10 JUNE 2016 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com
STATE BY STATE
NEWS
Massachusetts—
Elisabeth
Treseder is
Named Associate
Director Of API's
Massachusetts
Petroleum Council
The Massachusetts Petroleum Council, a division of API, named
Elisabeth Treseder associate director. Treseder previously served
as policy advisor in the Midstream Department of API in
Washington, D.C.
Treseder joined API in 2013. While in the Washington office,
she oversaw surface transportation and refining issues, among
others. Prior to joining API, Treseder received her master's degree
in Energy Policy and International Business Relations at the
Fletcher School at Tufts University. She received her bachelor's
degree from Duke University in Durham, N.C.
She will be working to aggressively expand the natural gas
infrastructure in the region, which is opposed by the heating oil
and propane sectors that API is said to represent.
"In 2015, New England residents paid on average 53% more
for their electricity than the rest of the nation—in large part
due to inadequate energy infrastructure," said Treseder. "New
England needs investment in infrastructure to gain the full ben-
efits of this opportunity."
New Hampshire—Bills on
Pre-buy Contracts, Sulfur
Reduction, Expected to Be
Signed into Law in N.H.
Two pieces of legislation of importance to
the Oil Heat Council of New Hampshire,
HB1195 and SB309, have passed both the
Senate and House and are on their way to
the office of Gov. Maggie Hassan, reported
Robert J. Sculley, executive director of the
Council, based in Concord, N.H.
"I expect the Governor to sign both HB1195 and SB309,"
Sculley said. HB1195 deals with adjustments the Council
requested on pre-buy contracts, and, if signed, would go into
effect sometime this summer, Sculley said. SB309 mandates a
reduction in sulfur content to 15ppm by July 1, 2018.
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