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CEMA
CEMA has retained an attorney to address several issues that have come to light since the Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH) has failed to pay oil vendors for deliverys that were made last season for the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program (CEAP).
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CEMA
As you may know, Operation Fuel is a private nonprofit organization that provides heating assistance to the needy and is funded solely through public contributions. Unlike the state's margin-over-rack program, Operation Fuel pays fuel dealers their full margin for making deliveries to the needy.
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CEMA
Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the SBA will maintain a "SBA Franchise Directory." The "Directory" will list all franchise brands (which include jobbers as noted below) that are eligible for SBA financial assistance, and whose franchise agreements are eligible under SBA affiliation rules. If a contract meets the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) definition of a franchise, "it must be on the Directory in order to obtain SBA financing."
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CEMA
CEMA Seminar for Heating Marketers: 10 a.m. - noon Nov. 14, CEMA Offices, Cromwell, CT.
Long-range 2017-18 winter forecasts from meteorologists have been mixed — some see another warm winter on the way and others finally see relief in sight. After two very warm heating seasons, fuel marketers must be prepared to more nimbly adjust operations and manage cash as weather conditions dictate.
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PMAA via CEMA
ISSUE: The IRS regulations allow for the tax free sale of undyed kerosene at retail dispensers. Such sales are allowed so long as the undyed kerosene is sold from a "blocked pump."
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
Question
We have a staff member who has dyed her hair bright blue, purple, red, yellow (up to and including her eyebrows). How acceptable is this in the workplace?
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Hartford Business Journal
Following a report last week alleging that Connecticut's utility providers Eversource and Avangrid artificially constrained pipeline capacity, driving up energy prices, the state's utilities regulator has opened a review of the matter. In a filing late last week, PURA said it will review local distribution companies' "gas supply portfolio, asset strategies and practices."
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Hartford Business Journal
The Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) has lowered the average rate hike that Wallingford insurer Anthem requested for its large group health plans. Anthem Health Plans had asked to increase rates on its large group health insurance policies for employers with 51 or more workers by an average of 16.4 percent. The Insurance Department lowered the request to 14.6 percent, regulatory filings shows.
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Biodiesel Magazine
In a letter addressed to seven U.S. senators on Oct. 19, U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced two important biodiesel-related developments in the ongoing rulemaking for the Renewable Fuel Standard. Pruitt noted that while it would be inappropriate for the agency to prejudge the outcome of the final rule for 2018-'19 volumes, he wrote the following.
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The Connecticut Mirror
A newly united Senate took a major step early Thursday toward ending Connecticut's nearly 17-week budget impasse, overwhelmingly adopting a $41.3 billion, two-year plan that closes huge deficits without raising income or sales tax rates, imposes modest cuts on local aid, and provides emergency assistance to keep Hartford out of bankruptcy.
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The Connecticut Mirror
The two-year state budget the Senate debated on Oct. 25 relies on tax and fee hikes worth just over $1 billion over the biennium. The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee adopted a new revenue schedule in anticipation of that debate that reflects those tax increases.
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Foley Carrier Services
As a DOT-regulated business, you've grown accustomed to the process of pulling an annual Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) for each driver to comply with federal recordkeeping requirements. It's an important process that not only checks a box to ensure you’re operating compliantly — but makes sure that drivers are qualified to get behind the wheel.
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