TRAINING CLASSES!!

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

                                                                                                                                          

 CLASSIFIEDS! -- FOR SALE & HELP WANTED ADS

FOR SALE:

Business For Sale: Monmouth County gas station and repair shop in business since 2001 is for sale. Owner is relocating out of state and is interested in selling business and equipment. Owner is open to limited financing. Business has a strong 10 year lease. The building has two repair bays and the gas pumps are leased to a large independent tenant. Repair shop business currently employs a Manager and two full-time Technicians. For inquiries and more info, please call Mark at 908-670-7798.

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

12/19/17
How the minimum wage increase in NJ could affect your small business
Bill Spadea: “Incoming Governor Phil Murphy has some bold ideas for the Garden State. Two of them involve raising your taxes and one will add to the already high cost of doing business in NJ. His millionaires tax is hitting resistances from Senate President Steve Sweeney and the fight to legalize marijuana and tax it for increased state revenue is hitting roadblocks as well. I was joined by a business owner this morning, Joe Olivo, who told me that he’s already getting calls to relocate his business in Virginia. Jeanette Hoffman was also in studio as she is one of the key advocates for the opposition to the outrageous hike in business labor costs.

12/21/17
N.J. lawmakers back rate hike for you to rescue PSEG nuclear plants
Two legislative committees on Wednesday unanimously approved a controversial bill that could raise New Jerseyans' utility bills $41 a year to subsidize the state's largest energy company. Opponents urged the Legislature not to rush through a subsidy during lame duck for a potential emergency that's still two years off. Stefanie Brand, director of the state's Division of Rate Counsel that represents utility consumers, said Wednesday that the utility company has not demonstrated are hurting financially "other than bald assertions and ultimatums issued by the company."
 
12/17/17
How to fix your hybrid car
Hybrid automobiles have only been on the market for a short time but fixing them is still a matter for the professionals. And according to Andrew Walko of Walko Automotive in Hillsborough, “hybrids are here to stay.” Sal Risalvato of the New Jersey Gasoline C-Store Association agrees that any service station with the required training can service hybrids. He added changes are afoot for the regulations regarding full-service gasoline pumping stations in New Jersey. He noted that hybrids can be recharged wherever a recharging station is available, and experts noted that with state monies available, more stations will be coming online at a variety of locations, from existing sites like hospitals and parking garages, to mall and other sites previously not considered.
 
12/21/17
Making It Easier for Ex-Offenders to Make a Clean Start
New Jersey has made it easier for many ex-offenders to start their lives fresh after release, with a significant reform of the process for expunging one’s criminal history enacted on Wednesday. “At the end of the day, expungement is important for gaining entry into the job market,” he said. The package of bills broadens the ability to essentially erase one’s entire criminal record, including all files with the court, detention facility, law enforcement, and other justice agencies that deal with an apprehension, arrest, detention, trial, and disposition of an offense. This is especially important to helping an ex-offender get a job.
 
S-3306 strengthens a law Christie signed in August 2014 known as “Ban the Box,” that prevents employers from asking about a person’s criminal record on an initial employment application. This bill prohibits an employer from not only asking about an applicant’s criminal history verbally or in writing, but also from making an online inquiry about a past record, including one that had been expunged.
 

  

                                                                                                                                                                                          

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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.