Like many of you I have listened to all of the presidential hopefuls talk about how they in their own way will make America strong or great. I have throughout my life always looked at the United States as the strongest of all the countries, anyway. However, as I think back to my younger days, like some of you I ...

If you don’t know the cost of customer checks, it’s good to find out By Collin Sullivan, AVATAS Payment Solutions It is no secret that a good percentage of merchants in our industry still mail out monthly invoices and get paid by check net 30/45/60. One of the things I try to do when I speak with these merchants is ...

A solution exists for onboard electronics suffering with power issues By Keith Reid Electronics and electricity can be a fickle, but obviously unavoidable combination. That has been true since the analog days, when at least back to the 1980s [when the author served] the common procedure for the startup of a military vehicle basically involved making sure the radios were ...

An interview with Michael Trunzo on pipeline expansion developments By Keith Reid The effort to expand the natural gas pipeline infrastructure in the Northeast has been going on for some time. While heating oil and propane marketers have a vested interest in opposing such things, the biggest push back tends to come from such expansion efforts working to bypass the ...

Propane Industry’s Largest Event Sees Double-Digit Growth Following Move to Nashville More than 4,100 individuals attended The National Propane Gas Association’s 69th Southeastern Convention & International Propane Expo, which took place April 8–10, at Music City Center in Nashville. This broke a previous record set in 2006 and resulted in the ninth consecutive increase. Attendance by propane marketers grew by ...

Well-managed price cap plans can put fuel oil marketers, as well as their customers, at ease By Stephen Bennett   Charlie Uglietto, owner and president of Cubby Oil & Energy in Somerville, Mass., swears by price-cap programs. “We have been doing price cap plans for close to twenty years,” Uglietto said. “I feel if we don’t offer our customers tools ...

A new center is the site of training classes and research into fuel oil and equipment By Stephen Bennett The NORA Research & Education Center opened in Plainview, N.Y., where research activities will be under the direction of Dr. Tom Butcher, and education programs will be under the direction of John Levey. Established by NORA in conjunction with the New ...

New York’s two U.S. senators came out last week against the proposed Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline and urged federal regulators to reject it, according to an article in the Albany Times Union. In a joint letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Norman Bay, Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand urged rejection of the pipeline for environmental, health ...

Six biofuel trade associations sent a letter to House and Senate leaders asking Congress for a multiyear extension of advanced biofuel tax credits. The Advanced Biofuels Business Council, Algae Biomass Organization, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Growth Energy, National Biodiesel Board and Renewable Fuels Association sent the request in a letter to Senate and House leaders, Senate Committee on Finance leaders, ...

Inconsistent with the will of American voters, governors and members of Congress who overwhelmingly support offshore oil and natural gas exploration and development. “The decision appeases extremists who seek to stop oil and natural gas production which would increase the cost of energy for American consumers and close the door for years to creating new jobs, new investments and boosting ...