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CEMA
The same day that Gov. Malloy implemented $880 million in budget cuts, including nearly $100 million in additional cuts to municipal aide, the Department of Social Services (DSS) notified CEMA that they will pay fuel vendors for energy assistance deliveries from last season that the Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH) failed to pay.
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CEMA
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) requires that all registered HOD's to submit their annual audit statement by Tuesday, Nov. 21. CEMA has been reaching out to all of our members who have not remitted their audits as of yet, to ensure that they are in compliance and to avoid any potential fines.
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CEMA
CEMA's annual holiday party will be on Tuesday, Dec. 12 this year. Sticking with our theme of using museum venues for our parties, this year we found a very unique museum — the New England Carousel Museum, located in the center of the state in Bristol, Connecticut.
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CEMA
The Department of Revenue Services (DRS) has released guidance on the upcoming tax increase for cigarettes and snuff. As of the close of business on Nov. 30, any packs of cigarettes that have an old cigarette tax stamp attached to them, are subject to a tax (known as a floor tax).
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CEMA
Our seminar last week was also held as a webinar, and it's available to download for free. Meteorologist John Bagioni opened the webinar, discussing his outlook for this winter, providing detailed technical analysis. In conclusion he said it looks likely we'll have a colder than normal December, then it will warm up in January, but we'll close with a cold February and March.
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CEMA
The American Energy Coalition (AEC) launched its 2017 fall radio flight on Monday Oct. 30, and is very pleased to have CEMA again partnering with the AEC in this Regional Radio Campaign. This will be the sixth year of Regional Radio Campaigns for the AEC and the fourth consecutive year with both a spring and fall flight.
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Foley Carrier Services via CEMA
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2018, anyone taking a federally-mandated, DOT drug test will be tested for four additional substances. This change is designed to reflect our country's growing opiate epidemic by including some of today's most commonly prescribed and abused substances.
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CEMA
The second issue of CEMA's magazine, Aegis, will be going to print soon and is now available for viewing online here. This issue's featured articles include the cover article of the Changing Face of Technicians; an article on natural gas policy by the Sierra Club; one on Thermal RECs by Sharon Peterson; Benchmarking by Bob Levins; Carbon Taxes by Matt Cota; NORA workshops by Tom Butcher; EMV at gas pumps by Richard Brown, and more.
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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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The Wall Street Journal via CEMA
Typically, trucks are among the earliest adopters of alternative energy engines, including electric, gas and propane engines. As this article from the Wall Street Journal shows, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is making significant inroads among truck fleets.
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New Haven Register
A class action in lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in Boston claiming Eversource Energy and Avangrid manipulated capacity in New England’s natural gas transmission network and cost 7.1 million electric customers across New England $3.6 billion in overcharges between 2013 and 2016.
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Forbes
After months of being stuck in the $2.75 to $3.10 range, natural gas prices have finally started to rise, with the December contract hitting $3.21 per MMBtu on Nov. 10. Although November gas contract expired at $2.75 at the end of October, easily the lowest expiration since March ($2.63), prices closed on Friday at $3.10.
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Hartford Business Journal
Connecticut added a spark to its electric-vehicle (EV) rebate program, formally announcing an extra $2 million for cash payments to qualified buyers of battery-, fuel cell- and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The state's two-year-old EV rebate program encourages the use of non-fossil-fuel-powered vehicles and has already paid cash rebates on 2,067 purchased or leased automobiles, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said.
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Discovey Channel
Set in Houston, Texas in the shadow of the nation's oil industry, "Hot Grease" tells the surprising story of how the biodiesel industry is turning an worthless raw material — spent kitchen grease — into a renewable energy source capable of fueling cars, buses and trucks.
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WTNH-TV
Lawmakers are looking for answers from the state's utility companies in response to the windstorm that hit back on Oct. 29. Sen. Catherine Osten said, "I think that we should look at utility companies, our cable company and our phone companies to make sure that there is correct coordination between all of our utilities."
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The Connecticut Mirror
Connecticut got a clearer picture of the painful cuts in the new state budget Friday when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy imposed more than $880 million in spending cuts mandated by the General Assembly. Labor cost-cutting moves, as required under last summer's concessions deal with unionized state employees, account for the biggest chunk of those savings.
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CT News Junkie
A recent survey of 505 Connecticut residents found that respondents increasingly believe the overall business conditions in Connecticut are worsening, and nearly half expect that conditions will be about the same six months from now.
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