Meetings are scheduled from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. IPGA is hoping you will join us for one of these important Town Hall meetings. NEW! You can also participate virtually. Zoom links will be sent the day before the event.
North: Monday, October 5
BoatHouse Restaurant
700 Park Ave.
Winona Lake
Central: Wednesday, October 7
The Bridgewater Club
3535 E 161st Street
Carmel
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Cummins and PERC have developed a 6.7L medium-duty propane demonstration engine that exceeds diesel in performance (torque and power output) and emissions reductions and matches diesel in thermal efficiency while significantly lowering carbon emissions. The technology is currently being field tested by AmeriGas.
Stephen Whaley is the Director of Autogas Business Development for the Propane Education & Research Council. Whaley manages the over-the-road market portfolio for PERC. He is responsible for growing propane autogas market share in on highway light-, medium- and heavy duty vehicle markets. Before joining PERC in January of 2020, Whaley ran his own clean transportation consulting company. Whaley was formerly a director of business development for Roush CleanTech and performed Autogas research and business development for Blossman Propane.
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IPGA 2020 Fall Board and Membership Meeting |
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IPGA is hosting a board meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 11:30am-2:30pm at The Bridgewater Club in Carmel, IN. All members are invited to attend and lunch will be served.
Registration is required.
Committee Meetings will meet via Zoom prior to the in-person Board and Membership Meeting on November 3 and 5. Please save the dates, additional details will follow.
Click here to register for the Board and Membership Meeting.
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At the November meeting, the IPGA Board will begin planning for it's 2021 Annual Convention and is seeking speakers for consideration.
Potential speakers are asked to submit a topic(s) and descriptions(s) or a training you would like to provide to our members. We encourage you to share your best practices, successes and proven techniques. The 2021 convention is scheduled for:
June 23-25, 2021
French Lick Resort
8670 IN-56
French Lick, IN 47432
The submission deadline is October 12, 2020. Contact Lauren Washburn with questions.
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Reminder: Hours of Service Modifications |
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As a reminder, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published several modifications to Hours of Service regulatory provisions, including expanding and extending elements of the short-haul operation exemption. Motor carriers and drivers can now start implementing these modifications as of September 29, 2020.
NPGA crafted a Fact Sheet to assist members in implementing the new hours of service provisions. The Fact Sheet is also available on the Membership Dashboard of the NPGA website.
The modifications include improving the short-haul operation exemption by extending the maximum on-duty time from 12- to 14-hours and expanding the maximum air-mile radius from 100- to 150-air miles. The modifications also include changes to the regulations on adverse driving conditions, 30-minute rest break requirements, and split sleeper-berth. NPGA estimates these modifications will save the industry more than $11 million annually in paperwork costs, and provide 30,000 bobtail drivers more time to serve customers during deliveries.
Please direct any questions or comments to NPGA’s Sarah Reboli, Deputy Counsel, Regulatory Affairs.
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WPGA Presents: The Path to Renewable Propane Conference |
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On November 4, the Western Propane Gas Association (WPGA) will virtually host the Path to Renewable Propane conference, the first event of its kind in the U.S. that is uniquely focused on propane derived from sustainable sources. The event is aptly named, as WPGA sets forth on an ambitious path to achieve 100% renewable propane in California by 2030. This conference will tackle some of the challenges of how to achieve this sustainability target from multiple angles, including consumers, producers, retailers, and policymakers. The event will explore the opportunities for how various stakeholders can work together to develop the market for this burgeoning fuel.
For starters, attendees will learn what renewable propane is, the theoretical and practical ways it can be produced, and the carbon reduction impacts of the innovative fuel. The conference features speakers who have dedicated expertise with renewable propane and will share how some regions of the globe have made a large commercial production investment to benefit both the planet and the corporate bottom line. Attendees will also learn the current production volumes of renewable propane today and the future production outlook. A panel of retailers will share why they elected to sell renewable propane and their experience thus far from navigating the credit systems to the unexpected speedbumps others can avoid when marketing the fuel. The event will also feature one of the first school districts in the country to use the renewable fuel in their school bus fleet.
The Path to Renewable Propane conference will outline other markets that provide great promise for renewable energy.
The Path to Renewable Propane conference will outline other markets that provide great promise for renewable energy, including providing clean energy resiliency for the building sector. Advanced technologies provide opportunities from charging electric vehicles and netting renewable electricity back to the grid, to providing comprehensive, sustainable, off-grid building energy, all sourced with renewable propane.
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President's Council Members |
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