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CEMA
Thirty nine lobbyists are registered with the Office of State Ethics to provide government advocacy for New England's largest utility, and now Eversource is asking regulators to approve $4 million to be rolled into higher electric rates so that they can join lobbying associations, chambers and other trade groups in the name of "economic development."
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CEMA
State Comptroller Kevin Lembo announced that Connecticut will end the year with a $207.8 million deficit. Since that is more than 1 percent of the general fund, it will require the Governor to draft a deficit mitigation plan for the General Assembly to consider and possibly adopt. Either way, the state constitution requires the legislature to bring the budget back into balance.
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CEMA
CEMA's annual holiday party will be on Tuesday, Dec. 12 this year. Sticking with our theme of using museum venues for our parties, this year we found a very unique museum — the New England Carousel Museum, located in the center of the state in Bristol, Connecticut.
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CEMA
The Connecticut PRO$ Program is nearing completion of its second full program year since NORA's reauthorization and we are excited to share the results of these efforts. The fall season is historically a busy time for real estate, second only to the spring selling season.
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CEMA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled a new age-verification program for retailers that provides a full toolkit of free resources, including posters, stickers, age verification tools and more to help retailers comply with federal tobacco regulations. Click here for more information.
CEMA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently updated the hours of service (HOS) section of their website to include a free webinar titled "Hours of Service: How Familiar Are You?" The HOS regulations address the number of hours that a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver may be on the road and the number of hours a CMV driver may be on duty before a required period of rest.
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CEMA
It shouldn't be surprising that weather-related auto accidents account for a lot of insurance claims every year.
No matter where you do business, every state, including southern states, experience periods of severe winter weather. Commuters and employees who drive as part of their job face driving risks every day, but especially in harsh weather.
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CEMA
The goal of Women in Energy is to energize and connect women in the energy industry. The association's purpose is to encourage women to enter the oil and energy industry, promote professional development through educational classes and provide networking and mentoring opportunities for women in the industry. Membership is open to any individual (female or male) or company involved in the oil and energy industry.
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CEMA
The gas utility tariffs for December 2017 are in. You can compare these rates to your own prices. Gas prices are down slightly across the board from last month. The utility tariffs published for December 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.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
How do we handle firing an individual in the HR/Accounting Department who has shared information with more than one employee regarding payroll rates, bonuses, etc.? She has also had personal relationships with at least two male employees. We intend to fire this individual, but I need to know legal process.
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CEMA
The second issue of CEMA's magazine, CEMA Aegis, has been printed and mailed to members. If you would like to view it online, please click 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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WNPR-FM
Rebuilding America's infrastructure is an idea lots of politicians embrace. But how to pay for it can be tricky. Now, one Connecticut congressman is suggesting a possible solution: taxing pollution. It's called a carbon tax. And Democrat John Larson wants to use it to pay for a $1 trillion infrastructure program he's pushing in the House.
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Hartford Business Journal
Electric vehicle maker Tesla is building a 16-stall charging facility in Manchester that looks to be its largest yet in New England. The $120,000 project, which received a local building permit in September, is located at The Plaza at Buckland Hills. Tesla's website indicates the so-called "Supercharger" will be open to the public by late January.
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Foley Carrier Services
From catastrophic hurricanes to wildfires, there has been a lot of weather-related news this fall. First and foremost, we recognize the brutal consequences, including the loss of lives and homes, that can be caused by severe weather. We thought now would be a good time to address how severe weather and adverse driving conditions may impact motor carrier operations and the Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules.
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CT News Junkie
The second part of a public hearing on the utility companies' response to the late October storm will be held in individual towns impacted, rather than in Hartford as originally scheduled. The Energy and Technology Committee said that this week’s public hearing regarding the utility companies' response to the storm that took place Oct. 29 and 30, has been reorganized into a series of in-district working meetings involving key utility representatives, municipal officials, first responders and legislators.
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The Middletown Press
I have been on a mission to prevent state bureaucrats from putting a new tax on home heating oil and propane in Connecticut. The people of this state are taxed enough — we don't need mandatory new taxes on our energy bills. There currently are more than 322,000 Connecticut households that can't afford to pay their energy bills. Think about that number for a moment: 322,000.
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Reuters
China's state planner has ordered eight regions to meet with natural gas producers, liquefied natural gas terminal operators and traders on Monday to "regulate" the market as prices of the clean fuel soar due to winter heating demand, a government official said.
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OilPrice.com
French utilities company Engie will ditch natural gas as a power source by 2050, opting instead for biogas, and renewable hydrogen to fulfill its green goals. Engie has 70 biogas projects around the world, with just over half of them in France.
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