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CEMA
In October of 2014, CEMA sued the Department of Environmental Protection and the Public Utility Regulatory Authority for their failure to enforce the states' environmental laws concerning the natural gas expansion and conversion plan. Our claim is that the Comprehensive Energy Strategy, which calls for the construction of 900 miles of new natural gas pipelines and the conversion of 300,000 homes and businesses from heating oil/Bioheat fuel to natural gas, would cause significant environmental damage and therefore requires an environmental impact evaluation.
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CEMA
The Department of Consumer Protection has put together an application for Internet-accessible devices like computers, tablets and smartphones to be used by consumers to locate gasoline stations. Although the intended purpose was to give consumers a way during an emergency (hurricane, power outage, etc.) to locate gas, the app will be up and running year-round. The Web address that consumers will be directed to so that they can locate gas stations that are open is http://businessstatus.ct.gov/.
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CEMA
CEMA is calling on all of our members to join us on our march on Hartford to help change Connecticut's energy policy and demand proper funding of the UST Program. Join us Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Old Judiciary Room
at the state Capitol in Hartford.
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CEMA
The utility tariffs for January 2016 are in. The rates below are expressed in heating oil gallon equivalents, and so present gas rates on a British thermal unit to British thermal unit equivalent basis with heating oil. These are the system expansion tariffs, which apply to all conversions from heating oil to utility gas. The lower number applies if the home is within 100 feet of the gas main ("on main"), and the higher number applies if the home is more than 100 feet from the gas main ("off main").
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CEMA
The primary goals of PRO$ in Connecticut are to:
- Engage realtors so they say better things about oil heat and so they understand oil heat's bright future;
- Use realtors as a conduit to get our pro-oil and pro-energy efficiency information into the hands of our most vulnerable customers;
- Build strong bridges between top-producing realtors and CEMA member companies so that our members and our industry are seen as a positive resource for realtors and homeowners alike.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
There's a piece of the overall estate planning process that few think about or may even be aware of: planning the handling of their "virtual estate."
If you're part of the majority of Americans who use the Internet for everything from banking to shopping to socializing, you have virtual estate, because these activities require digital accounts complete with a username and password.
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CEMA
Darien Resident Donald L. Kiggins Sr. of Darien, Fairlee, Vermont, and Marco Island, Florida, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9. He was born at home on Five Mile River Road, Darien, May 19, 1923. His parents were the late Walter F. Kiggins Sr. and Harriet (Schmidt) Kiggins of Darien.
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WTNH-TV
Jennifer Tracey-Carlo, owner of Tracey and Son Fuel Oils in New Haven, is selling heating oil to her customers at rates she hasn't seen in years and her clients are rejoicing.
"Its the same customer base, we just have much happier customers," said Tracey-Carlo.
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WVIT-TV
The new year continues what has become an old trend of falling crude oil prices.
Chris Herb with CEMA calls it, "absolutely amazing."
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The Connecticut Mirror
A state panel is recommending restoring tolls to Connecticut highways, raising sales and gasoline taxes and taking other steps to finance a 30-year transportation program — but Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he would propose none of the revenue-raising proposals in the new budget he will give legislators.
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New Haven Register
There was a lot of pride expressed at a forum on the Paris climate change agreement about the goals set to limit rising global temperatures, but not everyone was feeling good about it.
The "community discussion" was held by U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, at Gateway Community College and included Rob Klee, commissioner of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; James O'Donnell from the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation; and, by phone, the U.S. State Department's deputy special envoy for climate change, Trigg Talley, who was a lead negotiator on the Paris accords agreed to in December.
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Hartford Courant
Proposals for new natural gas lines across Connecticut and New England are igniting fierce debates over interlocking issues of energy costs, fossil fuels and climate change.
The final outcome, according to those on both sides of the controversy, is likely to have a major impact on New England energy production and its cost to consumers in Connecticut and the region for decades to come.
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New Haven Register
The state's Environment Committee will attempt to trim the use of single-use plastic bags in Connecticut again this year, as it did in 2015, according to state Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Guilford.
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Hartford Business Journal
The state is forecasting an almost $27 million shortfall for this fiscal year and is staring down future budget deficits of $502.5 million and up to $4 billion in the years ahead.
That comes after Comptroller Kevin Lembo projected Jan. 4 a small surplus of $200,000 following $214.3 million in spending reductions and $135.8 million in revenue enhancements passed by lawmakers in December's special session.
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Hartford Business Journal
U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney and Elizabeth Esty are hailing the passage of new federal regulations that permit Connecticut dairy trucks to travel at full capacity. Until the approval, the trucks could only travel at 80 percent capacity.
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Hartford Business Journal
A federal energy regulatory agency has determined that the ratemaking process for New England's electricity transmission prices lacks adequate transparency and is "unjust," and is working on changes that could ultimately lower energy costs for Connecticut consumers and businesses. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission launched a proceeding last month to develop protocols and formulas to ensure the transmission ratemaking process is fair.
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InsideClimate News
Independent researchers reported detecting elevated methane levels as far as 8 miles from the massive, ongoing leak of natural gas from a storage site in northwestern Los Angeles.
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PMAA
The 2015 posting cycle for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's workplace injury and illness reporting rule begins Feb. 1
and runs through April 30. The OSHA injury and illness recording and posting requirements apply to most
establishments with more than 10 employees.
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