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Business Track Technical Education Motor Fuels NORA Track Keynote OESP Events Trade Show
Air-Conditioning Combustion Complimentary Tech Controls Fuel Technician Resources Hydronics Tech/Management
Please Note: The Trade Show, Business & Technical Education Programs will be held at the Convention Center. The Welcome Reception, Hospitality Night/OESP Reception and OESP Awards Banquet will be held at Harrah's.

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Monday, May 22, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM


  • Room 404
No one likes to market their products and services in an inflationary environment, and the home heating sector has been particularly hit hard with both high prices and price volatility.  This session will discuss how to market to customers, and to engage them despite such pricing factors, with the idea...     Read More
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    Monday, May 22, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM


    • Room 404
    With the ever-increasing pressure from politicians to lower our nations carbon footprint, we’ve seen efficiency and carbon output requirements become more stringent than ever before. While this is nothing new in the distillate world, energy marketers have generally looked at propane as a cleaner alternative. However, propane is subject to...     Read More
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      Monday, May 22, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM


      • Room 404
      At the start of 2020, no one could have guessed what lay ahead. Price volatility from a global pandemic followed by a war in Europe involving one of the world’s largest crude oil and natural gas producers was unprecedented. ULSD futures moved by more than $5.00 in just two years....     Read More
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        Tuesday, May 23, 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM


        • Room 419
        NORA President Michael Devine, Education Director Robert O’Brien and newest NORA team member Dr. Jenny Frank will provide the audience with several of the new initiatives that NORA has in...     Read More
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          • Room 404
          Understand the past to learn for the future. From the price volatility in 2008 to the Covid altered global economy the business world has changed.  Currently, business leaders’ attention is...     Read More
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            • Room 401
            The last twelve months have put enormous pressure on your front-line employees. They’ve had to handle difficult inquiries about energy prices and concerns about supply problems along with the normal...     Read More
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              Tuesday, May 23, 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM


              • Room 420
              So you’re curious about installing EV chargers at your gas stations.  This session will show you how.  You’ll learn about the projected growth of EVs in the northeast, the demographics of EV owners, and the need for EV chargers at convenient locations, like at your c-stores.  You’ll learn about the...     Read More
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                Tuesday, May 23, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM


                • Room 421
                Automotive crashes continue to be a large exposure for all types of businesses. Vehicle crashes, fatalities, and distracted driving are a serious problem. With more drivers – and their mobile...     Read More
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                  • Room 401
                  The "Inflation Reduction Act" offers massive new subsidies for home efficiency improvements and renewable fuels. This includes a tax credit for heating and cooling system upgrades and building envelope improvements...     Read More
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                    • Room 404
                    Day-to-day operations do not change much from month to month but how quickly 5 years pass…. How do we keep up with & fine-tune our operation to make sure we...     Read More
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                      • Room 419
                      Two goals of NORA’s research program are ensuring there are no technical barriers to replacing petroleum with renewable biofuels while also demonstrating how liquid renewable fuels can rapidly contribute to...     Read More
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                        Tuesday, May 23, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM


                        • Room 420
                        Attorney Al Alfano will provide an overview of the primary statutes and regulations that affect the businesses of petroleum marketers, focusing on motor fuels distributors and jobbers, including terminations and nonrenewals of supplier contracts and distributor contracts with dealers and commission operators, petroleum product pricing, rights of first refusal, employee...     Read More
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                          Tuesday, May 23, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM


                          • Room 402
                          The use of biodiesel as a blend component for heating oil offers an intelligent solution to lower GHG emissions. When blending conventional heating oil with biodiesel, cold flow properties of the blends will be altered requiring both a well thought out fuel management program and a uniquely optimized fuel chemistry...     Read More
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                            Wednesday, May 24, 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM


                            • Room 412
                            As the reduction of carbon emissions from the heating sector becomes an environmental and public policy reality, the liquid fuel heating industry is positioned to provide the effective, practical and cost- effective solution. With decades of research and field data supporting the move to renewable low carbon liquid fuels, marketers and...     Read More
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