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The winter of 2012-13 marked a return to a close-to-normal heating season with degree days totaling in the high-90 percentile
of the 10-year and 30-year average across the region.
This winter also saw an assault on the heating oil industry through public policy initiatives in many of the Northeastern states.
The governors and legislatures in Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New York and Pennsylvania are considering various policies
that would incentivize conversions to natural gas with and without state subsidies. New state policies could also enhance
natural gas exploration
and distribution; use
taxpayer dollars and
government assumption of risk
to invest in firm natural gas
contracts and underwrite pipeline construction; and create new taxes on heating oil to raise general state
es.
revenu
As summer arrives and you begin to prepare your co
mpany for next winter, t
he New Eng
land Fuel Institute (NEFI) is there sa an industry
advocate for government regulation and public
policy, and also as a host of programs to
assist you
in running your company re mo effectively,
efficiently and profitably.
One such program is the NEFI Ene
rg
y
E
xpo. The Energy E
xp
o
combines all aspects of NEFI’s mis
sion: governm
ent advocacy, mmunication
co
and industry education. The En
ergy
E
xpo offers you unma
tched
networking opportunities with all
the major sup
pliers and r ove 220 booths
of multi-fuel systems and allie
d
industry services, along wit
h oil a
nd propane tank trucks, and live fir
e heating and
Bioheat
®
monstrations.
de
There is also a Business C
o
nfere
nce with 14 sessions that
will
guide
you through the latest industry
policy, manag
ement d an operational
issues. Technicians will al
so hav
e the o
pp
ortunity to attend
a “hand
s-o
n” exhibit of home energy perfor
mance tools a
nd attend an education
session on Building Perf
orm
ance
Institute (BPI) certification
by the Con
necticut Energy Marketers Assoc
iation School f
or
gy
Ener Efficiency.
The technician session
is
co-ho
sted
b
y OESP (formerly NAO
HSM).
This year marks the 3
5
th
ann
iver
sary
of t
h
e
Energy Expo, and w
e have chang
ed the
venue to Gillette Stadium
in Foxborough,
,
M
ass. home of the
NFL New England P
atriots
and N
SL
N
ew
E
ngland Revolution
. This cha
nge is a
d
irect result of input from atten
dees and vendors
o wh have found
it increasingly diffic
ult to m
anag
e down
tow
n Boston for the a
cces
s and c
ost o
f
parking and hotels. Gillette S
tadium is acc
essibl
e om fr all major
highways, has amp
le and fre
e par
king, a
nd
h
as adequate hotel
accomm
odation
s in
the area at much lower cost
s versus downtown
ston.
Bo Gillette
Stadium is located
at Patriot
s Pla
ce, wh
ich
houses many r
et
ai
l shops
, restaur
ants a
nd bars.
This year’s Energ
y Expo w
ill f
eatu
re sev
eral keyn
ote sessi
on
s that wil
l
certainly
be memorable and info
rmati
onal. T
he
first
ynote
k
e
session
will feature either
Robert
or Jon
atha
n K
raft, o
wners of t
he
New Engla
nd Patriots
, New England Revolu
tion and G
illett
e
m,
Stad
iu as well as
The Kraft Group.
This is a
gre
at oppor
tu
nit
y to hear fro
m
one of the
leading fami
lies of Massachusetts
and learn
how
th
ey
w
gr
e their family
business into an in
ternati
on
al c
orpor
a
te
a
nd sports pow
erhouse.
The second keyno
t
e
session, gear
ed
toward technic
ians, will fea
ture
D
an Hol
oh
an, an industry
service
and
techn
ical
exp
ert known to all
industry participant
s. D
an will s
pe
ak
about his lat
est article, Rad
iant
R
eflections,
a story of r
adiant h
eat an
d i
ts expan
ded
use in home and
commercial buildings
. A
lways
i
n
teresting, Dan w
i
ll share his tho
ught
s on
the futu
re of ho
me heati
ng.
The third keynote session
is o
n
policy, specifical
ly
, Obama Adm
inistr
ation policie
s
and North Ame
rican
ene
rgy indepe
nden
ce. This panel will be
moderated by leading ene
rgy
industry
expert
Mic
hael Whatley
, Exe
cutive Vice P
resident of the
Con
sume
r Energy A
llianc
e in hington,
Was
D.C.
Invited panelists include ene
rgy officials
fro
m Can
ada and exe
cutive
s of major
refining and
pipelin
e c
ompanies. Th
is is
a
must see anel
p that will
address the issues of North Am
erican crude oil pro
duction, nat
ional
energy p
olicies, and the
impa
ct
of energy polic
y on
the home ting
hea industry.
And no function at Gillette Stadium
would be co
mplete wit
hout a
visit
from som
e specia
l a
thletes. Atte
ndees
of the Energy Expo Trade Show
will have the opportunity to meet for
mer New
England Pat
riot Q
B a
nd present
-day
spo
rtscaster S
cott Zo
lak and former
r cente Pete Brock.
Members can also tour Gillette Stadium
a
nd win
tickets to a
2013
Pat
riots h
ome g
am
e.
Please make the most out of the opportunities at the
NEFI Ene
rgy
Expo and r
eturn home
w
i
th important ideas and information that you can
use to operate more profitably in 2013 and beyond.
Sincerely,
Michael C. Trunzo, President & CEO
New England Fuel Institute
