Legistlative Affairs
The collective strength of our membership provides the platform by which the petroleum industry can continue to flourish, by working with government regulators to promote, preserve and protect our industry in today’s business climate.
Recent Legislative News
Used Cooking Oil From Connecticut Restaurants, Along With Other Food Waste, Is Being Turned Into Fuel To Heat Your Home!
For Immediate ReleaseContact Shelly SindlandCEMAshellysindland@ctema.com860-992-9045 STARTING JULY 1ST, A NEW STATE LAW WILL CHANGE THE WAY HALF OF CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS HEAT THEIR HOMES!Used Cooking Oil From Restaurants, Along With Other Food Waste, Will Be Mixed...
CEMA Goes On Air to Fight Electrification
CEMA has started our anti-electrification/conversion campaign by running digital and terrestrial radio ads from December 27th through January 17th. The ad focuses on CEMA's recent public relations efforts to raise concerns about the reliability of the electric grid...
Press Release- New Connecticut Poll Shows Vast Majority of Residents Unhappy with Gas Prices and Fees; State Entry into TCI Program Opposed by 2 to 1 Margin
TCI Press Conference with CT, MA & RI on what TCI really means for ratepayers.
Governor Proposes New Truck Tax
HIGHLIGHTS - Tax to apply on all trucks class 8-13 (see below), 26,000 GVW and up - Tax is a mileage tax, starting at 2.5 cents/mile traveled in CT for 26,000 GVW trucks, increasing to over 17.5 cents/mi. for trucks over 81,000 GVW - Called a Highway Use Tax (HUT),...
The Green New Deal Has Arrived in Connecticut
The “Green New Deal” has arrived in Connecticut! As we suspected, the bill proposes to end our industry and transition our workforce to yet to be developed green jobs. This is the most overt and specific attack on our industry that I have seen in the two decades I...
2020 Federal Motor Fuel Excise Tax Rates
The federal Oil Spill Liability Tax (OSLT) that expired on December 31, 2018 has been reauthorized prospectively (not retroactively) beginning January 1, 2020. Refiners are the only parties in the petroleum distribution chain liable for the OSLT. The OSLT rate is...
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 business entity...
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 tax and some...
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 Daniels of...