Propane Industry News

Editor's Note: On March 24, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the postponement of three home appliance mandates from the Biden-Harris administration. The press release from the DOE is published below. The wording in this press release is the DOE's own.

Hamilton, OH (March 26, 2025) — Midland Manufacturing announced its new Gauge Device Online Tool is now available for use. The company develops systems designed to enhance safety, reliability, efficiency and business performance in the railcar industry and is a product brand of OPW Fluid Transfer Solutions.

Columbus, OHIO (March 24, 2025) — Worthington Enterprises Inc.

Canada's primary underground propane inventories decreased by 43.6% in March, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. The total represented a month-to-month decrease of 314.9 Mcm. Compared to a year earlier, stocks were lower, with 370.8 Mcm, or 47.7%, less product on hand.

Editor's Note: On March 12, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a series of deregulatory pledges. The press release from EPA is published below. The wording in this press release is EPA's own.

TORONTO, ONTARIO — March 17, 2025 — TerraVest Industries Inc. (TerraVest) has announced that it has acquired EnTrans International (Entrans), a premier North American manufacturer of tank trailers and transportation solutions. 

Headquartered in Athens, Tennessee — with additional manufacturing operations in Minnesota, Texas, Mexico, and Thailand — Entrans is a manufacturer of tank trailers, heavy haul trailers and LPG transportation equipment under the Heil Trailer, Polar Tank Trailer, Kalyn Siebert and Jarco brand names. 

RICHMOND, Va. — March 2025 — The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has hired Joel Stutheit as senior manager of business development for its on-road market portfolio. In his new role, Stutheit will be responsible for growing propane autogas market share for on-highway light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles.

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — March 10 — UGI Corporation announced that Julie Fazio has been appointed as president of UGI International, effective immediately. UGI International is a distributor of liquefied petroleum gas for 16 countries in Europe. 

After extensive consumer research and testing, the Propane Education and Research Council has introduced a slate of newly redesigned and updated consumer safety materials, available for purchase or download.

Reston, Va. (March 12, 2025) — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released its assessment of potential for undiscovered oil and gas in formations under Wyoming and parts of southern Montana, as well as parts of western South Dakota and Nebraska, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources of 47 million barrels of oil and 876 billion cubic feet of gas.

DOVER, Del. (Feb. 27, 2025) — Chesapeake Utilities Corporation opened its second Safety Town training facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in DeBary, Florida, on Thursday, Feb. 27. Chesapeake Utilities' Florida Safety Town is a state-of-the-art facility that provides the company's Florida operations teams with hands-on and classroom training, enabling collaboration with first responders and other community partners.

RICHMOND, Va. (March 5, 2025) — The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) has released the results from its 2024 Propane Construction Research Program (PCRP).

Editor's Note: A version of this news item originally appeared in the National Propane Gas Association's The Bobtail.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been moving forward with a zero-emission (i.e., all-electric) space and water heating regulation that, if fully realized, would ban the sale of non-zero emission space and water heaters beginning in 2030. 

On February 19, a Michigan appeals court ruled in favor of Enbridge Energy against the case brought forward by environmental groups and Native American tribes. 

The Michigan state Public Service Commission lawfully issued Enbridge Energy permits to construct a tunnel that would encase and protect the major pipeline that runs under the Great Lakes, according to the appeals court. Environmental groups and Native American tribes had argued that the Line 5 pipeline as a whole was unnecessary and harmful, claiming it facilitated the production of greenhouse gases.