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Supply/demand data for propane and heating oils through the current heating season, along with forecasts for the next several months, into planning for the 2021-22 heating season, were presented when the IDEAL Energy Cooperative held its semi-annual Supplier Roundtable event in mid-February. Outlooks for a potential sustained rising price environment and awareness of potential volatility were also discussed. In addition, ...

A North Babylon homeowner wanted a green heating solution. What he did not realize was that he already was using green energy with his existing heating equipment. Unfortunately for this consumer, the promise of “low-cost” electric heating went unfulfilled, writes Rocco J. Lacertosa, CEO, New York State Energy Coalition. Across downstate New York — from Westchester County, through New York ...

Husson University Student Government, in partnership with the United Way of Eastern Maine, sponsored the fourth annual Walk for Warmth on Saturday, Feb. 27, raising more than $1,000 from registration fees, individual donations and t-shirt sales. The United Way of Eastern Maine will distribute the money to local families in need of heating assistance. The 5-kilometer fun run and walk ...

The National Oilheat Research Alliance and the European Heating Oil Association (Eurofuel) will host their second annual conference, Low-Carbon Liquid Heating Fuels: Putting the Pieces Together, on May 20 and 27. Presented online, the event will feature experts addressing the transition to low-carbon fuels. “The magnitude of the challenges posed by the energy transition requires a variety of solutions,” Moritz Bellingen, chairman ...

Ryan Palmer, a driver for HL Propane Co., West Lebanon, N.Y., on a delivery run in western Massachusetts in February. HL Propane is owned and managed by Harry and Beth Hicks. Photo by Dave Campbell.

Foster Fuels Inc. has been delivering fuel to critical infrastructure and crews working to restore power in the aftermath of the Texas ice storms that left more than four million people without power. Initially the company, based in Brookneal, Virginia, dispatched about two dozen trucks. The count has now grown to more than 110, delivering diesel fuel and gasoline after ...

The Coast Guard is continuing ice breaking operations as colder temperatures and winter weather impact waterways throughout the Northeast. The ice breaking operations are in support of Operation Reliable Energy for Northeast Winters (OPRENEW), the Coast Guard’s region-wide effort to ensure communities across the Northeast from New York to Maine have the security, supplies, energy and emergency resources they need ...

Burch Oil, Carlin Combustion/Hydrolevel, Thermo Products, and Triton Defense helped inventor Matt Hayes make a “Hot Box” designed to disinfect personal protective equipment. Now three facilities in Maryland are using the oil-fired device to treat N95 masks so that they can be reused. For a heat source, the device uses a low-profile highboy oil furnace manufactured by Thermo Products, Denton, ...

While millions in Texas and elsewhere endured energy outages triggered by a winter storm, the renewable liquid heating fuel (RLHF) industry is offering a viable, clean fuel that can be utilized as part of the U.S. energy mix to help relieve pressure on an overstretched electrical grid, says the National Energy and Fuels Institute. Renewable liquid heating fuel is a ...

More U.S. states have adopted or advanced new energy-saving targets and vehicle and appliance rules, but COVID-19 slowed other efficiency efforts, according to the 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. For the first time in four years, California took first place nationwide, edging out Massachusetts, the leader in the Northeast. Other regional leaders include Minnesota in the Midwest, Colorado in the Southwest, ...