About 2.9 billion people still cook using biomass as fuel. Propane is a way to move away from this practice. Photo Courtesy of the World LPG Association

Propane’s role in improving health, environmental standards

September 20, 2018 By Clara Richter

WLPGA initiative addresses catastrophic effects of indoor air pollution – with propane as the solution.

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Despite their importance, CSRs may, in some cases, be underappreciated and undertrained. Photo: iStock.com/Liderina

Customer service reps play crucial role in propane industry safety practices

September 20, 2018 By Stuart Flatow

Properly-trained customer service representatives are powerful, useful safety resources to the propane industry.

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Workplace violence can effect employees and customers at a propane operation. Photo: iStock.com/ KatarzynaBialasiewicz

Workplace violence: A possible threat to your propane operation

September 20, 2018 By Brian Richesson

Workplace violence can affect employees, customers and visitors to a propane operation.

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According to Kundhi, customers like that they can see the fuel level in the cylinder through the open panel on the side. Photo By Joe McCarthy.

Composite cylinders poised to make an impact on the exchange market

September 18, 2018 By Joe McCarthy

Aluminum and steel are mainstays in the cylinder exchange market, but a composite cylinder push in North America might be the wave of the future.

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Coop relates closely with sellers’ concerns. Photo courtesy of Nancy Coop

A Propane Personality: Ferrellgas’ Nancy Coop

September 17, 2018 By Joe McCarthy

LP Gas’ Joe McCarthy spoke with Nancy Coop, business development executive for Ferrellgas, about her career in the propane industry.

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The Nantucket Energy bobtail built by Exosent Engineering. Photo courtesy of Exosent Engineering.

LPG Spotlight: Nantucket Energy

September 14, 2018 By Joe McCarthy

Innovative bobtail helps Nantucket Island energy provide better service customers.

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Automation adds efficiency to cylinder exchange market

September 11, 2018 By James Guyette

Cylinder exchange automation initiatives feeding the needs of grillers, merchants and marketers.

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The PERC Can-Do Conference gave propane retailers the opportunity to learn marketing tactics that could be employed as soon as they returned to their operations. Photo courtesy of PERC

PERC’s Can-Do Conference seeks to improve industry marketing efforts

September 10, 2018 By Joe McCarthy

The Propane Education & Research Council’s first Can-Do Conference gives the propane industry the tools and confidence it needs to improve its marketing tactics.

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Propane 1075 placard. Photo by Joe McCarthy

Propane retailers: How different generations approach workplace safety

September 7, 2018 By Randy Warner

Baby boomers and Millennials have different approaches to safety.

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Do you know your average cost of processing and paying an invoice?

Back-office software that isn’t flashy but essential

September 4, 2018 By Christopher Caywood

Caywood Propane Gas’ Christopher Caywood examines the back-office software essential to improving a propane operation’s efficiency.

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