O&E Staff Reporter September 21, 2018
Though the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island is not to be overlooked when it comes to energy policy discussion, or really any conversation regarding America’s deliverable fuels and home heating providers. That’s because the state is unique not...
Dan Lothrop, Northland Energy Trading, LLC September 21, 2018
Last month my colleague over at Hedge Solutions, Rachel Luc, went over the basics of hedging a Capped Price Program. During that exposition, she noted that there are different consequences for basis protection from hedging with paper only versus hedging w...
Marty Kirshner, CPA, MSA, Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP September 21, 2018
“Business intelligence” sounds like James Bond style, cloak-and-dagger corporate spying. The reality is a little more mundane, although no less thrilling if you are responsible for running a profitable fuel oil or propane business....
Richard Rutigliano, PriMedia, Inc. September 21, 2018
Some readers might remember way, way back in 2011, PriMedia published “The Oilheat Customer Bunch” calendar, which profiled a different customer-character for each month of the year. For example, there was April’s “Worry Wart” who “calls every...
O&E Staff Reporter September 21, 2018
The first Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS1, was passed into law as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and expanded into RFS2 with the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. As chief counsel at the Senate Committee on Environment a...
Samuel Diamond August 21, 2018
For about as long as biodiesel has been part of the discussion surrounding liquid fuel products, questions about quantity, pricing and distribution have existed. The heating industry provides answers....