Propane has its place in the pest industry, says a national pest association official, in an application that has been common over the years – heat treatments to eliminate infestations within a structure.
Read More The timing could not have been worse for news to circulate about the rupture of five propane-filled composite cylinders at a Heritage Propane facility in Miami April 4, 10 and 13 – just eight weeks before the propane industry had hoped to tap into the virgin cabinet heater market.
Read More Many family owned businesses in this industry do a lot of things very well, yet can blunder terribly when it comes to financial matters. These errors can cost the family significant value and prevent it from achieving the very goals it set out to achieve when the business was started.
Read More It is sometimes hard to keep up with all of the new and excellent safety material streaming out of our friends at PERC. I think I could spend each article in the magazine writing about new products available from the PERC pipeline. So far the industry has been extremely well-served by the quality of the safety products we have seen. The new material on GAS Check is just one more example of excellent work that is now available for the industry to use.
Read More Rural electric cooperatives (RECs) have not missed a beat in protecting their interests before Congress this session. The non-profit RECs, through the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (NRECA) and their 900 member cooperatives, continue to be effective lobbyists for their cause.
Read More Beyond the standard insurance company costs of marketing, loss control and underwriting, we have liability defense costs.
Read More A Confidential Study of fugitive emissions in California says that the propane industry should find ways to reduce the amount of fuel released into the atmosphere during and after product transfer – or risk losing the exemptions it has long enjoyed with state air pollution authorities.
Read More 2007 marks the 10th anniversary of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). As evidence of its commitment to the industry’s continued progress at this important juncture, the council has launched an important new campaign to improve the assessment collections process and increase participation in the annual Sales of Natural Gas Liquids and Liquefied Refinery Gases survey conducted by the American Petroleum Institute (API).
Read More Carbon monoxide poisoning has earned the notorious designation as the silent killer because it is colorless, odorless and silent.
Read More The following issues of price gouging, war spending, climate change and homeland security are worth watching even as they impact the industry to different degrees.
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