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PGANE ANNOUNCES SPRING MEETING
The Propane Gas Association of New
England (PGANE) will hold its Spring
Meeting March 28-29 at the Renaissance
Hotel in Providence, RI. Registration begins
at 8 a.m. on March 28, and there will be
two seminars in the morning. From 8:30
a.m. to noon, energy consultant Bard Black
will discuss Propane Supply and Hedging.
From 9 a.m. to noon, Angus Energy will
present a seminar entitled Driving Propane
Performance.
The afternoon of March 28 will be used
for meetings of various committees as well
as a Board of Directors meeting from 3 to 5
p.m., followed by a reception and dinner.
On March 29, PGANE will host a morning
meeting featuring presenters from Roush,
the Propane Research and EducationCouncil
and the National Propane Gas Association.
For information, call 888-445-1075 or visit
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS BIG
WINS FOR PROPANE AUTOGAS
Propane autogas gained a lot of ground
in 2012 and more victories are expected in
2013, according to a recent article by
NGT
News.
The news website, which focuses on
fleet transportation, reported on a series of
significant contracts, including one for 400
propane autogas school buses.
Student Transportation Inc. recently
inked a deal with the Omaha and Millard
school systems in Nebraska to supply 400
Blue Bird Corp. buses featuring the ROUSH
CleanTech autogas engine. STI says this
project will put Omaha among the biggest
propane-powered school bus fleets in the
U.S., joining other school systems that have
heavily bought into autogas, such as Mesa,
Ariz., and Portland, Ore.
“The corporate world appeared to be
taking notice of propane last year, as well,
and that activity could balloon into a formi-
dable market presence for the alt fuel going
forward,”
NGT News
reported. “Consider,
for instance, Sears Holdings’ deployment
of a couple dozen ROUSH CleanTech
Ford E-250 propane-powered cargo vans
in Seattle. Although 27 autogas vans is not
a staggering number, Sears Home Services
President Stu Reed alluded to a substantially
more lofty figure.” “If we get the type of
efficiencies we expect by converting these
vans to ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas,
we could scale this to all 10,000 service
vans,” he told
NGT News
.
Another important development is the
decision by Menard’s, which operates a
large chain of home improvement stores
in the Midwest, to convert 140 Ford F-150
pickup trucks in Illinois to propane autogas.
Menard’s is reportedly planning a state-
by-state approach to rolling out propane
vehicles – ultimately to its entire 14-state
footprint,
NGT News
reported.
LIMO SERVICE SWITCHES TO PROPANE
Knight’s Airport Limo Service, of
Shrewsbury, Mass., recently received
approval from the local Board of Selectmen
to install an 18,000-gallon propane tank to
provide fueling for its fleet, according to a
report in the
Shrewsbury Daily Voice.
Knight’s President Michael Hogan told
the newspaper that his fleet of 55 vehicles
goes through about 1,000 gallons of pro-
pane a day. He said he switched to propane
because it is a clean fuel, and a vehicle can
travel just as far on a gallon of propane as it
can with a gallon of gas.
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