O&E Staff Reporter September 20, 2016
In a victory for heating oil dealers throughout New England, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently declared it unlawful for Massachusetts to force residential electricity customers to subsidize the construction of private natural gas pipelines...
O&E Staff Reporter September 20, 2016
Electric utilities benefit from billions of dollars in tax breaks every year, according to a recent report from The Institute for Policy Studies entitled, Utilities Pay Up: How Ending Tax Dodging by America’s Electric Utilities Can Help Fund a Job-Creat...
O&E Staff Reporter September 20, 2016
Allison Heaney truly grew up in the Oilheat business. At age 5, she was helping to wash trucks at Skaggs-Walsh, founded by her grandfather, and in 1994 she stepped into the company presidency as a 24-year-old....
Richard Rutigliano, PriMedia, Inc. September 20, 2016
Change is a constant in Oilheat, particularly in equipment sales. It used to be that when a homeowner or business owner needed a new boiler or furnace, the only big question they faced was a choice between standard and high-efficiency equipment. Now the c...
John MacKenna September 20, 2016
Veteran energy marketer and consultant Sean Cota says fuel companies are complex operations, and owners need to implement effective bookkeeping and accounting practices in order to get a firm grasp on their costs....
John MacKenna September 20, 2016
One of the keys to controlling fuel delivery costs is managing the oil or propane fleet with technology solutions that facilitate communications involving drivers, onboard systems, dispatch and back office....