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August 2014

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August 2014
August 2014
Cold Weather Improves Margins
Cold Weather Improves Margins

Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP Certified Public Accountants, Westwood, Mass., recently released the results of the firm’s 23rd annual Oilheat Industry Survey. The survey was distributed to retail fuel oil and propane dealers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atl

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Monitors Enhance Fuel Delivery
Monitors Enhance Fuel Delivery

Remote tank monitoring has become a very handy tool for many fuel dealers. Sure, it’s a great tool to monitor your customer’s tank levels and usage, but the real value may be the savings from more timely deliveries. Tank monitoring adds a whole new di

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Forecasting Deliveries
Forecasting Deliveries

Energy marketers who want to improve delivery efficiency without a large investment in software can integrate degree-day forecasting into their delivery scheduling with a subscription service from Degree Days Online.

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It’s a Boutique Fuel World
It’s a Boutique Fuel World

As we transition from traditional heating oil towards ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel by summer 2018, the East Coast heating fuel market is seeing an increase in boutiquing. The state of New York moved directly from high sulfur heating oil to ultra-low sulfu

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NYC Widens Biofuel Use
NYC Widens Biofuel Use

Councilman Costa Costantinides targets city ferries. Are power plants next?

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Specification Changes Challenge Marketers, Wholesalers
Specification Changes Challenge Marketers, Wholesalers

Energy marketers and petroleum wholesalers in the Northeast face a fresh set of challenges this year as the state specifications for heating oil shift unevenly, leaving the New York and the six New England states with three different specifications for on

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