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CEMA
The Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES) that four years ago focused on natural gas expansion and conversion was required by law to be revised nearly 10 months ago will surface in the next few days. Yesterday, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) briefed legislators and staff on what the draft plan will cover.
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CEMA
This week, the state unions representing 46,000 employees accepted the nearly $1.6 billion concession package that they negotiated with the governor. The unions approved a three-year pay freeze and three furlough days per worker and in exchange they would be exempted from layoffs for the next four years.
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CEMA
CEMA's motor fuels members are working on a number of issues that would increase the profitability of c-stores in Connecticut, and this week nearly 100 members reached out to their local legislators about the following proposals that we would like to be included in the budget. CEMA has pitched three proposals that would generate an additional $35 million per year in revenue without increasing taxes.
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CEMA
The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) will hold its Technical Conference in conjunction with the Southern New England Energy Conference, Sept. 18-19 at the Gurney's Newport Resort. Last year due to space availability, NORA held its technical conference following the Southern N.E. Conference at a different hotel.
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CEMA
As noted in this newsletter two weeks ago, CEMA has been working with some marketers in the Cheshire/Meriden area to defeat a gas expansion program by Eversource (Yankee Gas) from the Meriden line to Route 10 in Cheshire. We launched a direct mail campaign to the specific neighborhoods targeted by the gas utility and created a Cheshire specific website.
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CEMA
New Haven Chapter members are making an impression on state legislators through a grassroots campaign that CEMA designed to get local politicians to advocate on their behalf so that they get paid for fuel deliveries and weatherization work performed through the energy assistance program.
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CEMA
Every month we provide the cost of natgas conversion, showing utility rates for on-main and off-main conversions in terms of BTU-equivalent heating oil per gallon prices. This month we'll also show what the conversion rates are in terms of propane prices per gallon. Our conversion calculations are based on propane producing 91,500 BTUs per gallon, while natgas produces 103,200 BTUs per ccf (hundred cubic feet) of gas.
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PMAA via CEMA
Below are a number of issues that our national association is working on in Washington, D.C., on our behalf. The Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA) provided CEMA motor fuels and heating fuels member with national representation on a wide range of issues that affect your businesses.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
The goal of most parents is to see that their children and grandchildren succeed. As long as the parents are alive, they can help their children as needed. But, what if the parents die? Family succession planning involves helping the next generation succeed by properly protecting their assets and incentivizing the type of behavior parents find appropriate. This can effectively be done using one or more forms of trusts.
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The Connecticut Post
Southern Connecticut Gas filed to increase its residential rates next year by 1.9 percent monthly on average, escalating further the two following years. SCG wants to increase rates $3.44 a month on average in 2018, along with an incremental $4.49 a month the following year, or 2.6 percent; and $2.94 monthly on average in 2020, or 1.6 percent.
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CT News Junkie
Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy remains the third most unpopular governor in the country, according to a new Morning Consult poll. Malloy maintained his 29 percent approval rating, which is the same as it was in April's poll. That's actually an improvement from last year's poll, which gave him the same approval rating, but landed him in the number two spot.
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The Wall Street Journal
The world's No. 2 seller abroad of liquefied natural gas holds so little in reserve that it can't keep the lights on in Adelaide — a cautionary tale for the U.S.
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Oil & Energy Online
It takes character to stand up in a conference hall filled with one's colleagues and give a speech about … well, anything really! To get up there and talk about the nation's president, especially this president, knowing full well that the audience may be as politically divided as the rest of the country — that takes more than character. It takes guts and perspective, brains and bravery … and a good sense of humor can't hurt either.
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American Energy Coalition
On Thursday, June 1, an excavator working on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs hit a natural gas line, prompting evacuations of two buildings. According to CBS Connecticut, the incident occurred on the east side of campus around 11 a.m., at which point people were promptly asked to vacate both the UConn Dairy Bar and the Jones academic building.
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