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Eastern Propane Gas, a New Hampshire corporation, acquired the business assets of R. B. Sahagen, DBA Blue Flame Gas Co., headquartered in Rangeley, Maine. Blue Flame is a full-service propane sales, delivery, and appliance business which also owns and operates a retail store offering a range of products for the home. The transaction was completed on August 29, said Cetane ...

Energy Transfer announced that it will acquire Crestwood Equity Partners in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $7.1 billion, including the assumption of $3.3 billion of debt, based on the closing price on August 15, 2023. Crestwood Services, the supply and logistics unit of Crestwood Equity Partners, opened a rail terminal in Montgomery, N.Y., in 2017, providing propane to marketers across New York, New England, ...

Energy, heating and home services provider Star Group, L.P., announced that it acquired Ideal Bottle Gas, Inc. in Bellport, NY. Star Group will operate out of the current Ideal Bottle Gas facilities in Bellport. Anthony Silecchia Jr., vice president of Star Group, said, “This acquisition will be seamless for existing Ideal Bottle Gas customers, and we look forward to taking ...

Governor Phil Scott and the Vermont Department of Economic Development (DED) opened the Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program (BEGAP) on Aug. 3. This $20 million grant program is intended to help businesses and nonprofits restore, reopen, and bring their employees back to work after suffering physical damages to their property beginning on July 7, 2023, when severe storms swept into ...

Haffner’s, part of Energy North Group, Lawrence, Mass., announced that it acquired Hartmann Oil & Propane, based in Exter, N.H. Hartmann Oil & Propane serves households in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Southern Maine. It was founded in 1983. Owner Andrew Hartmann said, “We are thrilled to be joining Haffner’s, a company that shares our deep-rooted commitment to family values.” Haffner’s distributes ...

Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. and Sprague Resources LP announced a long-term agreement to bring a biofuel called ethyl levulinate, to market. Sprague will also market EL, a product described in a news release as “ready to revolutionize the heating oil industry by converting waste feedstocks into carbon-negative biofuels.”   “We see this agreement as a critical step towards establishing a new industry that we ...

MacFarlane Energy, a Massachusetts corporation, acquired assets of the full-service heating fuels business of Horan Oil, Stoughton, Mass. Horan Oil was established in 1936 by William T. Horan and his sons Edward and Leo. By the 1960s Edward’s sons had joined the business and in 1988 James (“Jim”) M. Horan took the lead, expanded the customer base, and added HVAC ...

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on July 13 made a formal request to President Joseph R. Biden for federal disaster funds to assist individuals and communities in recovering from floods that occurred from July 7-12. The Major Disaster Declaration would provide relief to individuals and communities. “Vermonters have faced incredible loss as a result of this historic and catastrophic flooding event,” Scott said. ...

SACRAMENTO – California announced a partnership July 6 with the nation’s top truck manufacturers that advances the development of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) for the commercial trucking industry. The agreement reached by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) and its commercial engine and vehicle members and Ford Motor Company includes a commitment from the companies to ...

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA plans to invest up to $500 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to increase the availability of domestic biofuels and provide additional cleaner fuel options at the pump. Vilsack said, “By expanding the availability of homegrown biofuels, we are strengthening our energy independence, creating ...