THE PROPANE MINDSET
Don't assume a move into
propane will be as simple as a
few extra training classes for
technicians and a new truck.
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PROPANE
MINDSET
TO HEDGE OR
NOT TO HEDGE
pg. 29
QUALITY
COMPANIES
COMMAND
PREMIUM VALUES
pg. 33
THE NORA
REBATE PROGRAM
pg. 37
A Propane Veteran Discusses How the Propane Business
Is More Unlike than Like the Fuel Oil Business
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DEPARTMENTS
3 Dateline
8 Editorial
10 State by State
12 Fuels/EIA
26 Business Operations
35 HVAC/Hydronics
46 Classifieds
49 Ad Index
FUELS
18
The Propane Mindset
21 NYPGA Spring Meeting
23
Steel Tank Institute Hits 100
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
28 Jurisdictional Systems
Columnist Shane Sweet
29 To Hedge or Not to Hedge
33
Quality Companies Command Premium Values
Columnist Steve Abbate
34 Profiles of Success: Unique Welding
HVAC/HYDRONICS
37
The NORA Rebate Program
39
Tools Roundup
44
Two-Stage
Columnist George Lanthier
50 Degree Days
Columnist Charles Bursey
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