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CEMA
Several new Connecticut laws and tax changes went into effect July 1 that may affect your business. The following is a list of new state laws and more information to assist you in complying with them.
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CEMA
In an election year, there is nothing more powerful that voters communication with politicians looking to get elected. Over 10,000 signatures were recently submitted to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to allow natural gas expansion pipeline permitting to go forward.
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CEMA
We return to the Hyatt Regency in Newport, Rhode Island, for our Annual Meeting and our joint Southern New England Energy Conference. The hotel is a CEMA-member favorite venue, located on Goat Island in Newport, right on the water of Newport Harbor. The event is also a joint education conference with the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association and the Oil Heat Institute of Rhode Island. Online hotel reservations may be made here.
CEMA
The Southern New England Energy Conference is an educational conference for retailers and wholesalers in the liquid fuels market. The conference is known for its novel educational offerings not presented at other conferences in the northeast. Attendees consist of approximately 200 retail energy marketers, and about 50 other industry participants for a total attendance of 250.
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CEMA
The gas utility tariffs for July 2016 are in, and we compare them to average retail heating oil prices. The rates 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. These are the system expansion tariffs, which apply to all conversions from heating oil to utility gas.
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PMAA via CEMA
A federal appeals court in New York has disapproved the $7.5 billion dollar settlement of the swipe fee litigation against Visa and MasterCard. The case was brought as a class action on behalf of 12 million retailers who accept Visa and MasterCard. The Court of Appeals held that an entire class of entities who are not eligible to obtain a monetary award from the settlement fund were inadequately represented by the attorneys representing the class.
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CEMA
Part of CEMA's mission is to educate members about issues that affect their business, but often that information does not flow to the next generation who will lead our industry. CEMA is excited to introduce the "Next Generation Leadership Council." We are looking for motivated, hardworking men and women who you feel have an opportunity in the future to hold a leadership role in your company.
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PMAA via CEMA
Our firm is in the process of interviewing candidates for an associate position. We have held phone interviews with several candidates and selected some of them for in-person interviews. One of the candidates selected for an in person interview has shared the following information with us: Thank you for confirming. Before we meet, I'd like to disclose a recent injury.
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Hartford Business Journal
Connecticut's energy regulator is in the midst of a major power procurement that could determine the fate of New England's largest proposed natural gas expansion project. On July 1, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) accepted responses to a recent request for proposals to expand natural gas capacity and storage in the state.
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Hartford Business Journal
Perhaps the most important question in building energy infrastructure is "who's going to pay for it?" Under Connecticut's ongoing procurement, and similar proceedings in other New England states, the answer is changing. In the past, local gas utility companies, such as Yankee Gas or Connecticut Natural Gas, have been responsible for contracting with developers for pipeline capacity, and passing the costs onto their gas ratepayers.
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CommonWealth Magazine
As the Legislature rushes to embrace offshore wind and Canadian hydroelectricity, the Senate on June 30 voted 39-0 to cut off the chief means of financing new natural gas pipelines coming into the region. The Senate's approach has strong support among House members as well.
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Hartford Business Journal
The Office of Consumer Counsel plans to oppose the $100 million increase in distribution rates proposed by the United Illuminating Co. over the next three years. United Illuminating filed an application with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to raise its distribution rates effective Jan. 1, 2017, as well as incremental increases annually on Jan. 1, 2018 and 2019.
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Connecticut Post
Connecticut residents are playing Keno at twice the expected rate, fueling hope that the numbers guessing game can garner as much as $70 million in annual sales. During the first two months of play, Keno raked in $12 million in sales — double earlier estimates of about $17 million during its first six months of play, or $2.8 million a month, according to the Connecticut Lottery Corp.
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Foley Carrier Services
In February 2014, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a proposal to establish a Drug and Alcohol Testing Clearinghouse for all truck and bus Commercial Driver License drivers. The goal is to help the FMCSA and motor carriers to more easily identify CDL drivers who previously had a Drug and Alcohol Testing violation which prohibits them from operating a Commercial Motor Vehicle.
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CEMA
The U.S. DOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) requires hazardous material transporters to register and pay a fee each year in return for a certificate of operation. PHMSA began mailing the 2016-2017 registration information to HAZMAT transporters last month.
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