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

08/02/2017:
Will the Tobacco Industry Win Its E-Cigarette Fight?
The e-cigarette and cigar industries have enlisted high-profile lobbyists and influential congressional allies in an attempt to stop the US Food and Drug Administration from retroactively examining their products for public health risks or banning them from the market. The campaign targets a broad new rule that extends F.D.A. jurisdiction to include cigars, e-cigarettes and pipe and hookah tobacco. The bipartisan effort has featured a former senator who did not register as a lobbyist before going to work for the cigar companies and a former Obama administration official, now a private consultant, who is trying to undo his earlier work reviewing the rule. In addition, one member of Congress introduced industry-written legislation without changing a word of it. The battle shows how, nearly two decades after the $200 billion settlement between tobacco companies and state attorneys general to compensate the public for health consequences of smoking, the industry still wields extraordinary clout in Washington. With its army of more than 75 lobbyists, tobacco-aligned companies have argued that the F.D.A.’s so-called Deeming Rule could hurt public health by forcing a large share of e-cigarette companies out of business.
 
08/02/2017:
Venezuelan oil supply to Phillips 66 falls amid quality issues
Venezuela's supply of heavy crude to U.S. independent refiner Phillips 66 has dropped by more than two-thirds this year in part due to quality problems, and the company has cancelled at least one cargo in recent months, according to sources from state-run oil company PDVSA. Phillips 66 (PSX.N) has also asked for price discounts for other shipments of Venezuelan crude, according to the sources. Venezuela's heavy crude supply to Phillips 66's refinery in Texas fell to 33,500 barrels per day (bpd) in June from 105,000 bpd in January, according to Thomson Reuters Trade Flows data. The contract between Phillips and Venezuela's PDVSA allows a maximum supply of some 170,000 bpd. The Merey crude Phillips 66 typically receives from Venezuela has to be processed before shipping to remove high levels of salt and metals. But operational problems at Venezuela's Orinoco Belt have changed the quality of some grades for exports, one of the sources said. Phillips 66 declined to comment on "matters that are commercially sensitive."  The declining quality of Venezuelan crude comes as output has been falling and a growing number of Venezuela's barrels have been used to pay for loans from Russia and China. That has reduced supplies to PDVSA's commercial customers, mainly in the United States, which in May imported 767,000 barrels of crude and fuels from Venezuela daily.
 
08/02/2017:
FDA Calls for Lower Nicotine Levels
In what appears to be the most revealing look thus far into how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will handle tobacco issues under the Trump administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, newly appointed commissioner to head the FDA, issued an extended document focused on breaking nicotine addiction as a central strategy. In addition, Gottlieb said alternatives to combustible cigarettes, such as e-cigarettes, are in need of further public discussion and research, extending deadlines for manufacturers to submit their new-product applications to several years down the road. “Envisioning a world where cigarettes would no longer create or sustain addiction, and where adults who still need or want nicotine could get it from alternative and less-harmful sources, needs to be the cornerstone of our efforts,” Gottlieb said. “And we believe it’s vital that we pursue this common ground.” Click the link above to read more of the major elements and strategies toward breaking nicotine addiction which are contained within Gottlieb’s document.
 
08/01/2017:
7-Eleven Signs with New ATM Partner to End ATM Surcharge Fees
Over 8,000 ATMs in 7-Eleven stores will offer surcharge-free access to customers. The upgrades are courtesy of a multiyear deal between MoneyPass and FCTI Inc., owned by Seven & I Holdings Co., 7-Eleven Inc.'s parent company. Beginning in August 2017, MoneyPass access will be rolled out across ATMs in 7-Eleven stores, the companies announced. The ATM rollout is expected to continue through early 2018. At the completion of the rollout, Minneapolis-based MoneyPass will have an estimated 33,000 surcharge-free ATMs in the US. “The addition of the 7-Eleven stores to the MoneyPass Network brings value to both organizations,” said Douglas Miraglia, president of the MoneyPass Network. “MoneyPass card issuers promote the expansion of convenient surcharge-free ATM access to their cardholders. And 7-Eleven looks to increase foot traffic to their location from the 87 million cards of the MoneyPass Network.”
 
07/31/2017:
Why an election 2,400 miles away could drive up N.J. gas prices
Price-minded drivers might want to keep an eye on the fallout from the election in Venezuela because it could affect gas prices here, experts said. New Jersey drivers might ask how events 2,400 miles away could affect gas prices on Route 1. The Venezuelan election is one of three factors that could trigger a bullish crude oil market and a summer gas price creep, said Tom Kloza, Oil Price Information Service global petroleum analyst. The first was a seven million barrel drawdown of crude oil in storage last week, which was double the usual amount, he said. The second was Saudi Arabia's regular summer reduction of crude oil exports by 600,000 barrels of oil a day, Kloza said. "The biggest pivot point, and why we've seen prices move-up, is because Venezuela [had] an election Sunday," he said.  Eight million voters participated in an election to name 364 members to a panel to redraft the Venezuelan constitution, which was ordered by President Nicholas Maduro. Opposition forces, which control the legislature, threatened to boycott the vote and call for a general strike, which could affect oil industry workers, Kloza said.

                                                                                                                                                                  

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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.