CFCA would like to extend a warm welcome to its newest members! Thank you for joining the CFCA family and we look forward to working with you on behalf of our industry!
Venbrook Insurance Services
Gulf Oil
On May 10th, hundreds from across the industry joined together at Quarry Oaks Golf Club in Ontario, California to support one of the most noble causes imagineable.
FRF's annual golf tournament is their largest fundraiser and largest annual fundraiser and helps support their tireless lifesaving efforts all year long!
Because of your support FRF is able to deliver life-saving fuel around the world to the places hit hardest by natural disasters, powering vital infrastructure and ensuring the lights can stay on.
Thank you to all the event sponsors and donors who attended and make FRF's efforts possible.
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Last week, CFCA member, Rotten Robbie hosted the 2019 NCPI Golf Tournament at La Riconanda Country Club in Los Gatos California.
CFCA was thrilled to attend and meet with numerous members and see all the happy faces ready for an amazing day of golf in what could only be described as perfect weather. Members of the industry came from across the country for this annual gathering at one of California's premier golfing venues in the heart of Silicon Valley.
A huge thank you to Robinson Oil and all the sponsors that made the event possible.
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Otodata celebrated this exceptional day by enjoying amazing pizza from a food truck running on propane! The good weather and delicious food made it the perfect way to spend a sunny afternoon.
Otodata congratulates the World LPG Association’s initiative and knows the importance of the LPG industry which plays a role in a safer, cleaner, healthier and more prosperous world. We are pleased to do our part as we’ve recently received the Innovation Award from the Canadian Propane Association in recognition of our tank level monitor. This award recognizes initiatives from organizations that have contributed to the advancement of the propane industry.
We invite you to visit the Otodata website to learn more about our monitoring solution.
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Cummins & White, LLP, is one of Southern California’s premier business transaction, business litigation, and insurance law firms, successfully serving clients for more than 65 years. They are committed to resolving our clients’ issues and helping them to achieve their goals in a responsive, courteous, and efficient manner. They do this by offering sophisticated and personalized legal services, no matter how complex the issue may be.
In addition to Their expertise in insurance coverage and defense, Their transactional practices include business, acquisitions, estate planning, real estate, tax planning, labor and employment, and healthcare.
They also have tremendous expertise in all areas of civil and commercial litigation, including but not limited to disputes in the fields of construction, employment, intellectual property, tax, and third-party liability.
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CFCA wants to thank all of those who have submitted letters through our VoterVoice system. The association has sent multiple advocacy requests to the membership and most have seen outstanding participation from the membership. These letters are vital in showing the Legislature and California's many regulatory agencies that the industry is active and engaged.
Allowing B20 in USTs - 53 letter sent (Still Open)
AB 617 Criteria and Toxics Reporting - 75
Beverage Coupons and Discounts (Bonta) - 124
CFCA member engagement was crucial in defeating the Bonta beverage coupon ban. Continued support from CFCA members by providing letters and personal testimony as constituents plays a vital role in CFCA mission to defend our industry.
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At this year's California Unified Program Agencies (CUPA) conference, CUPA and PG&E announced the formation of the Industry Technical Advisory Group (iTAG). CFCA has joined the iTAG, as well as the UST Subcommittee. This group was formed to provide industry input in order to streamline and clarify problems with CUPA.
The Industry Technical Advisory Group (iTAG) is scheduling a meeting with Laura Fisher of SWRCB to discuss the following issues:
- UST - Lack of violation closure in CERS
- Inconsistent CUPA requirements for when a permit is needed for overfill prevention systems or other UST component repair/replacements
- Specificity requirements for CERS data (e.g. TLS-350 plus model requires "+")
Additionally, we are hoping to discuss the B20 rulemaking, especially the certification of components and fittings. If you have an issue you would like CFCA to address, please contact Sam Bayless (bayless@cfca.energy).
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Applications for the CIOMA Memorial Scholarship Fund are now closed. Thank you to everyone that submitted an application and to the member companies that make the Fund possible. Winners will be announced in the coming months!
The CFCA Memorial Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to help children and employees of CFCA members further their education and professional development.
You can always help support the fund by following the link below!
The California Community Colleges invests in the state’s economic growth and global competitiveness through industry-specific education, training and services that contribute to a highly skilled and productive workforce. With over a $1 billion in investments in career and technical education and workforce development, the California Community Colleges is providing our state with a strong and well-prepared workforce to help our economy prosper.
Are you interested in learning more about the programs that are important to your industry? You can join as a public supporter of the California Community Colleges Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy and its Strong Workforce Program. There are many opportunities for your business including:
· Provide work-based learning experiences to give youth exposure to your company.
· Learn more about internship programs specific to your business/industry.
· Provide our faculty information on innovations and technologies important to your industry.
· Help shape and develop curriculum and programs important for your industry.
Attached is the employer engagement form that outlines multiple ways your business can engage with the California Community Colleges Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and the Economy and its Strong Workforce Program.
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Since its inception, Trinity Consultants has been committed to providing superior professional training in environmental topics. Our annual schedule includes more than 200 courses, offered at locations around the country, on timely topics for environmental professionals such as environmental permitting, emissions quantification and reporting, air dispersion modeling, greenhouse gas emissions reporting and permitting, stack testing, and CEMS management.
In addition to our federally-based regulatory courses, we also offer a large slate of state-specific courses, bringing the added value of information on specific state and local programs and insights gained from our experience working with the local regulatory agencies.
Free CARB Regulatory Training in Your Area!
Do you own, operate, or dispatch heavy-duty diesel trucks in or to California? Then you need to know that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) enforces a set of air pollution regulations affecting all types of heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating in the State. If your vehicles are NOT already compliant, you need to know what to do to be compliant for 2019. And if your vehicles ARE compliant, you still may need to report to remain compliant. This course gives you the information you need about how to comply with CARB diesel regulations and how to report to continue operating legally in 2019 and beyond.
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2019 Annual Conference
November 4-6
Austin Fairmont - Austin, TX
Motiva - Marquis Sponsor
2020 ELC
February 2-4
Talisa Hotel - Vail, CO
2020 Spring Conference
April 27-29
Hotel Del Coronado - San Diego, CA
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Q: Why will the state gas tax increase 5.6 cents per gallon on July 1? The closest answer I can find only left me confused.
Irvin Dawid, Burlingame
A: It should. Under a complicated "tax swap" in 2010, the 7.25 percent sales tax on gasoline was repealed that eliminated all but 2.25 percent of the sales tax, most of which goes to public safety, local health and social service programs and city and county operations.
But the tax swap added a second, price-based, excise tax of 17.3 cents per gallon for a total of 35.3 cents per gallon. The trade-off was intended to raise about the same amount of money as the old system but since the new excise tax component is based on the price of gas, it is adjusted each July to retain revenue neutrality.
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U.S. refiner PBF Energy Inc on Tuesday agreed to pay up to $1 billion for a California oil refinery that Royal Dutch Shell PLC has been trying to sell for at least four years.
Terms of the deal require Shell to pay about $70 million for turnaround costs anticipated in the first quarter of 2020, and about $40 million in compensation for downtime, if the deal does not close by the first quarter of 2020, PBF said in a presentation.
The deal is expected to close by December and is expected to be "significantly accretive" to PBF's earnings and cash flow, the company said.
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Before the workweek is over, California lawmakers will have done their constitutional duty to send a bill enacting a new state budget to Gov. Gavin Newsom. But make no mistake, it's unlikely to be the end of the story.
California budgets are like a long novel where we often only know the beginning and end at first, and only later do we see the inside chapters. That's one way of thinking about the framework of a plan lawmakers approved in Sacramento on Sunday night.
The proposal that now heads to the full state Senate and Assembly, probably on Thursday, sets the stage for a fiscal plan totaling at least $213 billion. Here are some key takeaways:
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Work used to be much simpler for the California Department of Transportation: widen highways, fill potholes, build new freeways.
Alas, those quaint days are gone.
To get an idea of what planners must prepare for, state officials recently hosted a demonstration of a drone air taxi that will require devising a "highway above the ground," said Reza Navai, a Caltrans transportation planner. "If you think transportation on the ground is complex...."
Such sci-fi-like transit is one of many high-tech changes coming as California implements its planned electrification of transportation to radically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The path to zero, as in zero-emission vehicles, extends well beyond flying taxis and the 5 million electric cars the state hopes will be on its roads by 2030.
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Berry Petroleum, (NYSE:BRY) has just emerged from a period where they were acquired for $2.5 billion by a large independent, Linn Energy- which went bankrupt in 2016, thanks largely to the debt taken on in that transaction. In 2018 with new management, they re-entered the capital market with a midyear IPO.
It's been a tough market since then, and Berry currently stands at a ~40% discount to its $14.00 IPO price. Most of the decline has come in the last couple of months, where oil related issues have lost favor. Their first quarter results of $-0.42 EPS haven't helped either, particularly when compared with their Q-4, 2018 results of $1.52 per share. That all taken into account, we think it is oversold currently and represents an exceptional value at these levels.
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