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MEMA Secures Increase in Fuel Assistance Margin
After several months of work with Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) officials in Massachusetts, MEMA was able to secure a 25-cent per gallon increase in Margin-Over-Rack payments to retailers delivering to qualified fuel assistance customers.
Commission on Clean Heat Issues Final Report
Following nearly 12 months of work, the Commission on Clean Heat has issued its final report. The Commission was appointed by former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. MEMA member Charlie Uglietto, President of Cubby Oil & Energy, served on the Commission.
Boston Globe Publishes MEMA Letter-to-Editor
In response to efforts by state lawmakers to ban fossil fuel installations in cities and towns across the Commonwealth, MEMA President Michael Ferrante and Steve Dodge with Clean Fuels Alliance of America submitted a letter to the Boston Globe.
NY Bioheat Bill Signed Into Law
The new law, which makes New York the largest state to enact a biodiesel blending requirement for heating oil, will reduce the state’s annual carbon emissions by approximately 1 million metric tons.
Exploring Biodiesel Seminar Comes to Boston
The National Biodiesel Board’s Exploring Biodiesel Regional Seminars (XBX) is teaming with Project Carbon Freedom and the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association to kick off the 2021-22 heating season in the Northeast.
NEFI Launches Resource Center
The National Energy & Fuels Institute has unveiled a new website to provide industry stakeholders with tools and information to achieve greater success in the future.
In Two Months, PCF Generates Nearly 5K Letters
Since our March 8 launch, Project Carbon Freedom has sent 4,884 messages to 499 state representatives, senators, and legislative committee members across New England, New York, and beyond.
PCF Makes Headlines
Widespread coverage of the launch of Project Carbon Freedom included a three-page spread in Indoor Comfort Magazine, which featured the initiative on it's March-April cover. The story ran in tandem with an impassioned op-ed by industry leader Paul Nazzaro, who makes a powerful case for Bioheat fuel and calls on heating oil dealers to share their stories.
PCF Virtual Launch Inspires Action
The March 8 virtual launch of Project Carbon Freedom, a coordinated effort by the heating oil industry and National Biodiesel Board to advocate for legislation that supports the growth of renewable liquid heating fuel in the Northeast, generated more than 500 advocacy letters from 14 states in less than 10 minutes.
Heat-Pump Promise Falls Short for Long Island Ratepayer
James Muller paid more than $27,000 for a heat-pump system and insulation work that he was told would lead to savings. More than a year later and now facing more than $3,700 in back electric charges, he says he’s still waiting — and switching back to liquid heating fuel.
A Green Plan That Benefits Everyone
In an op-ed published by The Sun Chronicle, Matt Allen, vice-president of W.H. Riley & Son, Inc., says that the home heating industry stands ready and willing to help reduce emissions in the Northeast – if only lawmakers will recognize renewable liquid heating fuel as part of the solution.
Sprague, Biofine to Commercialize 100% Renewable Heating Fuel
New England fuel wholesaler Sprague Energy has partnered with Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. to market and distribute ethyl levulinate (EL), the company's 100-percent renewable heating fuel made from forest product waste.
“Individuals and communities across the country are going be affected by net-zero transitions in different ways. All Americans will be crucial partners in this transition, and we must be sensitive to the needs and values of communities when planning and implementing the very significant infrastructure and other developments needed to get to net-zero,”
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