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CEMA
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is holding a series of public hearings on their draft Comprehensive Energy Strategy (CES) to receive comments from the industry and the public on how the plan will affect the state. DEEP will use these comments to potentially modify their recommendation.
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CEMA
First, the deadline for making your hotel reservation for our Newport conference has been extended another week, from Aug. 18 (i.e. today) to Aug. 25, next week. That means you can still avail yourselves of our reduced conference rate of $199+. After that, standard hotel rates apply.
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CEMA
CEMA President Chris Herb met with the Department of Social Services Commissioner and staff this week, to come up with a plan to get members in the New Haven area paid for their outstanding energy assistance deliveries. To date, about half our the vendors have been paid leaving fifteen more owed approximately $100,000.
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Bloomberg Markets via CEMA
Related story — see article on the Southern New England Energy Conference. Fundamentals are a key factor in assessing whether oil prices may go up (bullish) or down (bearish). This Bloomberg article discusses why prices may stay depressed despite OPEC's efforts.
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The Wall Street Journal via CEMA
Background: The Permian Basin, located in West Texas and parts of New Mexico, has been a huge resource of oil and gas, providing 30 billion barrels of oil and 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas since 1920. But now, according to this article in The Wall Street Journal, an uptick in gas extraction may be a sign that the Permian is aging.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
Question: We hired a new employee about a week ago and now she is telling us that she is four months pregnant. She did not disclose this during the hiring process. The manager wants to terminate her employment. What are the possible ramifications if we terminate her? It looks as if she was seeking employment for health insurance benefits only.
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CEMA
As mentioned in the article on the Southern New England Energy Conference, CEMA will hold its 67th Annual Meeting on Monday, Sept. 18 at Gurney's Newport Resort, Newport, Rhode Island during the Awards Luncheon, from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. The slate of nominees for the board of directors is below, in alphabetical order by last name.
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New Haven Register
The liberal ideologues who control the Democratic Party in Connecticut cannot learn from their errors. The decline of our state over the last quarter-century demonstrates the danger of big government. Huge tax increases and burdensome regulations have largely destroyed an economy that was once the envy of the nation.
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The Middletown Press
Energy interests play a large role in boosting the state's economy, a new study from the Connecticut Petroleum Council says. The study, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, found that the U.S. natural gas and oil industry supported 54,500 jobs in the state during 2015 and contributed $7.25 billion to the state's economy.
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Inside Cllimate News
The real fight over America's energy future isn't in coal, despite the Trump administration's public focus on a mining revival. Rather, dozens of pipeline projects, making up one of the largest expansions of natural gas infrastructure in U.S. history, are where the fossil fuel action is.
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American Energy Coalition
Connecticut has already been called one of the most taxed states in the country, and now some policymakers are looking to add yet another burdensome tariff to the books. This one, however, would hit homeowners particularly hard, by driving up fuel prices for the state's 640,000-plus households heated by Oilheat or propane.
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CNN
A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Minneapolis recently to investigate a natural gas explosion that killed two people and injured nine at a city school.
NTSB spokesman Christopher Hart told reporters that the agency, through its Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations, has jurisdiction due to reports that Master Mechanical, a contracting company, may have been moving a gas meter before the explosion happened.
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GeekWire
The idea of moving freight across the country without a driver behind the wheel is one that's gained momentum in recent years, in part for safety issues (truck drivers often work long hours on the road) but also because of potential economic savings (a computerized truck could possibly operate for longer hours).
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