Seems just like yesterday we met as an NPGA task force to study alternative insurance options. In 2003 we published a white paper that referred to insurance industry cycles and future price reductions. We forecast lower premiums and more choices. It happened.
Read More Rick Roldan couldn’t possibly have foreseen all that awaited him when he took the reins as president and CEO of the National Propane Gas Association in December 2002. Five years after the association’s retooling and move to Washington, D.C., the man responsible for managing the transition and guiding the organization’s new mission and strategic plan is facing bold new challenges on all fronts: a new national energy policy, a dramatic power swing in Congress, unprecedented industry consolidation and a radically changing global energy market.
Read More Imagine sitting down with your spouse to list the details of your relationship in writing. Beyond those Yes, dear items, there are treacherous pitfalls in specifying what you meant when you said I do those many years ago.
Read More While first intentions should always be to get the customer to comply with safety standards, real world situations can call for tough decisions.
Read More They are at it again. The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has published yet another proposed increase for the infamous bobtail tax.
Read More The World LP Gas Forum, along with the first-ever Global Technology Conference, will educate and inform from Chicago.
Read More LP Gas Magazine Editor Pat Hyland’s Viewpoint column (Pinnacle No More) in the July issue rang quite a few bells with this veteran of 25 years of propane industry trade shows and annual meetings. All the more so as I was one of the principals involved in the decision to transition from the old annual meeting with trade show to Pinnacle.
Read More I am sad to report the death of the National Propane Gas Association’s Safety Committee.
Read More For the first time ever, the propane industry has a comprehensive compilation and statistical analysis of data on safety incidents involving the nationwide distribution, transportation and use of odorized propane.
Read More Like the annual meeting in Chicago and the Northeast Convention before it, Pinnacle – the propane industry’s premier educational conference – is now just a footnote in the industry archives.
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