Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) dismissed regulation changes that would’ve required propane distributors to pass a safety test to become registered under OGRA’s list of approved distributors, PakTribune reported today. After a string of tank explosions and accidents injured several Pakistanis, some of them fatally, the Authority said they were creating a safety […]
On Friday, the Vermont House approved a bill that set some new rules for the state’s propane dealers “regulating fees and charges for propane gas.” Read the story from Friday here. And here are a few more notes from the weekend coverage. • One representative proposed adding a measure that would regulate propane prices, according to […]
On Friday, the Vermont General Assembly passed a bill that would set new rules for the state’s propane dealers, the Associated Press is reporting this afternoon. The proposed law requires that: • Retailers cannot charge minimum use fees. • Retailers must provide a “timely” refund when customers change dealers. • Retailers are mandated to sell […]
Yesterday, several Vermont propane dealers visited the state house to discuss recent proposals to regulate the industry, with particular regard for minimum use fees and tank rentals. The long-winded hearing was designed, as the chairman of the committee that hosted it said, to balance business owner’s interests with customer concerns, according to the Burlington Free […]
A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to the state house that would establish rules for when propane retailers could disconnect their customers’ service, according to the local Community Impact Newspaper. If the proposal passes, propane dealers could not cut off service on a weekend, unless the company was equipped to receive payment and restore […]
One week ago, a new set of laws regulating the New Mexico propane trade went into effect. And a state rep for the industry says it’s been a rough seven days, writes the petroleum news site OpisNet. The background: The state’s consumer rights commission drafted the rules at the end of November, responding to consumer […]
US propane customers aren’t the only ones getting pinched by rising prices this heating season. On Monday, the Canadian company Terasen Gas got approval on a rate hike that would bump up a typical residential bill CAD$32 (just less than $32 dollars here), the Vancouver Sun reports. Terasen serves the province of British Columbia. And […]
Ontario has updated its oversight of the province’s propane dealers and transfer stations, according to an item today from the National Center for Occupational Health & Safety (OHS). Starting in the New Year, propane facilities will be required to submit “risk and safety management plans” within four months of renewing their business licenses. For stations […]
The same week New Mexico’s first propane regulations go into effect, the state’s Public Regulation Commission (PRC) will hold a public hearing on the new rules, the New Mexican newspaper reported yesterday. As Propane.pro reported on December 6, the PRC drafted the new rules in November, responding to consumer requests for more oversight of their […]
The state consumer rights commission in New Mexico has passed its first regulations on the propane industry, according to a story in the Santa Fe New Mexican this weekend. The new rules require propane dealers to give their customers a detailed price report. Though another measure that consumer advocates pushed for — emergency “cross-fill,” allowing […]