Plummeting Fuel Prices Spark New Debate on How States Can Protect Tax Revenues
While lower gasoline and diesel prices are providing U.S. commuters and truckers money to spend elsewhere, state officials said it is forcing them to cope with lower revenues.
October 27, 2014Diesel Keeps Falling, Dropping 4.2¢ to $3.656
Diesel fell 4.2 cents, its biggest decline in a year and a half, to $3.656 a gallon, while gasoline continued its free-fall, the Department of Energy reported Oct. 20.
October 20, 2014Diesel Price Drops 3.5¢ to $3.698; Gas Plunges as Oil Hits 2-Year Low
The U.S. diesel average fell 3.5 cents to $3.698 a gallon last week, the Department of Energy reported, while oil prices plunged to the lowest level in more than two years.
October 20, 2014Railroads Press Against Proposals to Slow Oil Trains
U.S. railroads are rallying customers, including lumber and steel companies, to fight a government proposal to slow trains hauling crude oil.
October 16, 2014Clean Energy Buys Controlling Stake in ‘Virtual Pipeline’ Company
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said it has acquired a controlling stake in the “virtual pipeline” company NG Advantage and bought its compression station in Milton, Vermont.
October 16, 2014Diesel Continues to Fall, Dropping 3.5¢ to $3.698
Diesel dropped 3.5 cents to $3.698 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported, as oil prices fell to the lowest level in more than two years.
October 14, 2014Frito-Lay Continues CNG Conversion With New Nat-Gas Station
Questar Fueling Co. has opened a compressed natural gas station in Dallas for Frito-Lay as the company continues to convert its fleet to run on the cheaper fuel.
October 14, 2014Diesel Price Keeps Falling, Lowest Since July 2012
Diesel fuel’s national average retail price fell 2.2 cents to $3.733 a gallon, the 14th straight week without an increase and 25th drop in the past 30 weeks, the Department of Energy reported.
October 13, 2014Natural-Gas Advocacy Group Names New President
Matthew Godlewski has been named the new president of the advocacy group Natural Gas Vehicles for America. He will start Oct. 20.
October 9, 2014OOIDA Asks Court to Review Calif. GHG Truck Regs
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked an appeals court to review a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waiver allowing California regulators to proceed with enforcement of the state’s strict greenhouse gas-emissions reduction rule for heavy-duty trucks based or doing business in California.
October 7, 2014