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CEMA
Dear CEMA Members,
I want to take this opportunity to extend my well wishes to all CEMA members, your employees and families. As we struggle through these difficult times it is important to remind ourselves that this is our opportunity to demonstrate to our customers, our communities and to our government leaders why we are essential.
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On March 20, 2020, the governor issued Executive Order 7H, directing all businesses and nonprofit entities in the State of Connecticut to utilize, to the maximum extent possible, any telecommuting or work from home procedures that they can safely employ. Essential businesses could stay open provided they maintain safe workplace practices.
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The following statement was released by the organizers of the Eastern Energy Expo on March 19:
Eastern Energy Expo and Mohegan Sun are pleased to announce the new dates for Eastern Energy Expo 2020 will be Aug. 2-5, 2020. While we are disappointed to have to reschedule this year’s event, it was clear it was the best decision to make.
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Mark S. Morgan PMAA Regulatory Counsel: mmorgan@pmaa.org
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced recently that states may extend expiring commercial driver’s license (CDL) hazardous material endorsements (HME) for up to four months (the fingerprinting program).
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American Trucker
As the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, continues to spread throughout the United States, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has decided to postpone the 2020 International Roadcheck that was originally scheduled for May 5-7.
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Julie A. Gill, 68, passed away on Feb. 18, 2020, at her daughter’s home. Born in Providence, the daughter of Jeanne (Shurtleff) Gill and the late Harold A. “Mickey” Gill. Julie was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Oil Heat Institute of Rhode Island. In her role as CEO, she was influential at getting state legislation passed that protected the interests of oil heat customers for both the availability and capacity of oil and its reserves in the state.
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CEMA
As reported last week in the Washington Examiner, “The American Petroleum Institute is pursuing a restructuring that will result in the closure of 15 state lobbying offices in favor of a regional approach, as policy fights fought by the largest U.S. oil and gas trade group have become nationalized across state lines."
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CEMA
In an announcement by the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI), “The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the worldwide economy, turning industries upside down while shuttering countless main street businesses. To help heating fuel dealers mitigate the impacts of this crisis and emerge from it stronger than before, NEFI is presenting a series of on-demand webinars each of which focuses on different aspects of financial planning.”
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CEMA
The EPA recently issued a temporary nationwide waiver of both the RFG and summertime RVP blend requirements. The waiver moves the RVP and RFG transition deadline for refiners and terminal operators to May 20, 2020. The waiver is important to petroleum marketers because it will enable them to turnover gasoline tanks to summertime RVP and RFG in a more realistic time frame given the precipitous drop in consumer demand since the COVID-19 outbreak.
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HEATING OIL LESS EXPENSIVE THAN GAS
The gas utility tariffs for April are in. You can compare these rates to your own prices. As shown below, with the recent collapse in petroleum prices worldwide, local heating oil prices are now less than the average natural gas tariff! Gas tariffs were up for Eversource and unchanged for CNG and SCG from March.
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CEMA
The state of Connecticut’s prohibition on the sale of pre-pay/pre-buy contracts to residential customers ended on March 31. Pre-buy programs, including fixed and capped pre-buys, may be marketed, sold, and funds collected as of April 1, last week, as we’ve previously reported.
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CEMA
As previously reported, CEMA has rescheduled its annual golf outing at the Great River Golf Club in Milford from May 4 to October 12. If you’ve pre-registered, you can rollover your registration to the new date or you can receive a refund.
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Importance of Propane Safety Documentation and Photo Documentation
Tuesday, April 21, 2010, 12:15-1:15 p.m.
Presenter: Brent Cammett, Senior Consultant, Safety and Training, P3 Propane Safety
In the propane industry we have talked about proper documentation for decades, and we have all heard the phrase "if you don't document it, it didn't happen."
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Fortune
Those like Anne Bader-Martin were up early on Friday to apply for the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program loan at her bank.
Bader-Martin, the founder and executive director of One Can Help, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit providing resources to children and families in the juvenile court system, went to apply for a $19,000 loan from Bank of America (the nonprofit's longtime bank) on Friday morning once its PPP loan portal opened. Instead, she was met with a message familiar to many small businesses that day: They were ineligible because they didn't have a current lending or credit relationship with Bank of America.
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Investor's Business Daily
Crude oil prices fell Monday as an OPEC+ meeting was delayed while Russia and Saudi Arabia continue to debate output cuts amid the oil price war. A video meeting between OPEC members, Russia and other top nonmember producers was scheduled to take place Monday. But the meeting was postponed to Thursday as negotiations on production cuts continue, according to multiple reports.
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The Connecticut Mirror
Connecticut’s official coronavirus death toll rose by another 58 people Wednesday, bringing the state’s total since the start of the pandemic to 335, the state announced Wednesday. The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 increased by 110 to a current total of 1,418.
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The Connecticut Mirror
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracking study of coronavirus released Wednesday shows Connecticut had the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate among 14 states monitored, surpassing New York and California.
The report said in the month of March, Connecticut had about 15 COVID-19-related hospitalizations for 100,000 residents, while New York state had fewer than eight and Ohio had about one.
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Carroll Broadcasting Company
A Wall Lake biodiesel producer is focusing on ways to help during the global COVID-19 pandemic by making a donation for the production of hand sanitizer. Western Iowa Energy has sent a shipment of glycerin to the state for use by Iowa Prison Industries in the production of sanitizer during the nation’s shortage.
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Bloomberg Green
Airborne methane levels rose markedly last year, according to a preliminary estimate published today by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The results show a dramatic leap in concentration of the second most-powerful greenhouse gas, which is emitted from both industrial and natural sources.
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The Connecticut Mirror
All but unnoticed as the coronavirus pandemic tears through the Northeast: the New England power grid is without 75% of its nuclear power — with more to go.
Many nuclear power plants schedule refueling operations in spring and fall when electricity demand is lower, and that is the case in New England, where the three remaining nuclear plants typically supply about one-third of the electricity.
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Valero
In response to the urgent call for the production of hand sanitizer needed in the fight against COVID-19, Valero announced that its ethanol operations began production today of hand sanitizer at its Hartley, Iowa, ethanol plant. Valero’s bulk production will help alleviate the supply shortages health care organizations and first responders are facing as they combat this virus. Valero received registration approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in record time. With quick action from the government and unprecedented efforts by Valero employees, hand sanitizer is being made.
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CT News Junkie
It’s been four days since Gov. Ned Lamont updated his call for more personal protective equipment to help frontline workers in healthcare settings continue to do their jobs. Now, he’s trying another route to get what the state needs.
Lamont said the governors have raised this issue with the White House in their weekly conference calls without success.
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Gilbarco Veeder-Root
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CEMA
To date, CEMA has issued information and guidance on the state gouging laws that have been triggered, information on how to protect your employees and customers from the spread of the virus, and now information on unemployment.
We will continue to keep you up to date on state and federal actions that may impact your business.
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