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Battles Over Biofuels and Clean Heat
In Vermont, development of a Clean Heat Standard is stirring some confusion and concern. Gov. Phil Scott called the projected…
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The Makings of a Payment Processing Statement
Accepting payments from your customers, like everything else, is a little more expensive these days. By design, most processing statements…
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Obituary: Rich Alden
Richard James Alden of Rindge, N.H., a long-time advertising and sales representative for Fuel Oil News and other publications, died…
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Your Financial Roadmap in 3 Steps
Your Financial Roadmap in 3 Steps Have you been disappointed in recent years with your cash flow or profitability as…
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Leslie Cernak: How to Reduce Risk in Fuel Contracts
My last two articles covered “contract basics.” The concepts were broad, but important to the validity of a contract. Now…
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Account Updater: Out With the Old, In With the New
Customer upgrades, card expirations, data breaches, and lost or stolen cards are all situations that can result in customer credit…
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Is Brand Important?
The gasoline and heating oil markets face significant challenges, including high-efficiency equipment, the rise of alternative fuels, and stringent emissions…
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Foster Foundation Collects 5,518 Coats
Foster Fuels renamed its philanthropic arm, formerly known as the Watt Foster Family Foundation, to the Foster Foundation. The change…
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Service Diversification: Myths and Realities
I have had the opportunity to manage and work with a very diversified company in the mid-Atlantic region for over…
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Conversations About Customer Contracts
Leslie Cernak, writing here about “contract basics,” has been involved in the fuel oil industry for more than 36 years,…
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