Sal Risalvato
Executive Director

                                                                                                                                                         

TRAINING CLASSES!!

All classes held at NJGCA HQ -- 4900 Route 33 West, Wall Township, NJ 07753

                                                                                                                                                               

 CLASSIFIEDS! -- FOR SALE & HELP WANTED ADS

Business established in 1980. Fully equipped repair shop with 5 lifts including an alignment rack with a 2-year-old Hunter Hawkeye alignment machine. New Hunter tire machine & wheel balancer. AAA aproved and very busy.

Pumping over 1,000,000 gallons per year. 100x300 lot with plenty of parking. Excellent location!!! Call Jim @ 201-851-3084.

         

                                                                                                                                                                         

NEWS AROUND THE STATE: THE NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW

 
07/20/2017:
Bronx man beats Clifton gas attendant with squeegee
A 41-year-old Clifton gas station attendant was beaten with a squeegee by a Bronx, NY man upset with the speed of service, police said. Manuel Ruiz, 32, of Bronx, New York, was arrested following the assault, and charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. The incident occurred at the Jersey Gas fueling station on Lakeview Avenue at about 1 a.m. “A station attendant was out pumping gas but, apparently he was going too slow for one customer’s liking,” reports said. The Jersey Gas employee and Ruiz exchanged words and the Bronx man exited his vehicle and the argument escalated, police said. Ruiz punched the victim and the attendant grabbed a window squeegee to protect himself. According to police, Ruiz took the squeegee from the gas attendant and struck him on the forehead with the tool. When officers arrived the victim was bleeding from his forehead. Police officials said the squeegee is considered a weapon because Ruiz used the item to inflict bodily harm. Two years ago, another Jersey Gas employee was seriously injured in an incident at the Lakeview Avenue business. In July 2015, 19-year-old Uvaldo Mora and a 15-year-old boy from Paterson were arrested following an unsuccessful robbery attempt at the fueling station. The would-be robbers struck and dragged an attendant beneath the Nissan Pathfinder they were driving before crashing into two parked vehicles. Mora and the juvenile then fled on foot.
 
07/19/2017:
Bloomfield Exxon Station Robbed At Gunpoint, Suspect Flees Scene
Bloomfield police are investigating an armed robbery that took place at the Exxon Gas Station on Bloomfield Avenue this week. According to the Bloomfield Police Department a male suspect entered the gas station around 3 a.m. to make a purchase, then made his way around the counter and pulled out a black handgun from his waistband. After cashier gave the man an unspecified amount of cash from the register, he got into the passenger side of a red, “older-model” Oldsmobile which fled the scene, police said. Bloomfield officers obtained the license plate number of the vehicle, which the Hillside Police Department reported stolen on Sunday evening.  Nobody suffered injury during the robbery. The male suspect was a black male about 5 feet 10 inches and between 150 to 170 pounds. In an online news advisory, police added that the suspect was in his mid-40's to mid-50's, wearing black framed glasses with a black baseball cap, black t-shirt and dark jeans, and walked with a "pronounced limp" in his right leg. Police are investigating the incident. Bloomfield has seen other recent instances of robbery at gas stations, including an armed robbery at the Shell Gas Station at 19 Beach Street in June and a grab-and-go attempt at the Shell gas station at 460 Bloomfield Ave in April.
 
07/17/2017:
Big oil's electric fight against coal and nuclear
The American Petroleum Institute, the nation's biggest and most influential lobbying group for the oil and natural gas industry, is fighting nuclear power subsidies across the US, poised to oppose any efforts to expand renewable electricity, and telling the Trump administration that its study on the power grid better not hurt natural gas in an effort to help coal and nuclear energy. Why it matters: The entry of API into the debate over power generation is a turning point in an industry long dominated by coal and nuclear energy. It's also a shift at an organization traditionally known for focusing on drilling and the transportation sector. API's members, including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, are increasingly producing natural gas, and now the group is fighting to make sure that fuel becomes America's dominant source of electricity. A decade ago, coal powered almost 50% of US electricity. By last year, that figure had dropped to 30%, and natural gas has made up most of the difference. Fueled by the oil and natural gas boom over the last decade, API began moving into the electricity business in late 2015, when it acquired another trade group, America's Natural Gas Alliance, whose sole mission was to pump up demand for natural gas. API's broader mission has come into clearer focus over the last few months in three ways.  To read more of the article, click the link above.
 
07/16/2017:
New Jerseyans, not surprisingly, rank high in annual lottery ticket buys
A new study about the lottery-playing habits of Americans has yielded some surprising results -- none more so than the estimated average spending per resident. LendEDU, which is described as an, "independent marketplace for student loans and student loan refinancing,” found that the average American spends $206.69 on lottery tickets each year. It seems impossible given how many people never play the lottery. But $206.69 is less than $5 a week, and people spending $10 per week effectively “make up for” those who don’t play. Then there are those who spend thousands a year -- even if many don’t think of it that way. A $25 per week “habit” gets you to more than $1,250 annually. New Jersey figured to be a leading player, given its pioneering status in the modern lottery, casinos, horse racing, and now its attempt to break Nevada’s near-monopoly on sports betting. But the Garden State ranked just eighth, at $316.52. The Northeast -- however one describes that region -- dominates the list, which is based on newly released 2015 financial documents. Massachusetts residents spend an astonishing $734.85. Number 2 is Rhode Island ($513.75), then Delaware ($420.82), New York ($398.77), and West Virginia ($359.78). Georgia is a surprising sixth at $356.34, followed by -- and we move back north -- Maryland at $354.28. Checking in behind New Jersey are Connecticut at $301.89 and Pennsylvania at $277.42. Even New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont all rank in the top 25 of the 43 states that have state lotteries.

                                                                                                                                                                  

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TMP Energy Solutions

Another Way to Save on Your Energy Bills

We have had a number of NJGCA members successfully reduce their rate per kWh signing up through our energy saving program. We know it's difficult to collect 12 months worth of previous electric bills to get an "accurate" analysis when comparing a variable rate to a fixed rate, but we now have another option available. 

This new solution is a power purchase option; the other program is still in full force and has saved members thousands of dollars. If you sign up for the power purchase option, you will be grouped with other NJGCA members until the minimum kW demand is acquired. By pooling the member's usage together, you will be able to take advantage, as large energy users do, and receive a lower kWh rate.

Each member will receive their own contract. Each member is responsible to sign and return the agreement the day it is received in order to secure the price for their group.

Please do your due diligence, so when you receive the proposal and the agreement you will be able to make an intelligent decision.

If by chance, you still want us to assess you bills, to give you a price to compare, we will require 12 months of your most recent utility bills.

There are no bills required, but we would still like to have one bill per meter on file to check account #'s, meter #'s  service addresses and other pertinent information incase there is a problem.

The term of the agreement is for 12 months. During this term period, you will have price protection against any energy price increases along with a low fixed kWh rate.

If you are interested in becoming part of this power purchase option, please contact Greg Cannon at the NJGCA.

Remember when you sign up your energy through the NJGCA Energy Program, TMP makes a considerable donation to the NJGCA Scholarship Fund through their proceeds. This has no affect on your rate, and costs you nothing out of pocket.

We hope to help hundreds of NJGCA members reduce their utility costs by participating in this and our other cost reduction programs.  Our purpose, in the endeavor, is to help NJGCA members lower their energy costs while supporting the NJGCA Scholarship Fund. 

Contact GREG CANNON at 732-256-9646 or email Greg at greg@njgca.org. Mention that you are interested in saving money on your energy bills. NJGCA & TMP Energy Solutions will handle all the rest.