LP Gas, March 2014
NEWS BRIEFS Protection Agency certification standards According to a press release the conversion kits will be available online and through the companys branches to landscape contractors this spring Propane key to lighting Olympic flame A propane air system was behind the Olympic cauldron and its flame during the Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia Algas SDI and its parent company Eclipse say they provided the system that lit the cauldron An Algas SDI QM100 system delivered the propane air mixture required to fuel the massive flame which an Eclipse ThermAir 200 multi fuel burner heated The companies Russian partner Gazovik installed the system Algas SDIs Wayne Hicks commissioned the system in January Star Gas makes first acquisition in four years Star Gas Partners LP is acquiring Griffith Energy Services Inc a company based in Columbia Md Star Gas is acquiring the equity of Griffith for 699 million plus working capital which will be determined at closing According to a press release Griffith sold 800000 gallons of propane in fiscal year 2012 Ever since our last major acquisition of Continued on page 10 HEATING DEGREE DAYS BY STATE Deviation Deviation From Last 12 From State January Norm Months Norm Alabama 834 154 3084 245 Alaska 1185 458 10171 1021 Arizona 377 115 1815 345 Arkansas 905 69 3910 404 California 278 206 1985 649 Colorado 1148 91 7095 313 Connecticut 1235 58 6127 58 Delaware 1087 91 4750 10 Dist of Columbia 1011 94 4119 64 Florida 237 24 631 63 Georgia 850 170 3268 385 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 Idaho 1101 111 6694 214 Illinois 1510 185 6970 616 Indiana 1417 190 6346 452 Iowa 1585 124 7868 809 Kansas 1136 11 5691 572 Kentucky 1180 177 4994 378 Louisiana 613 124 2125 341 Maine 1467 11 7957 55 Maryland 1157 138 5039 190 Massachusetts 1254 45 6398 9 Michigan 1521 196 7308 359 Minnesota 1849 129 9432 676 Mississippi 775 134 2923 360 Missouri 1240 92 5812 594 Montana 1141 240 7646 664 Nebraska 1280 45 6865 341 Nevada 592 172 3299 504 New Hampshire 1439 34 7508 80 New Jersey 1224 133 5602 158 JANUARY PERCENT RETURN NOT MEANINGFUL LOWER THAN AVERAGE HEATING DEGREE DAYS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE HEATING DEGREE DAYS New Mexico 850 90 4478 358 New York 1293 105 6083 33 North Carolina 898 113 3825 300 North Dakota 1733 62 10037 589 Ohio 1361 162 6254 282 Oklahoma 915 19 4272 522 Oregon 700 116 5126 24 Pennsylvania 1317 158 6173 264 Rhode Island 1180 67 6083 194 South Carolina 789 123 3153 358 South Dakota 1411 92 8177 329 Tennessee 1079 190 4520 520 Texas 547 13 2201 204 Utah 1118 89 6334 279 Vermont 1530 43 8139 29 Virginia 1079 137 4725 246 Washington 795 82 5351 162 West Virginia 1265 204 5622 326 Wisconsin 1726 213 8609 818 Wyoming 1242 134 7899 405 United States 970 53 4639 115 BY LEO MICHAEL Data courtesy of the Climate Prediction Center National Weather Service www LPGasmagazine com March 2014 LPGas 9
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