizing achievements and building self-esteem are priceless. Some business owners procrastinate or avoid communicating their succession plans because they fear how family members and employees might react. However, their silence may actually create more stress and cause harm to the business.
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CEMA
HVACR technicians are in high demand and ENTECH's new S license day class is filling up fast! Call Us Now at 860-893-0605 to find out more about our program and to register. Day classes begin on Feb. 12 at our facility in Cromwell, Connecticut, so register now. Scholarships and student aid available — just ask Kate for more information and how to apply.
Federated Insurance via CEMA
Although it varies by industry, claims made by businesses for slip and fall accidents account for more than 20 percent of general liability claims each year, and have an average payout of more than $20,000. Every business has the potential to experience these incidents, but the retail and commercial industries are often prime targets for slips and falls, most likely due in part to their frequent interaction with the public.
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The Hartford Courant
The recent bitter cold wave has triggered record-setting energy demands and dwindling natural gas supplies in Connecticut, driving up monthly energy bills for weary homeowners. But as state residents dig out from the snowstorm, pull out more sweaters and hunker down for below-zero temperatures, industry experts say heating oil isn't a worry and delivery drivers are working around the clock to get it to homeowners.
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The Boston Globe
Eversource electricity customers in Massachusetts are getting a break on their monthly bills thanks to the corporate tax cut passed last month by Congress. In November, state regulators approved a combined $37 million in rate increases for customers in the company’s eastern and western Massachusetts service areas.
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WNPR-FM
Tens of millions of dollars that were to be set aside to make homes and businesses more energy efficient will instead be pumped into the state’s general fund. It's a funding raid that's been criticized as a "hidden tax" on utility bills. Here's what the changes mean for consumers — and greenhouse gases.
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The Hartford Courant
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said last week that $4.3 billion in state transportation projects will need to be postponed indefinitely if the General Assembly fails to quickly appropriate more money. The transportation projects at risk include replacing the Hartford I-84 viaduct, widening of I-95 from Bridgeport to Stamford, and revamping the Waterbury I-84 "mix-master," the governor warned.
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The Record-Journal
Homeowners and tenants faced tense waits for oil deliveries recently when temperatures dropped to well below zero. Regional oil providers were inundated with two, three or four times the number of calls for deliveries. "The volume of calls was significant," said Katie Childs, vice president of Tuxis-Ohrs in Meriden. "Everyone panicked at the same time. We couldn't keep the phones from ringing."
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The Connecticut Mirror
Though state government expects some good fiscal news in the form of surging income tax receipts, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has warned officials to temper their expectations. And a recent analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts supports the argument for caution, showing Connecticut has been lagging the nation in personal income growth since the last recession.
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Republican-American
Heating fuel providers across Connecticut have been putting in long hours these past two weeks to keep up with customer demand for fuel.
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Stamford Advocate
If you are using firewood to heat your home, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is reminding residents to burn only dry seasoned wood. "Many Connecticut residents burn wood to heat their homes, but it also creates air pollution," DEEP Commissioner Rob Klee said in a release.
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The Hartford Courant
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has recommended raising the state cigarette excise tax by 25 cents to help close the budget deficit. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts late last year, a 70-year-old was arrested for allegedly smuggling smokes up from Virginia. These two related news stories should serve as a warning, because every heavy-handed tax action has a reaction.
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