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CEMA
The new CEMA Upgrade & Save — CT Energy Efficiency and Safety Rebate Program is now open. Last week, retailers who participated in the program last year should have received an email notifying them that they have been automatically enrolled in the program and that funding was available to offer Oilheat system and tank upgrades.
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CEMA
Marketing ULSHO to your customers — As of July 1 this week, the heating oil industry in Connecticut (and other states) is transitioning to ultra-low sulfur heating oil. This isn't a new product, and has been in use for heating systems in New York since 2012, and has been used for truck and car engines for longer than that.
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CEMA
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has released a list of underground storage owners and operators who have not yet completed their annual registration. Last week, DEEP sent an email to UST owners who have not yet completed their registration. Failure to submit the requisite annual UST facility notification and/or the requisite annual UST facility fee(s) by the deadline may result in enforcement actions and fines of up to $25,000 per day per violation.
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CEMA
We are pleased to announce that hotel reservations can now be made online for the Southern New England Energy Conference, Sept. 24-25 in Newport, Rhode Island, by going to the conference website. The event will be held at the Newport Marriott hotel, where we were in 2015. This hotel, on Newport Harbor, is within easy walking distance of downtown Newport shopping and restaurants.
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CEMA
Last week, Democrat endorsed candidate for Gov. Ned Lamont called CEMA President Chris Herb to talk about issues affecting our members. Connecticut's transition to ultra low sulfur heating oil, the growing use of Bioheat® fuel, carbon taxes, along with the underground storage tank program were a few of the topics that were discussed.
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PMAA via CEMA
On June 25, 2018, the Supreme Court sided with American Express ("AMEX") in the decade-old antitrust litigation challenging American Express' anti-steering rule. The anti-steering rule, contained in American Express' merchant contracts, prevents merchants from offering a discount or other incentives to "steer" customers to a less expensive card.
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CEMA
The American Energy Coalition (AEC) launched its 2018 spring radio campaign on Monday, June 4 and is very pleased to have CEMA again partnering with the AEC in this Regional Radio Campaign. This will be the eighth year of Regional Radio Campaigns for AEC and the fifth consecutive year with both a spring and fall flight.
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CEMA
In response to requests from our members to offer more training online and being aware that it is often difficult to take employees out of the workplace and send them for technical training classes in Cromwell for several days at a time we decided to adopt "blended learning" for our CETP certification classes.
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CEMA
Diesel excise tax increase to 43.9 cents/gall — Every year on July 1, the CT Department of Revenue Services adjusts the diesel excise tax (aka motor fuels tax on diesel) based on the prior year's price of diesel. The tax has gone up, down or stayed the same in prior years. This year the price will increase by 2.2 cents/gall, from the current 41.7 cents/gall to 43.9 cents/gall, effective July 1.
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PMAA via CEMA
Last week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) stated that they were launching a pilot program that would allow some qualified drivers from 18 to 20-years-old to operate commercial trucks across state lines. Current federal law requires drivers operating commercial trucks across state lines to be at least 21-years-old.
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PMAA via CEMA
In a major blow for unions, the Supreme Court ruled that states can no longer force workers who choose not to join unions to pay for collective bargaining fees. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that the collection of the fees, known as agency fees, violates public employees' First Amendment right. All five of the court's Republican-appointed justices agreed on the ruling, with the four Democratic-appointed justices dissenting.
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CEMA
ENTECH has seen a significant increase in the number of students enrolled in our S and B license programs. Our new S and B class begins on Aug. 13 with the B class running through Oct. 26 and the S class finishing up on Feb. 8. For more information and to register, click here or contact Kate at 860-893-0605 or kate@entechtraining.org. Our CDL program is also open and can accept students at any time. Training is available in Seymour and Meriden — for more information go click here.
CEMA
The gas utility tariffs for July 2018 are in. You can compare these rates to your own prices. Gas tariffs were up for Eversource and down CNG and SCG, compared to last month. These utility tariffs below are expressed in heating oil gallon equivalents, and so present gas rates on a British thermal unit (Btu) to Btu equivalent basis with heating oil.
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CEMA
Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC) is hosting a free webinar entitled, "Independent Contractor Classifications — Things to Know Now," at 1 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, July 18. The misclassification of workers as independent contractors can be an extremely costly and a difficult misstep for employers to correct.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
This week's extended stretch of very hot weather reminds us all of the risks involved in working in the summer heat. Federated has produced this informative video which was aired in May but that you can download and view at no cost by going online here.
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Forbes
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, along with its Non-OPEC allies, recently announced its plans to release an additional 600 thousand barrels of oil per day (kbpd) into the oil markets in the coming months, altering the earlier agreement to restrict its supply until the end of 2018.
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The Wall Street Journal
ow supplies of natural gas could lead to higher prices this summer, as Americans begin to flip on their air-conditioning units, boosting demand for the energy source. Stockpiles of natural gas — made plentiful by the U.S. shale boom — have become depleted after an extended winter this year increased demand for heating homes.
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Foley Carrier Services
When was the last time you audited your employment application? A requirement for all motor carriers, many truck driver applications in use today are either missing some of the information required by the DOT or don't have the separate disclosures required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Either way? They're noncompliant.
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The Connecticut Mirror
Michael Thomas was suffering through a two-and-a-half hour wait at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Wethersfield on a recent afternoon when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appeared on the TV in the corner of the crowded, dingy room. Thomas watched as Malloy cut the ribbon for the DMV's newly opened self-serve licensing renewal kiosks in Milford, and sighed.
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Bloomberg
A red-hot electric vehicle market has triggered a face-off between Big Oil and utilities. Oil majors, who've sold fossil fuels to cars for a century, are now moving into an electricity sector that's preparing for exponential growth. The problem is that utilities, the primary power suppliers for a century, have the same idea.
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