O&E Staff Reporter August 15, 2016
When Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act in 2010, it mandated that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reform the commodities marketplace by improving market oversight. In the six years since then, the CFTC has failed to...
Richard Rutigliano, PriMedia, Inc. August 15, 2016
Every business needs to connect with customers and prospects to be able to motivate them to buy. In the realms of deliverable fuel and home comfort, customer preferences are evolving rapidly, and it takes tremendous flexibility and agility to anticipate c...
John MacKenna August 15, 2016
Massachusetts Oilheat Marketers could soon benefit from new state regulations that incentivize the use of biodiesel as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The state Department of Energy Resources (DOER) is currently developing regulations that...
John MacKenna August 15, 2016
Long Island energy marketer Raymond Hart and his family have come a long way since 1978. Hart entered the heating oil industry as a one-truck operator who made deliveries himself after finishing his day’s work at his gas station. Today, his family ru...
O&E Staff Reporter July 22, 2016
It is important to not overreact to a warm winter like the one we just had, but rather to be prepared for the next time another one comes along. There is a temptation to hunker down and cut costs, but the reality is that modern back office software can he...
Richard Pummell, Foley Carrier Services July 15, 2016
Audit: a word that strikes fear into the hearts of many. Whether it is the Internal Revenue Service or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reviewing documents and procedures, audits can be stressful processes that extend to uncomfortab...