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Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods , N . H ., site of the Northern New England Energy Conference , Aug . 30-Sept . 1 , 2021 . Photo provided by Omni Mount Washington Resort .

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4 EDITOR ’ S NOTE 6 NEWS 10 FUELS / EIA 14 BUSINESS OPERATIONS 41 CLASSIFIEDS 43 AD INDEX

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BUSINESS OPERATIONS 18 CEMA Annual Meeting

Connecticut Energy Marketers gathered at Mohegan Sun .

21 Rhode Island Marketers Name Executive Director

Diane Quesnelle assumes post at Energy Marketers Association of Rhode Island

22 NEFI Proposes Industry ‘ Survival Fund ’

Half-cent-per-gallon rack fee is proposed to protect , grow industry .

24 Propane Products & Services : 2021 Directory

32 NORA Releases Heat Pump Study

NORA also made available online the presentations from its conference with Eurofuel .

34 Water Heaters 2021 : A Roundup

37 Budget Customers in a Subscription Economy

Fuel marketers can learn from the practices of box services such as Blue Apron , Dollar Shave Club , and Barkbox , writes columnist Marci Gagnon .

HVAC / HYDRONICS 38 Nuts and Bolts

George Lanthier on the dreaded internal tankless or blank plate that has rusted or rotted .

LAST WORD 40 Calendars and Contacts

Columnist Shane Sweet on keeping track of events and people .

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