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CEMA
Are you sick and tired of the legislature telling you how to run your business? Would a 17cpg tax on heating oil or a 13cpg tax increase on gasoline affect your business? How about a 17cpg tax increase on diesel or a 10cpg tax on propane?
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CEMA
This week, the Chairman of CEMA's Board of Directors Craig Snyder of Wesson Energy (Waterbury) lead a group of members to fight a bill that would tax the carbon content of fossil fuels. If passed, the bill would increase gasoline taxes by 13.27cpg, diesel fuel by 16.55cpg and institute a first ever tax on home heating fuels of 16.55cpg on heating oil and 9.55cpg on propane.
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CEMA
A public hearing was held on a bill that CEMA introduced that would require natural gas leaks to be fixed. Currently, state laws allow most natural gas leaks to occur without being addressed. State law requires that petroleum leaks and spills be reported to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and remediated immediately.
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CEMA
Last week, the Public Safety held a hearing on allowing for online lottery. CEMA's Motor Fuels Committee lead by Mike Devino of Mercury Fuel (Waterbury) decided that the association would fight the bill after a failed attempt to negotiate a higher commission for lottery agents. CEMA members are concerned that the adoption of online lottery would result in reduced ticket sales and the ancillary store sales that go along with it.
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CEMA
DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has this warning on its website here concerning companies that attempt to pressure you to purchase their training services, even implying they may be connected to the federal government.
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CEMA
This is our annual Angus Energy seminar which, in recent years, has teamed up with another presenter to bring added value to their own presentation. This year that presenter will be ServicEdge. The seminar will be on March 22, with registration at 8:30 a.m. and the seminar itself from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be held at the CEMA offices, 10 Alcap Ride, Cromwell, CT, 06416.
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CEMA
CEMA's 2017 Golf Outing will be held May 1 at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Golfers will know this as one of the premier golf clubs in the state, and the site of Connecticut's most important professional sports event, the PGA's Travelers Championship. Golfers at CEMA's outing will be able to play the same course that Jim Furyk hit a PGA record low score of 58 in a round.
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CEMA
In response to a CEMA inquiry, the Connecticut Dept. of Labor sent us an advisory which can be read in full by clicking "Read More." In general, if the employer excuses the employee from work, there is no deduction of any kind from salary or fringe benefit banks. But if the employee has the opportunity to work but chooses not to, then the parties can agree either to have the employee take the day off without pay, or apply a fringe benefit day.
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CEMA
Following this week's record snowfall for the month of March, cold weather is predicted to remain with us through the end of the month, including periods of light snow. As can be seen on the AccuWeather charts we can expect 30 – 40 heating degree days every day with no return to 50-degree highs until the last week of the month.
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CEMA
Please be advised that the moratorium on offering pre-buy contracts continues to be in effect until March 31. As we've announced in previous years, the Department of Consumer Protection has issued guidance that while you could mention during the moratorium that you will be offering pre-buy contracts this spring, you could not provide details, collect pre-buy money or mention pricing and contract terms until the moratorium actually is lifted on April 1.
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CEMA
The 2017 Eastern Energy Expo, May 21-25 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, has announced details of its full program and its keynote address. The schedule of events and session descriptions can be found here. Registration can be found here.
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CEMA
In an alert from PMAA, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is permanently suspending amendments to the 34-hour restart provisions issued in 2013 under U.S. DOT driver hours of service (HOS) regulations. This simply means that the restart provisions as they currently exist will continue, and the 2013 amendments that sought to change them won't be implemented.
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CEMA
NPGA (National Propane Gas Association) reports that The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) has formally accepted NPGA's Petition for Rulemaking to return the cylinder requalification period to 12 years for DOT-specification cylinders.
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Connecticut Post
The General Assembly is considering slapping a carbon tax on gasoline, heating oil and natural gas to spur lower consumption and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change. The legislation would initially increase home heating oil costs by about 16 cents per gallon and gas prices by about 13 cents a gallon.
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The bill that has been proposed for a vote by the Connecticut General Assembly is H.B. 7247, "An Act Establishing a Carbon Price for Fossil Fuels Sold in Connecticut." The bill's title is a misnomer — it has nothing to do with the pricing of fossil fuels. Rather, the bill establishes a new tax, plain and simple, to be collected by the state's Department of Revenue Services at the first point of sale in the state of energy products.
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New Haven Register
The General Assembly's Environment Committee heard testimony Monday regarding hydraulic fracturing as the legislature considers a bill that would ban the disposal, storage or handling of any hydraulic fracturing waste materials within the state.
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Bloomberg
OPEC's worst enemy isn’t U.S. shale drillers. It's the hedges propping them up. American oil explorers who survived the worst of the 2014-2016 market rout are shrugging off the 14 percent slide in prices this year from a high of $55.24 to less than $48 a barrel this week.
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American Energy Coalition
Leaky natural gas pipelines are costing Connecticut consumers millions of dollars a year, according to a new study. In Hartford alone, natural gas pipes leak an estimated 43,000 cubic feet of gas every day. The study's authors maintain that leaking pipes are a significant problem.
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CT News Junkie
It's the first time Connecticut lawmakers are being asked to consider a carbon tax, but they're not alone. State lawmakers from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire are looking at similar proposals to reduce carbon emissions.
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