Operations

Connecticut imposed a new per-mile truck tax on Class 8 through Class 13 motor vehicles, effective Jan. 1, 2023. The Connecticut Business & Industry Association reports that the Department of Revenue Services recently issued guidance for the highway user fee, enacted by the legislature in 2021, to assist trucking companies with compliance. “According to the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis, the tax is ...

Sail Energy of Portsmouth, N.H., acquired the assets related to the full-service propane and heating oil delivery and HVAC business of Klebe Fuel Co., whose primary office is in Winsted, Conn. Matthew “Matt” T. Klebe founded Klebe Fuel in 1989. Starting as a heating oil business, the company grew in 1997 with the addition of a service department, in 2011 ...

Sail Energy LLC, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has acquired the assets related to the full-service propane and heating oil delivery and HVAC business of Tower Energy LLC and its affiliates located in Plainville, Connecticut. The transaction closed on Feb. 1, 2023. In 2004, Tower Energy was founded by Nicholas Scata, who purchased separate entities Tower Energy and Plainville Oil Company. ...

ADD Systems (Advanced Digital Data, Inc.) is marking its 50th anniversary. In 1973, ADD Systems strived to improve the way energy distributors operate. Today, ADD Systems is on that same mission in the energy distribution, HVAC, and c-store industries. “This would not have been possible without the support of our great customers, the dedication of the employees, and the vision ...

Kenneth C. Buhrmaster, president and CEO of Buhrmaster Energy Group and Shaw Propane, died on Feb. 13. He was 53 years old. Born on October 20, 1969, in Schenectady NY, he was the son of James and Sandra Buhrmaster. He grew up in Scotia and was a 1987 graduate of Scotia-Glenville High School. He was an alumnus of Utica College ...

Palmer Gas & Oil, Atkinson, N.H., announced changes to its management team. The company said it appointed four people to management positions as part of its strategic approach to long-term growth. Says Peter Iacobucci, General Manager of Palmer Gas & Oil (PGO), “We are excited to welcome these new managers to the team. We are committed to ensuring that we ...

ADD Systems announced that its founder, Bruce Alan Bott, died at his home on February 2. He was 81. “His entrepreneurial spirit, unfaltering dedication, and incredible foresight made ADD Systems the strong company it is today, but it was his exceptional ability to welcome, empower and appreciate the people around him that solidified its success,” the company said in a ...

P3 Propane Safety announced that John Horner joined its Safety Services Team as a Senior Consultant of Training and Safety. Horner is currently based in Texas, and he will assist new and existing clients with the implementation of the P3 Compliance System. He will also provide local training –approved by the Texas Railroad Commission as well as CETP, DOT, and ...

With the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Congress has created a $600 consumer income tax credit for the installation of renewable fuels compatible liquid fuel appliances, NORA explains in a Jan. 16 news release: With this act, low-carbon liquid fuel heating appliances have been identified as a viable path for GHG reductions. The heating appliance qualifies by ...

New England should have adequate electricity supplies under mild and moderate weather conditions this winter, according to ISO New England, operator of the region’s electric grid. Prolonged periods of very cold weather continue to pose power system reliability risks, but ISO New England will use procedures and plans, including a rolling three-week energy supply forecast, with the goal of mitigating these conditions ...