The 1075

In the latest episode of The 1075 podcast, we discuss options available for supply planning and winter storage for the upcoming season with Superior Energy Systems’ Jim Bunsey, director of operations, and Derek Rimko, vice president of operations. No matter what you decide to do this winter, it’s important that you have a supply plan. Supply plans vary greatly depending on region, size of the company, and other preferences. This episode explores just a couple of ways that propane marketers can prepare. If you would like to share how your company prepares for winter, email [email protected].

In this episode, Julie Johnson of Ted Johnson Propane, a 50-year business, shares lessons from surviving the housing crash of 2008 and how she’s handling the loss of 30 percent of the company’s gallons so far due to COVID-19. She shares what staff are doing differently to react to customer needs and increase service, which will help her business remain resilient in the long run.

In this episode of The 1075 Podcast, Gordon Cunningham, sales and marketing director for Georgia Gas, shares how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting his company and its material handling customers.

Mark Delehanty of Independence Propane in Pennsylvania shares practical advice for propane marketers about the importance of using tank monitors and sizing tanks correctly to manage well and keep backup power generation customers. PERC's Associate Director Business Development Joe Calhoun also joins to share an overview of the market and what's been happening under COVID-19.

PERC's Director of Agriculture Business Development Mike Newland shares what's going on in each segment of the agriculture market, covering different producers and crops, during COVID-19, and some of the best ways propane marketers can serve these customers during this time of social distancing.

As part of our series offering insights to propane marketers about how to conduct business in each of propane's market segments during the COVID-19 pandemic, we focus on the residential and commercial markets for this episode. PERC's Bryan Cordill, director of business development, shares March housing numbers, the current challenges faced by construction professionals, and how propane marketers can help them.

PERC's Steve Whaley and Derek from Roush CleanTech share how propane marketers can successfully do business in propane autogas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Propane school bus purchase orders are still being made at this time, and they share the best ways for propane marketers to reach out to school districts and talk about propane's economic savings. Resources are available under the Autogas Fleets section on propane.com, and online training is available for school bus drivers and service techs on the propane.com Learning Center.

Armistead Mauck, vice president of Cherry Energy in North Carolina, shares how adding propane into a local community college’s HVAC program has resulted in qualified applicants to fill his company’s positions and a larger percentage of the local workforce that is more aware of propane’s benefits and can service its appliances. He is joined by the college’s director, who is now a propane advocate himself after having limited knowledge of the fuel previously.

President and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council Tucker Perkins explains the dollars and cents behind what propane retailers and their customers can save by taking advantage of the recently passed federal tax credits for alternative fuels and refueling infrastructure for the years 2018-2020.

PERC’s Director of Agriculture Business Development Michael Newland reviews the factors that made 2019 a historical year in terms of America's crop production, weather, and propane supply and demand this fall, and how the propane industry addressed those challenges. He also announces a new tool, the grain dryer demand model, that propane professionals can use to predict and anticipate future scenarios.