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CEMA
On Feb. 18, 100 CEMA members stormed the Capitol to educate legislators about the radical changes to the fuel they sell. After 110 meetings with policy makers and their staff, it was clear by day's end that many questions were raised about the state's pro natural gas policy and the direction that policy should take in the future.
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CEMA
A number of bills are up for public hearing that may impact our motor fuels members' convenience store businesses. Here is a summary of the issues.
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CEMA
Last week, CEMA testified before the Banks Committee on a bill that would do the following.
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CEMA
The utility tariffs for March 2016 are in, and we compare them to average retail heating oil prices. The rates here 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.
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CEMA
In accordance with state statute 16a-23v, we'd like to remind heating oil retailers that the pre-buy moratorium is still in effect for another month, ending March 31. During that period you many not sell or accept money for pre-buy (i.e. prepaid guaranteed price) contracts.
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CEMA
Robert Harold Briggs, 83, of Haddam, passed away Feb. 8. Born in Waterbury July 21, 1932, he was the son of late William F. Briggs Sr. and Dorothy (Porteus) Briggs.
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CEMA
CEMA, along with Federated Insurance, presents a seminar you won't want to miss!
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By Angus Energy and Warm Thoughts Communications, March 22, via CEMA
On March 22 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., we'll hold a seminar at the CEMA offices in Cromwell with two presentations.
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CEMA
As previously reported, the AREE tradeshow is moving from Atlantic City to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut this year, and has teamed up with OESP (Oil & Energy Service Professionals), CITGO and the Pennsylvania Petroleum Association to form the new Eastern Energy Expo, May 22-26. For more information, please visit their website here.
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CEMA
NEFI's Visions conference will be held June 14-15 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. For more information, contact Martha Leshine at Martha.leshine@nefi.com.
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CEMA
CEMA will hold its annual golf outing on Tuesday, June 7, at the Wallingford Country Club. For venue information, please visit their website here.
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Foley Carrier Services via CEMA
Effective Jan. 29 of this year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented a more stringent rule — including hefty fines — as an effort to reduce carrier coercion of drivers. Driver coercion is considered to have taken place when a carrier requires a driver to operate in violation of federal regulations and threatens disciplinary action should the driver refuse to comply.
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CEMA
A.M. Best Company, the most widely recognized provider of insurance industry ratings and financial data, reaffirmed its A+ (Superior) rating for Federated Insurance in January 2016. A.M. Best Company analyzes the balance sheet strength, operational performance and business profile of more than 3,500 companies worldwide every year to determine its ratings.
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CEMA
This year's Southern New England Energy Conference will be held Sept. 12-13 at the Hyatt Regency, in Newport, Rhode Island. The site was chosen by the co-sponsoring state associations based on available dates and space at the various venues we looked at in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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American Energy Coalition
Fallout from a natural gas outage on the coldest day of the year continues to plague some buildings in town, including a local church and the public library, according to a recent article by The New Britain Herald. The outage came in the early morning hours of Feb. 14, as temperatures dropped below zero.
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Fortune
You don't need to be an economist to know that the oil market is bonkers these days.
The price of oil has fallen roughly 70 percent over the past 18 months to a recent $32 a barrel, with many analysts believing the all-important commodity has further to fall.
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The New York Times
Every so often, catastrophes prompt fresh worries about the Indian Point nuclear power plant, whose twin domes loom over the Hudson River about 45 miles north of New York City.
In 2001, the Sept. 11 terror attacks spurred calls to shut down the two reactors here, amid concern of a similar attack on the plant.
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USA Today
The U.S. natural gas industry achieved a new milestone recently as a ship sailed from Louisiana with the first export of gas from America's abundant shale fields.
The tanker Asia Vision set off for Brazil with liquefied natural gas from Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass terminal, marking a stunning reversal in liquefied natural gas trade.
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Hartford Business Journal
Connecticut received more sobering financial news as the state Office of Fiscal Analysis released a report projecting a $266.1 million deficit for the current fiscal year, and more than $900 million deficit next year. The state's current fiscal year deficit grew by $198 million over the last month, OFA said, largely due to a significant decline in projected income tax revenues.
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Hartford Business Journal
Patricia Wrice, executive director of Operation Fuel, has announced her retirement after 18 years, effective June 30. Under Wrice's leadership, annual financial assistance has grown sevenfold from $500,000 to more than $3.6 million in energy assistance.
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EcoWatch
After the mammoth methane gas leak that spewed uncontrollably from a damaged well in California's Aliso Canyon was finally capped, residents of nearby Porter Ranch began trepidatiously returning to their homes.
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