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ContentsMPGA MISSION STATEMENTTo advance safety by working for a favorable environment for propane distribution and marketing, to increase its application by demonstrating propane’s value as a clean, reliable, efficient energy source.

MPGA Office:629 W. HIllsdale St.Lansing, MI 48933Telephone: (517) 487-2021Fax: (517) 485-9408www.UseMichiganPropane.com

Propane Journal Committee:Rob Vandemark, Industrial Propane Service, Inc.David Lowe, Pro Image CommunicationsTom Jaenicke, ATomiK Creative Solutions, Consultant

MPGA Management andLegislation Consultants:Kindsvatter, Dalling & Associates, Inc.629 W. Hillsdale St.Lansing, MI 48933

Derek DallingChristian H. KindsvatterJason WadagaMatthew SolakDenise StoneLauren ConcannonQuintanilla DowdellGeri Root Trina MillerErin DallingMelissa Travis

Propane Journal is published bi-annually by the Michigan Propane Gas Association, 629 W. HIllsdale St., Lansing, MI 48933. The Propane Journal is paid for in part by a rebate grant from the National Propane Education & Research Council and is available for free to the marketers and the public. All inquiries and address changes should be sent to the above address. Articles written by outside authors do not necessarily reflect the view or position of the Michigan Propane Gas Association (MPGA). MPGA’s position on key issues will be clearly stated. Manuscripts are accepted at the approval of MPGA who reserves the right to reject or edit. The Propane Journal does not constitute endorsement of the advertiser, its products or services nor does the Propane Journal make any claims or guarantees as to the accuracy or validity of the advertiser’s offer and reserves the right to reject any advertising deemed unsuitable. Advertising rates and other information available upon request.

MPGA’s Propane Journal is dedicated to providing education and safety articles for both propane consumers and marketers. The Propane Journal is supported in part through a state rebate granted from the National Propane Education Research Council.

The Propane Journal is circulated to all marketers in Michigan and public interest groups across the state.

4 Message From The President—Jeff Hynes

7 Industry News

14 More Food Trucks Roll Into Michigan

18 Propane and Pot

26 The Days of Shock and Awe Climate Reporting are Over

30 The Blackouts Have Only Just Begun

33 Texas Energy Crisis a Warning for Michigan

38 Featured Supplier—Angus Energy

45 Renewable Propane is Coming. Are You Ready?

46 Q&A with Michigan’s Power Broker of Tech, Energy and Banking—Sen. Dan Lauwers

4 MICHIGAN PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION

Jeff HynesMPGA President

M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

What a year to reflect back on! Who would have thought the Covid

Pandemic would change our Industry and our lives like it has? The

Propane Industry faced many challenges, some of which we had

never encountered before. Restricted access to offices, customers

and vendors were commonplace. Social Distancing became the

normal routine and masks were a way of life.

As we see a slow return to some normalcy, I am proud of the way the

Propane Industry has come through this Pandemic. Moving forward,

we will continue to face unknown Covid related problems. As in the

past, the Propane Industry will solve these problems with the same

relentless decision making. These adjustments have been a strength

of our Membership and will continue to keep Michigan a Propane

Industry leader in the U.S.

Even with all of these challenges, the MPGA leadership and it’s

Members have moved forward on some very important Industry

related issues. With your help we defeated the progress of Bill 4420,

which would have given $250,000,000 to major Gas and Electric

Companies. These free funds would have been used to extend their

rural gas lines. This free expansion would have had a huge negative

affect on our rural business.

After many years of discussion, I am also proud to say our Propane

Checkoff Legislation has become reality. In record time and with your

support, the Propane Commission was appointed by the Governor.

The processes are already in motion to start the collection of funds

and distribution of rebates to expand our Industry’s Market.

During the Pandemic we have also stood beside Enbridge in support

of Line 5. We have worked hard to provide accurate information to

the residents of Michigan and others who oppose Line 5. We will

continue to support Line 5 as they work toward completion of the

project.

In closing, I am very proud to have served as your President during

this “Pandemic” period and look forward to working with you in the

future. Rather than remember it as the “Covid Year” I will reflect on

how well this Industry handles change and how much progress we

have made on some very important issues related to the success of

the Michigan Propane Gas Association.


Michigan Propane Gas Association Summer Convention

July 21-23, 2021 • Great Wolf Lodge

For more information and to register, visit mipga.org

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OFFICERS

PresidentJeff [email protected]

1st Vice PresidentRob VandemarkIndustrial Propane Service, [email protected]

2nd Vice PresidentLarry OttoLDO [email protected]

TreasurerScott UnderwoodAlto LP [email protected]

SecretaryRandy HalsteadHomeworks Tri-County [email protected]

NPGA State DirectorDavid LongLong’s Propane Gas, [email protected]

NPGA District #5 DirectorTom JaenickeATomiK Creative Solutions, [email protected]

Immediate Past PresidentMatt ParschAl Parsch Oil & Propane [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Alternative FuelsScott UnderwoodAlto LP [email protected]

ConventionKim GodlewskiIPS Equipment, [email protected]

EductionTim MyersIPS Equipment, [email protected]

Government AffairsWayne KohleyExcel [email protected]

District IIFritz Schinck (2021)Avery Oil & Propane, [email protected]

Mike George (2022)[email protected]

District III Scott Fleetwood (2021)Tri-Gas Distributing [email protected]

Scott Overholt (2022)Tri-Gas Distributing [email protected]

District IV Scott Gabriel (2021)Fick & [email protected]

Cindy Walker (2022)[email protected]

District VAaron Huizenga (2021)Lakes Gas [email protected]

Kris Bowman (2022)Bowman Gas [email protected]

Supplier DirectorsJerry Belknap (2021)Bergquist, [email protected]

Jim Zuck (2020)Marshall [email protected]

Executive DirectorDerek DallingKindsvatter Dalling & Associates

Active Past Presidents (not listed above)

Long Range PlanningMatt ParschAl Parsch Oil & Propane [email protected]

MarketingBlaine CronnKal [email protected]

MembershipRay DuimstraCrystal [email protected]

Michigan PERCBruce MontroyBergquist, [email protected]

Michigan Propane PACJason KrattHamilton’s [email protected]

Propane EmergenciesBrian LincolnStanford LP [email protected]

Propane Emergency Response NetworkKris BowmanBowman Gas [email protected]

Regulatory AffairsRandy HalsteadHomeworks Tri-County [email protected]

Safety & ComplianceLarry OttoAngus [email protected]

ScholarshipRay DuimstraCrystal [email protected]

DISTRICT DIRECTORSDistrict IMandy Swanson (2021)[email protected]

Travis Latchaw (2022)[email protected]

Guy Bowman Chris DeGroteTom JaenickeDavid LoweDavid Montgomery

Marv OckermanTerry RhoadsDon RittersdorfKandy ScottAndrew Vanderboegh


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MPGA Summer Convention—July 21-23

The Michigan Propane Gas Association Annual Summer Convention will be held July 21-23, at the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, Mich. The convention includes a number of fun activities for members and their families. Be sure to reserve your rooms by June 20 to receive the special convention rate.

PERN to Expand Manpower

The MPGA is looking for a few good men/women to become part of the association’s safety network called PERN, or Propane Emergency Response Network. PERN began nearly 15 years

ago as a concept and quickly became a unique safety group, a one-of-a-kind in the country. PERN’s efficient support system helps onsite fire departments in case of a fire emergency that may involve propane. Fire departments have a 1-800 number to reach a PERN dispatcher who then contacts the network direct. That network contact works directly with the fire contact to determine if a PERN trailer needs to be deployed. The association is dedicated in providing all training and financial compensation to network members.

Since 2000, PERN has only been deployed twice within the state. The fire department is very appreciative of this system and the proactive approach the MPGA has taken to supply back up if needed.

Contact Jeff Vandemark (810) 266-4687 or [email protected]

Industry News

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Hopsicker Acquires 100% of Ray Murray, Inc.

On January 7, 2021, Ray Murray, Inc. announced its acquisition by Hopsicker.

A planned transition began back in 2005 between Hopsicker and the Murray family when they began working together on a planned transition of ownership.

Prior to RMI, Mike Hopsicker was CEO of Agway Inc., and spent 8 years as the CEO of Agway Energy Products, one of the largest retail marketers of propane and fuel oil in the US.

Over the last several years, the company and its industries certainly faced their share of headwinds and challenges, but ultimately RMI was able to enjoy significant growth and expand its geographic reach through a combination of 4 acquisitions. It has grown to be one of the largest two-step distributors in both the propane and hearth and grill industries.

Ray Murray summarizes the milestone by stating, “This is a momentous occasion for our families, and the entire team at RMI.We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Mike Hopsicker on the transition. His family has become our family!” Jim Murray added “Although it is a little bittersweet, our gratitude to Mike and the entire Ray Murray Inc. team for all that has been accomplished far outweighs those feelings. We are indeed a family!”

(back row, L to R) Jim, Ray and John Murray(Front row, L to R) Jeff and Mike Hopsicker

Industry News continued from page 7


According to Mike Hopsicker, “The Murray’s and I are both very excited to have completed the successful transition of ownership! While it has been in process for 15+ years, it is also bittersweet. I am sure that the Murray’s have mixed feelings regarding the final sale of the family business that they have lived and loved for so long. But in the process we formed a very good partnership, and a GREAT friendship! They are a wonderful family, and I hope they can look back with pride on all that they and their family has accomplished. I am extremely thankful for all they have done to help me over these past years!”

Ray, Jim and John will remain an important part of the RMI management team as advisors to the business, and will continue to assume their current management roles for several years to come.

Ray Murray reflected “Words cannot express what a privilege it has been to be part of this organization since we opened the doors back in 1973. We will be eternally grateful for this opportunity.” John Murray, the youngest of the Murray family, summed it up well “I am so proud of what has been accomplished getting to this point. Mike has assembled an outstanding team, and I am looking forward to continuing to work with him and the entire team to help RMI reach even greater heights!”

New Corporate Vice Presidents Join the Hopsicker Team

Two new Vice Presidents were announced after the acquisition. Casey Harvey was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Scott Porter is the Vice President of Operations.

Harvey began with RMI as a Regional Sales Manager in 2008. After successfully growing the Mid-Atlantic territory, he was promoted to RMI’s Director of Sales in 2013. In his new role as VP of Sales, he will lead RMI’s 14 Sale representatives as well as oversee all company sales activities as well as provide primary leadership to RMI’s marketing.

Harvey is a graduate of Townson University, Magna Cum Laude, with a BS in Philosophy. He lives in the Baltimore, MD area with his wife and his two young children.

Porter joined RMI in 2016 to help optimize RMI’s ERP system, assist with acquisitions and improve operations.

During his short time with RMI, he spearheads a number of improvement projects.

Porter has an extensive career history in operations and holding leadership roles. Just prior to joining RMI he was the Director of Purchasing and Operations with Wes-Grade Components in Hartford, CT.

Porter has a BS in Geological Science from Bradley University (Peoria, IL) and MBA from Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Scott lives in Simsbury, CT with his wife and two grown daughters.

About Ray Murray, Inc.

Ray Murray Inc. is a distributor of propane equipment, hearth, heating and outdoor living products headquartered in Lee, MA. It currently operates through four warehouse locations in Flint MI, Lee MA, Bensalem PA, and Goldsboro, NC. It has been providing propane equipment and appliances to propane dealers in the Northeast since 1973. For more information visit www.raymurray.com.

Casey Harvey

Scott Porter

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New Propane Commission Established by Governor

The new Propane Commission was created by Public Act 332 of 2020 to educate residents, business owners, and other users of propane on the safe use of propane, and promote the use of high efficiency appliances and equipment through rebate and incentive programs for Michigan residents.

The Commission agreed unanimously that the 1/10 of a cent per gallon assessment on propane consumed in Michigan will begin July 1, 2021. Therefore, beginning July 1, ALL gallons sold to Michigan propane companies or transported to Michigan must be assessed the Michigan assessment of 1/10 of cent per gallon.

The MPGA encourages all Michigan retailers to communicate this to your propane wholesaler(s) immediately. Per the new Michigan statute, all assessments must be remitted quarterly to the Michigan Propane Commission and any late payments are subject to fines and penalties. The MPGA will be mailing notifications to propane

wholesalers throughout North America. The next Propane Commission will be on Tuesday, June 22 at 2 p.m.—held at the MPGA headquarters in Lansing. This meeting is open to the public.

Governor Appoints Propane Commissioners

• Kristopher H. Bowman—of Gulliver—is the president of Bowman Gas Company. He’s a member of the MPGA Board of Directors and Chair of the Propane Emergency Response Network Committee. Bowman will serve from April 9, 2021 to July 1, 2024.

• Aaron M. Huizenga—of Kewadin—is the east division manager of Lakes Gas Company and a member of the MPGA Board of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from University of Michigan. Huizenga will serve from April 9, 2021 to July 1, 2023.

• Wayne Kohley—of Norton Shores—is the president of Excel Propane Company. He is a member of the MPGA and is chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee. Kohley will serve from April 9, 2021 to July 1, 2022.


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• Thomas W. Olive—of Grand Rapids—is the president and CEO of Crystal Flash, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Drake University and a Master of Management from Northwestern University. Olive will serve from April 9, 2021 to July 2, 2023.

• Andrew Vanderboegh—of Grand Rapids—is the director of advertising, marketing and sales for Altogas. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Dayton. Vanderboegh will serve from April 9, 2021 to July 1, 2024.

Propane Commission Positions • First Chairman—Andrew Venderboegh • Vice Chairman—Kris Bowman • Treasurer—Tom Olive • Secretary—Wayne Kohley

NGL Acquires Ambassador Pipeline from Lambda Energy

NGL Supply Wholesale, LLC Acquires Pipeline from Lambda Energy Resources

NGL Supply Wholesale, LLC (“NGL”) is excited to announce it has acquired a 225-mile natural gas liquids pipeline from Lambda Energy Resources (“Lambda”) that spans from Marysville, MI to Kalkaska, MI. This is an outstanding acquisition for NGL that complements its existing liquids assets in the Upper Midwest and expands its presence with anchor assets in the state of Michigan, one of the top propane markets in the United States.

The pipeline, named the Ambassador Pipeline, will be utilized for propane service on a year-round basis. NGL is investing in incremental infrastructure to make the pipeline safer and capable to accommodate bidirectional flow. Once completed, propane may be injected and received on both the north end of the pipeline at Kalkaska and on the southern end of the line at Marysville. Concurrently with the pipeline upgrades, NGL has also begun constructing a pipeline-supplied propane terminal near

Wheeler, MI, to be completed in the second half of 2021.

As a part of the acquisition, NGL and Lambda entered into a multi-year “keep dry” agreement, under which NGL will be marketing Lambda’s propane production at Kalkaska. NGL will also deliver supplemental propane to Kalkaska to satisfy Michigan’s robust winter demand.

This is exciting news for Michigan propane consumers and retailers. NGL provides a unique offering to its customers with stability and flexibility of supply through three locations at Marysville, Wheeler, and Kalkaska. These locations are linked together by the Ambassador Pipeline which is backed by a large storage position at Marysville and propane production at Kalkaska along with rail receipts when necessary.

NGL’s investment shows our commitment to delivering propane across Michigan safely, efficiently, and in an environmentally responsible way.

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About NGL: NGL owns and operates 27 LPG terminals throughout the United States and Canada, including multiple terminals in the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana and New England, as well as being a shipper on all major United States common carrier propane pipelines. Additional information about NGL can be found at www.nglsupplywholesale.com.


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Donate online at: UseMichiganPropane.org

The MPGA thanks the following individuals for their contributions and support to the Michigan Propane PAC

and/or the MPGA Advocacy Fund in 2021.

Andrew VanderBoegh

Applebee Oil & Propane

ATomiK Creative Solutions

Bergquist, Inc.

Bowman Gas Company

Co-Alliance LLP

Coyne Oil and Propane

CR Marketing

Daniel Coyne

David Long

David Lowe

Dependable LP Gas

Don Montroy

Endeavor Ag & Energy

Excel Propane

Gail Bailey

Gerad Himebaugh

Hamiltons Propane

Huron Gas Company

IPS Equipment

Jason Kratt

Jeff Hynes

Jeff Vandemark

Jeremy Kratt

Jerry Belknap

Joe Ross

Kandy Scott

Kelsey Coyne-Quackenbush

Ken DuBay

Kim Godlewski

Kohler’s Propane Company

Kris Bowman

Liberty Propane

Long’s Propane Gas, LLC

Matt Parsch

Mike Vandenboom

NGL Supply Company

Randy Halstead

Rob Vandemark

Rod Garst

Scott Overholt

Signature Truck Systems

Stephanie Carlson

Superior Gas Liquids USA

Swan Fuel Service

Thomas Olive

Tiffany Jackson

Tim Myers

Tri-Gas Distributing

UHY Advisors

Wayne Kohley

Bergquist, Inc.

Bowman Gas Company

Kris Bowman

Stephanie Carlson

Dependable LP Gas

Excel Propane

Hamiltons Propane

IPS Equipment

Wayne Kohley

Jason Kratt

Jeremy Kratt

David Lowe

NGL Supply Company

Thomas Olive

Scott Overholt

Kandy Scott

Signature Truck Systems

Superior Gas Liquids USA

The MPGA needs a strong Michigan Propane PAC supported by the entire membership, the entire Board of Directors, future leaders of the industry, and all propane industry employees.

Please donate to the Michigan Propane PAC and/or the MPGA Advocacy Fund today!

The MPGA especially wants to thank those that generously donated $500 or more:


The gravity of Michigan’s post-COVID-economy is attracting new food truck operators in droves. In recent years, the industry has outpaced the broader food service sector. Additionally, the industry has evolved quickly, as food truck operators have entered the market to cater to changing consumer preferences in favor of expensive, gourmet offerings. As a result of these trends, industry revenue is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent.

Michigan food trucks are popping up in dozens of unique ways. They band together in groups like the Midland Crossroads Food Truck Park, where a dozen operators offer everything from vegetarian to BBQ.

Other trucks offer hyper-specialized dishes, such as the new MI Vegan Food Truck—a haven for strict plant-based food lovers. This specialty-rolling-restaurant covers from Metro Detroit to Dewitt, Michigan.

Michigan’s Codfather, Lee Burmeister (a Grand Rapids diesel mechanic), is now generating up to 300 orders of fried fish every Friday during Lent, from his Hard Knocks Food Truck in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Food trucks are hitting foodie niches no one dreamed of, and that creativity is fueling a new generation of customers constantly on the outlook for new operators.

PROPANE RETAILERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TEAM UPThe growing demand for food trucks requires a broader effort to help truck owners with their

fire safety inspections. The Michigan Propane Gas Association (MPGA) and the Michigan Fire Inspectors Society are developing new procedures and opportunities for truck operators to easily get their rigs inspected. “Michigan’s food truck operators have a good safety record, and our group is here to make safety inspections convenient and more informative,” said Larry Otto, the MPGA’s leader in public safety.

MPGA LAUNCHES NEW FOOD TRUCK SAFETY SITE In May, the MPGA launched MISafeFoodTruck.com, a website created to help food truck operators know the operational rules and regulations of food truck safety, including the proper way to handle propane.

“Food truck owners use propane for its efficiency and ease in cooking food fast,” says Otto. “There are national and state fire safety standards

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The propane industry has teamed up with Michigan’s fire experts to help food truck operators follow fire safety standards.

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According to Lt. William Smith, Fire Prevention Inspector for the Grand Rapids Fire Department, fires are most notable when operators don’t follow the standards.

“All food truck operators need a license to operate and must pass a fire safety inspection. The DIY food truck operators put themselves and their teams at risk when they don’t follow the fire safety standards. We see this in the field and appreciate the help of the propane industry to help us get the word out,” says Lt. Smith.

ARE YOU THINKING OF GETTING INTO THE FOOD TRUCK GAME? You need a plan prior to seeking licensing. Plan reviews can be requested through the local health department. Temporary food service licenses require an on-site inspection by

local health departments once the establishment is ready to operate; so applications should be made at least 30 days prior to the event. Local health departments will issue the actual operating permit at the time of inspection.

FOOD TRUCK START-UP COST $50,0000 TO $60,000

A 2018 report from Mobile Food Trends and Off the Grid said 34 percent of food truck owners surveyed stated that owning a mobile food truck business gives them the opportunity to experiment and test out new menu items and interesting concepts.

• A $100,000 investment can result in a revenue stream of $250,000 to $500,000 per year.

• The average revenue stream of a food truck is $290,000.

• The average time to acquire all needed permits is 37 business days.

• The average cost of all the permits needed to operate a new food truck is over $28,000.

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• A Temporary is a food service establishment which

operates at a fixed location for a temporary period

of time, not to exceed two weeks.

• A Fixed food service establishment is a facility that

is a permanent location. This is an operation where

food or drink is prepared for direct consumption

through service on the premises or elsewhere,

and any other eating or drinking establishment or

operation where food is served or provided for the

public.

• A Mobile food service establishment means a food

service establishment operating from a vehicle,

trailer, or watercraft, which is not fully equipped

for full food service and, therefore, must return

to a licensed commissary at least once every

24 hours for servicing and maintenance. The

commissary license number must be recorded in

the appropriate place in order for a mobile service

establishment license application to be processed.

• A Special Transitory Food Unit (STFU) is a

temporary food establishment licensed to operate

throughout the state without the 14-day limits or a

mobile food establishment that is not required to

return to a commissary.

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Propane and Pot

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITIES ADDCANNABIS TO CURRICULUM

There is a growing interest amongst universities and students in the science of growing and processing cannabis.

The University of Michigan’s course, PharmSci 420, covers the underlying biology, chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and epidemiology of cannabis.

Lake Superior State University included Cannabis Chemistry and cannabis business majors back in Fall 2019. Students can earn an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in the chemistry program, and can earn a bachelor’s degree in the business program.

Northern Michigan University, in Marquette, which first launched its Medicinal Plant Chemistry program in 2017, is expanding its lab space to be able to grow and conduct research on hemp, as more students enroll. The program has grown from zero to 240 students enrolled in two years.

Lake Superior State University has a new cannabis chemistry scholarship and new cannabis testing equipment. Also, the University of Michigan may soon be growing hemp.

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Al Gore pushed climate change into the news media and our consciousness. I thank him for it.

His writings and relentless presentations put the issue on the map.

Gore’s actions, starting well over a decade ago, were followed by waves of environmental policy. State and federal governments also flooded millions of climate research dollars into universities and private sector facilities. This didn’t go unnoticed. Researchers and grant writers outside the field of climate science often complained their proposals didn’t get a second look.

The flood of research led to media stories that favored popular, but not always accurate, conclusions. Sadly, the sheer volume of research and attention the climate is now given may be encouraging some flawed conclusions.

Here’s the problem.

Research starts with data, and then the data is assembled into theories. As often happens, new data is discovered, which means new theories evolve and new conclusions arise. Around and around it goes.

When applied, the scientific process is very robust and works best when it’s not rushed. Being rushed is what caused the Covid-19 research team to change their minds every week. In that case, health science may have been considered more theoretical than fact.

Basic forecasting reports are also displayed in the news media as robust science. Re- porters and members of the public don’t realize how much guess work makes up basic reports—especially forecasting reports.

During my time serving on the economic roundtable of the Chicago Federal Reserve, my workforce reports drew considerable amounts of news coverage. The economy was experiencing major swings during the period between the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Too often, reporters defaulted to highlighting my extreme economic pre- dictions, yet not including the more mod- erate context of my reports.

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The Obama era Department of Energy’s chief scientist, Steven Koonin, stunned the news media in this latest book, Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters, when he recently wrote climate change won’t be catastrophic. He’s joined by a consensus of researchers who see more climate solutions than they see alarmist calls for the end of the world.

Climate scientists, Glen Peters and Zeke Hausfather, described emissions data as misleading, in their 2020 article in Nature, Emissions – the ‘business as usual’ story is misleading, a scientific journal based in London, England. They suggested, “researchers and climate media should stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome—there are more realistic baselines. And those baselines will make for better policy.”

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clearly the state of the planet’s future now requires a conspicuous kind of double vision, in which a guarded optimism seems perhaps as reasonable as panic.”

In addition to the extreme climate science reported, we are also losing sight of where the biggest climate challenges are. Nearly “90 percent of all of the planet’s global emissions come from outside U.S. borders. We could go to zero tomorrow and the problem isn’t solved,” John Kerry stated in January. He was addressing the world’s role in the climate debate when he stated the Biden green agenda will have no effect on climate unless countries like China and India join in.

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Rolling blackouts have hit millions of Texans and people across the Great Plains, including Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Severe winter weather has placed a strain on electricity supplies and caused multiple deaths. That sad situation is completely unnecessary, but it likely will increase in the coming days.

Unfortunately, if President Biden gets his way, blackouts such as these may become a more common occurrence.

Throughout his political career, Biden has advocated for exactly the sort of policies that have Texas and the Great Plains states locked in their current energy crisis. For more than 30 years as a senator, during his time as vice president, during his presidential campaign, and in his early days as president, Biden has advocated policies that will leave our energy systems fragile and unreliable. As a result, our electricity system’s reliability increasingly risks resembling the developing world more than a global superpower.

The Obama-Biden administration used a slew of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to force coal plants off the grid. At the same time, they expanded federal subsidies for wind and solar. The growing cost of regulation was compounded by these financial favors for renewable energy, causing disruptions in electricity markets and slowly eroding the viability of more reliable nuclear and coal power plants in the United States.

That becomes a problem because these reliable “baseload” plants have always been like the pickup trucks of our electric grid — the consistent and powerful workhorses that always show up, functioning best at a steady rate, similar to how a car engine is most efficient at cruising speeds. Wind and solar, on the other hand, are erratic and unreliable, producing electricity only when the weather allows.

Sometimes they generate large quantities of electricity; other times they generate nothing and actually become a drag on the system. But when heavily subsidized wind and solar are running full bore, they can generate so much electricity that the prices for the power they produce can actually turn negative. Coal and nuclear plants are then forced to compete with companies that effectively can give their product away for free. In fact, negative wholesale power prices are actually becoming more frequent.

This may sound great at first but, in the long term, businesses that can’t sell their products for a profit don’t survive. Eventually, the coal and nuclear plants lose so much money, they are forced to close permanently. Some groups cheer this loss to the energy system, but for the average person, it means the reliable workhorses aren’t available when they may be needed most. Texas is an early example of this scenario playing out during brutal winter weather.

Which leads us back to Biden’s plan to spend $2 trillion building tens of thousands of wind turbines, installing millions of solar panels, and extending the massive subsidies given to renewable energy. His plan will exacerbate the impact of unreliable resources on electricity markets and make the nation’s electric grid even more fragile and vulnerable to rolling blackouts.

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Biden has claimed that extreme weather events will become more common because of climate change. But as we have seen in Texas this week, California this past summer, and the Midwest during 2019’s polar vortex, wind and solar can’t be trusted to work during extreme weather. So a plan to spend $2 trillion on energy sources we know we can’t trust, just when we’ll need reliable energy most, is hard to understand.

Rolling power outages are never a good thing. But we have been lucky in most cases to still have reliable energy available during difficult times. If the Biden plan is implemented, more of these reliable generators soon will be decommissioned and gone.

If we want to avoid the dangers and hardships that come with blackouts, we should target Biden’s spending plans toward research and construction of nuclear plants, which can store months of fuel on site and emit no CO2 emissions. Doing this would be a far more workable solution for a strong and reliable energy future.

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Editor’s Note: More complete information on the Texas electricity grid is coming out, and the failures and rolling blackouts seem to stem from three major issues.First, there was poor planning and slow responses on the part of ERCOT, the operator of Texas’ electricity grid Second, decisions were made against winterizing essential generation equipment, despite similar cold-related outages in 2011. Third, extreme and unusual cold weather impacted multiple generation sources: wind, solar, nuclear, coal and natural gas.

While this new information changes the immediate reporting of the energy crisis, it does not change the long-term systemic impacts of the changes that are being made in Texas, Michigan and across the nation. For more than a decade, Texas regulators have deliberately designed an electrical system that prioritizes the construction of renewable energy over the

management, maintenance and construction of more reliable energy sources.

Even wind energy defenders are publicly claiming that wind generation is “reliably unreliable,” meaning the system managers at ERCOT didn’t even expect wind to be operating during the cold temperatures. Wind energy was every bit as reliably unreliable in the Midwest during the January 2019 Polar Vortex event, when it dropped to essentially no production during the extreme cold.

“Texas regulators have deliberately designed an electrical system that prioritizes the construction of renewable energy over the management, maintenance and construction of more reliable energy sources.”



“Reliably unreliable” may work in mathematical models or when it’s sunny and 75°, but it is potentially dangerous when the real world gives us cloudy and -20°. It’s also a poor argument in favor of the drive to build more renewables. Spending billions to build energy sources that cannot be depended on when people need them most is irresponsible.

“Even wind energy defenders are publicly claiming that wind generation is ‘reliably unreliable.’”

Unfortunately, Michigan’s utilities are following the same path Texas has already trod. They routinely say they are building a diverse and trustworthy system. But their plans will remove coal and reduce nuclear generation, while almost solely focusing on building more wind, solar and natural gas. Yet as renewable advocates are now admitting, we can’t count on wind and solar when we may need them most. This means Michigan’s diverse electrical grid will rely disproportionately on gas during extreme weather. The fire at the Ray Compressor Station in 2019 demonstrates that this is not a solid plan.

For the good of Michigan residents, Michigan’s electricity utilities need to return their focus to safe, reliable generation options.

The following letter was addressed to Senator Dan Lauwers, Chair of the Senate Energy and Technology Committee, and Representative Joe Bellino, Chair of the House Energy Committee in recent months.

Dear Chairmen Lauwers and Bellino,

The news coming out of the state of Texas this week should remind every Michigan resident of our own recent experience with the failure of renewable energy to provide sufficient energy to meet the state’s needs.

As you recall, the January 2019 “Polar Vortex” event led Gov. Whitmer and utilities across the state to ask Michigan residents to reduce their

home thermostat levels to 65° or lower. They were told that the state’s energy system would falter if they didn’t cut their energy use.

During the 2019 Polar Vortex event, Michigan’s energy systems were strained by rapidly increasing customer demand as a result of extreme cold. At the same time, a major source of our natural gas supplies failed spectacularly, while wind and solar supplied vanishingly small amounts to the grid.

The Midwest was fortunate, at that time, that we also had a substantial supply of nuclear and coal to supply essential energy for heating.

Unfortunately for its residents, Texas is much further along in its transition to an unreliable renewable energy- focused system that relies on just-in-time natural gas back up. In fact, wind sources overtook coal in Texas for the first time in 2020. In October, natural gas supplied Texans with 52% of their net electricity demand, wind 22%, coal 17%, and nuclear just over 8%.

Winter cold is shutting down over half of the wind generation capacity in Texas and literally freezing natural gas pipelines. The state’s electricity regulator — ERCOT — has imposed “rolling” blackouts. Similar measures are being implemented by the Southwest Power Pool in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas. Friends and acquaintances living in the state of Texas are reporting that temperatures in their homes have dropped below 50° and exposed pipes are freezing.

This is exactly the same sort of situation we experienced during the 2019 Polar Vortex. It is also the same sort of challenge we saw in California last summer, when higher temperatures and nearby wildfires caused increased demands on air conditioning. Solar generation failed and CAISO, the state’s energy regulator, was forced to impose rolling blackouts as demand outstripped supplies when the sun began to set.

The stories coming out of Texas, Oklahoma,

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Missouri, Kansas, and California, as well as other areas that rely heavily on renewable energy, should cause every member of both the Senate and House energy committees to sit up and take notice.

Michigan’s major utilities — Consumers Energy and DTE — have both committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions by 2040 and 2050 respectively. Both of these utilities’ approved Integrated Resource Plans describe how they will close the state’s reliable, affordable energy generation facilities — a mix of nuclear, natural gas, and coal — and attempt to replace them by trusting unreliable solar and wind, efficiency measures, and demand response (which effectively amounts to short-term rolling electricity outages).

We described the extreme costs of these plans in our comments to the MPSC hearing on the DTE IRP (MPSC docket U- 20471). But even more important is the fact that we are rapidly moving our electricity system toward the same heavy reliance on renewable energy sources, backed by natural gas, as both Texas and California.

Unfortunately, we are making these energy policy choices at the same time as we plan to impose massive new demands on our electricity system. We are pushing drivers to switch to electric vehicles and are attempting to close reliable energy infrastructure that daily provides more than 330,000 Michigan households with the propane they need to heat their homes and cook their food.

Homeowners will be forced to rely on electricity to heat their homes and automobile owners will need to plug in their cars if they intend to travel. But our 2019 Polar Vortex experience pairs with the experiences in California last summer and Texas and the lower Midwest today. Together, they demonstrate that renewable energy-focused grids are not up to the task when temperatures descend below, or rise above, a certain point. These policies will prove to be a recipe for disaster whenever we face weather difficulties.

To ensure Michigan residents do not suffer the same sort of power outages that Texans and Californians are enduring during extreme weather, we urge the Legislature to pass legislation that will require any new generation facilities that are approved for construction meet this basic dispatchability requirement.

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One testimonial of a GREMLIN customer reads: “The GREMLINs are an absolute game changer. I’m seeing that already in terms of increasing gallons per delivery. Customers love the smart-phone app that shows them the fuel in their tank, and they have greater confidence in us. Our CSR’s, technicians and drivers have all come board with it. It is amazing what it feels like to take the guesswork out of deliveries.” —Martin Romanelli, Burt’s Reliable, NY

Another testimonial praises the usability of the smartphone app by saying, “I put a propane GREMLIN on my home a month ago and so far, it’s a great device. The set through the Dealer App was simple, easy, and fast. Now, from home or anywhere, I log into the GREMLIN Customer app and see both the percent full gauge and my daily gallon levels. It’s just awesome.” —Joe Stariha, Minnesota

Mark Bloom states: “We have a large toolbox for propane and heating oil distributors. Identifying the correct tool can be overwhelming and lead many companies to miss the box completely. At Angus we not only have the toolbox we work with clients to figure out which ones they should use first. One nail at a time.”

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Renewable Propane is Coming. Are You Ready?Integrating propane into the renewable energy marketplace

Renewable propane gas (RPG) is becoming increasingly available in several parts of the country and efforts are underway to take it much deeper into the renewable energy marketplace. The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is starting to pay attention to renewable propane as it relates to fleet vehicle use, but is understandably reluctant to push too hard because the U.S. is sitting on the largest supply of non-renewable propane in the world. The National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) and many related State Associations have advocacy efforts underway to battle the electrification of America efforts that are springing up across the country, and RPG is becoming an important part of that debate. NPGA is also making significant inroads into research funding for projects involving RPG. Now it is time for propane marketers to make RPG more readily available in the marketplace.

Ironically, at this point the heating oil industry is leading the way in the development of renewable deliverable fuels, with their Bioheat Fuel efforts. After years of slowly losing market share to propane and other forms of cleaner energy, the heating oil industry is embracing renewables in a big way. The development of bio-diesel in commercial quantities for the trucking industry gave the heating oil industry an opportunity to develop heating oil blending standards with a blend of bio-diesel and heating oil now called Bioheat Fuel. Bioheat Fuel dealers began offering a blend of 5% renewable oil (B5) and have goals of a 20% blend (B20) of renewable by 2023, a 50% blend (B50) of renewable by 2030, and all renewable by 2050. While not all heating oil dealers embrace the Bioheat Fuel option, the ones that do are having a significant positive effect on the energy marketplace. Learn more about Bioheat Fuel at www.mybioheat.com.

The framework is in place for renewable propane gas production to accelerate and enable propane marketers to enter the renewable energy marketplace in a big way. There are refineries and other production facilities across the country that have the capabilities to make renewable propane gas from cellulosic sources (renewable biomass), used cooking oil, animal tallow, and bi-products of bio-diesel production. There are currently no industry recognized blend standards for RPG. Those marketers selling into the autogas market are most frequently using a 30% blend (RP30) of renewable propane gas. This blend rate gives RPG a decided environmental advantage over all

other mass transportation fuels, including electricity. The bioheat industry has already proven that RPG blend rates do not have to be that aggressive to sell into other RPG markets such as residential and commercial. The propane industry can start at RP5, like the heating oil industry did, and establish realistic aspirational goals from there.

Market availability of RPG has been a challenge, but there are some ways to make RPG available in most parts of the country, as more standards for RPG are developed.• Direct shipments from manufacturing sources –

Currently shipments of 100% RPG (RP100) are crisscrossing the country to arrive at retailer locations to blend in dedicated storage prior to customer delivery. Some end users require shipper tracking proof from the RPG source to their location(s).

• RPG blending pools at wholesaler storage locations – Consider where your current wholesale propane supplier stores propane and see if a blending arrangement of RPG can be arranged. An addition of 50,000 gallons of RPG to the propane you have stored with a wholesaler gives you 1,000,000 gallons of RP5 renewable propane to draw from.

• Propane to RPG exchanges – While less desirable than other forms of RPG availability, propane to RPG exchanges can be arranged in some propane marketplaces. The actual gallons of RPG are exchanged for non-renewable propane as a paper transaction without the RPG product actually being moved to the buyer’s location. While some frown on this type of transaction, it hasn’t stopped electric utilities from using exchanges with renewable electricity sources to be able to market renewable electricity without moving those electrons onto their grid.

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Q&A with Michigan’s Power Broker of Tech, Energy and BankingSen. Dan Lauwers, what is the biggest change for you, going from your House leadership position to the Senate? What were those early months like?

The volume was the biggest change and still is the biggest change. You never think about it, but a Senator represents three times as many people, especially in the thumb area that spreads out over a really large area. So instead of working all within one county, I now work in four. This includes all the different benevolent organizations, municipalization, townships, and then committees responsible for the difference to... you know, there’s only 38 senators versus 110 house members. We cover the same amount of committees. In the house, I was on one committee as the floor leader. Now I’m on six; so the schedule is just packed.

Are there no new areas in your district where there are surprising new industries?

My region has tier one, two, and three auto manufacturers and aeronautics. We have a lot of people working at Walbro, which is a global leader in engine management and fuel systems. They now have plants in Asia and India. Michigan manufacturing hit the ground running after the American Civil War. We had a growing economy and all the natural resources to build our factories and towns. Agriculture was a major part of our region’s success as well.

What was the number one challenge for your Senate office in the last 14 months?

It was so clear last year for the public. The number one issue was unemployment. Getting through the unemployment insurance agency was a nightmare for so many people. Our staff, we had three staff members, all three would work on that all day long with different people, trying to move people through this system and business questions, and that’s all. It was people wanting answers, people needing answers.

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At many levels COVID-19 added confusion in the workplace and at home. How did you handle those constituent challenges?

We had a lot of confusing or contradictory executive orders that frustrated everyone. And so people had questions about, “can I buy seeds or can I not buy seeds... this store has seeds on the shelves, but the store owner is not sure they can sell them.” You could take a kayak out on a lake, but they couldn’t take a powered boat out. It made a number of people lose some respect for our laws.

How did COVID-19 magnify our state government’s strengths and weaknesses?

Residents in my district needed guidance to navigate Michigan’s COVID-19 mandates. One of the biggest concerns was, what is legal or illegal? We had a lot of questions and my response was pretty consistent. I said let me ask you some questions; are you taking precautions? Are you doing everything you can to keep yourself and your family and your employees and their families and your customers and their families safe?

What are some of the lessons society will learn from the pandemic?

It was a lesson in how quickly our local economy can falter, and how quickly it can recover. Different components of everyone’s response to COVID-19 are still affecting supply chain issues now. People talking about supply chains was strange. Did you ever hear that term prior to your college economics course? Now you hear people using that term. We all saw the impacts of it. We saw it in manufacturing, we saw it in the food system. Remember when people were stocking up on toilet paper? When it first happened, I thought those people were crazy. And then my wife says we’re running low on toilet paper and paper towels.

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SEN. DAN LAUWERS ON HIS FARM

I’m proud of the propane industry. They kept going. I don’t know anybody

who ever received a call that said, “Hey I can’t get propane.”


I’m sure you have a much better perspective of what happened last year during the pandemic, with the business community here in Michigan. But do you think there are some things that the media just didn’t report on? Are there some great stories in Michigan agriculture or in manufacturing that you wish the public knew about?

Yeah, in particular, food supply chain. That was one I don’t think most people had any idea about. Dairy is one they may have heard a little bit about, but people still don’t really understand. For instance, every milking cow is constantly producing milk, at least nine months of a year, if not 10. So, they have to be milked every day. Two to three times a day is how much most cows are milked. And so an average cow is making somewhere between 80 and a hundred pounds of milk, per day. That has to be refrigerated. It has to go somewhere. We ran into situations where there was a lot of milk being dumped into the sewer system, basically dumped on treatment, dumped back on the field because it couldn’t move through the supply chain. The same was happening with meat products, cheese—you couldn’t make enough cheese to use up that much fluid milk; so there was a lot of waste. Our farmers struggled through major challenges.

Would you say that the private non-profit safety net that Michigan has is as important as what the government offers, and that has really taken a hit?

Michigan has a strong network of private nonprofits that address challenges that government can’t. Our local food banks were overwhelmed at one time. There were people who were flat out of work, couldn’t get through unemployment. We had people who have never experienced that kind of hardship. It got to the point where they had to take advantage of a local food bank to keep things going. I’ll never forget the role our amazing private-nonprofits played in getting my district though COVID-19.

How do you feel about the direction now in Michigan’s economy, coming out of the pandemic?

Yeah, the thing that most impresses me are the lessons that have been learned through COVID-19. A whole generation of career minded people have learned the power of virtual meetings can be more effective and efficient. Healthcare delivery, like telemedicine, came into its own. Telemedicine was a great idea, but not used to the extent it should have been prior to COVID-19, now less people are saying no to it. Now patients realize. I think a greater number of professionals in the medical community itself realized it’s a great screening device.

Your district has a large rural community. Was there resistance amongst rural folks to use telemedicine? They’re the ones that needed the most in this period of hospital consolidations. Are there other areas of the economy that you saw that same lesson learned?

Sen. Dan Lauwers, Michigan’s 25th District Senator:

• Elected in November of 2018 and served six years in the Michigan

House of Representatives before this position

• Earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics with an emphasis

in marketing from Michigan State University

• Currently the chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee,

and vice chairman of the Insurance and Banking, and Government

Operations committees

• Active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yale council, as well

as a member of the Church Stewardship Committee as an usher


My Senate Energy Committee first had the contribution of energy and tech workers paying in, and keeping our homes warm, internet flowing, and phone working.

Could you touch on the role propane played in rural areas of Michigan?

The propane retailers kept the heat on and appliances running the rural Michigan. Remember the essential employees, another term we’d never thought of or heard of before COVID-19. Those propane business employees were essential. And it didn’t matter if you were afraid or not, people just kept working. That industry saw themselves for what they are. If grandma needs propane to heat her home to cook food, you got her propane.

Do you think the epidemic helped redefine the really important jobs that maybe we didn’t think were?

Yeah, I’ve had that conversation with many people about what is most important—that grocery clerk, that stock boy, they are really important. And the truck drivers really tip it. We’re so much more appreciative of those positions and find out really what matters. Everything that was considered essential is what it takes to actually live. Keeping the trucks

moving on the roads, keeping the grocery stores stocked, keeping the lights on, and the furnace working, become pretty darn essential.

Is there anything you’re really happy with or proud of from the propane industry during COVID-19, in terms of their contracts?

We talked about the fact that they kept going. I never received a call. I don’t know anybody who ever received a call that said, “Hey I can’t get propane.” The propane industry came through. That’s one of the things we’re guilty of in the entire energy sector. We do such a good job that people take it for granted. It’s completely assumed. A lot of people, maybe through COVID-19, never even thought about how all that kept going if people weren’t working—and those people were.

If the wisdom of your legislative journey is really now realized, you’re doing a better job of knowing what your district needs.

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