New Laws Effective 1/1/2020

New Laws Effective 1/1/2020

There’s no more sales tax exemption on safety equipment. We reported on this when it passed but there’s nothing marketers actually need to do since the tax will be applied automatically by suppliers on purchases of these products. Also gone is the $250...
2019 Heating Degree Days

2019 Heating Degree Days

The numbers are in for 2019. Monthly HDDs are shown below for each month of 2019, with totals for the 20-year average and for 2018 also shown. 2019 was warmer than normal by 162 degree days, but was actually slightly cooler than the year before, by just 14 HDDs. The...
New Law Changes That Affect CEMA Members

New Law Changes That Affect CEMA Members

While the new $43 billion state budget that was adopted last month claimed to not increase the sales or income tax, a number of “changes” were made that will have an effect on CEMA members. Below is a summary of the new expanded application of the sales...
Natural Gas Leak Bill Approved By Environment Committee

Natural Gas Leak Bill Approved By Environment Committee

The Connecticut General Assembly’s Environment Committee approved a bill that would prohibit natural gas utilities from charging their customers for leaked gas into the environment. CEMA would like to thank Steve Rosentel of Leahy’s Fuel (Danbury), John...
Fight The Carbon Tax

Fight The Carbon Tax

Language for a new carbon tax bill in Connecticut is out, and there will be a hearing on the bill, No. 1064, starting at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 18 in Room 2B at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The bill’s language is identical to that of bills...
CEMA Members Storm The Capitol

CEMA Members Storm The Capitol

Last week, 50 CEMA members participated in the 4th annual March on Hartford. Lead by CEMA Board of Directors Chairman Peter Russell of Santa Fuel (Bridgeport), participants started the day with a briefing on all of the issues that they were going to tackle with their...