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
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
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
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...