October 15, 2021
PPGA Official Ballot
Per the PPGA Bylaws, the Nominating Committee of the Pacific Propane Gas Association met to discuss and submit an official ballot of candidates for the PPGA Board of Directors.  The following members have been contacted via email and telephone and all have agreed to serve if elected. Additional nominations can be made during the annual business meeting. The Ballot will be considered at the Membership Meeting at the Annual Conference on October 28 in Lihue, Hawaii. The membership meeting will be held from 8am-9:30am.
Vice President (Filing vacancy): Jim Reddington 
Secretary/Treasurer: Gary Kelly   
Director at Large: Marci Ballard
Director at Large: Bruce Engeman
Director at Large: Ryan Nootenboom
Director at Large: Curtis Odoms
Director at Large: Craig Schultz
Director at Large: Bert Turn
Director at Large: Glen Willmott

The Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington Directors to National Propane Gas Association shall also automatically be a member of the Board of Directors of the PPGA.
Alaska State Director: Brad Lancaster
Hawaii State Director: Zoe Williams
Oregon State Director: Ryan Buller
Washington State Director: Mark Dettloff

These officer positions need no further voting.
President: Ryan Buller
Immediate Past President: Claude Zehnder
Join us October 27-29 at Kauai Beach Resort for the PPGA Annual Conference & WPGA Chairwoman’s Board Meeting. This conference offers valuable and timely propane-focused education as well as opportunities to network with industry colleagues and friends. Donations to the PPGA Dick Start Scholarship Chance Auction are still being accepted.
Federal Agencies and Contractors: COVID-19 Vaccines
NPGA composed guidance regarding President Joe Biden’s executive orders on COVID-19 vaccinations for federal employees as well as federal contractors and subcontractors. To facilitate consistent communication and provide clarity on the details of the executive orders, the administration created the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. NPGA’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Guidance summarizes the primary requirements of the executive orders, answers frequently asked questions, and identifies resources providing additional information. Presently, the Guidance provides information with respect to federal employees and employees of companies that are federal contractors or subcontractors. The NPGA Guidance is available under the COVID-19 tab on the Member Dashboard. 

The Occupation Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has not yet produced an Emergency Temporary Standard that will detail President Biden’s announcement that companies with 100 or more employees must mandate COVID-19 vaccination. It is speculated that the Emergency Temporary Standard will require applicable employees to be fully vaccinated by a specified date or provide proof of negative COVID-19 test results on a regular basis. It is expected that the Emergency Temporary Standard will address many questions of scope, including the definition of employee, vaccination status before employment or thereafter, testing frequency and type, testing cost, etc. OSHA must finalize the Emergency Temporary Standard within six months of publishing the Emergency Temporary Standard.

Please direct any questions to Sarah Reboli, NPGA Senior Director of Regulatory & Industry Affairs. 
Webinar: Delivering Resilience and Building Decarbonization with Renewable Propane
November 3, 2021 | 10AM – 11:30AM PST
Throughout the country, there are thousands of suburban and rural communities that face daunting challenges when it comes to securing reliable and inexpensive, let alone low carbon, energy. As recent crises have revealed time and again, towns and unincorporated areas are vulnerable to long-term loss of power and are best served with multiple low carbon energy options. Renewable propane presents a real and cost-effective strategy to ensure that rural America can participate in the imperative to decarbonize.

Please attend this 75-minute webinar to learn:
  • Why remote towns and villages throughout the country are vulnerable to energy disruption
  • How renewable propane can help decarbonize markets that are difficult to decarbonize
  • How renewable propane can be harnessed to increase the production of low carbon, renewable power for local grid operators
  • Educating decision makers about approaches they can take now to help communities secure their low carbon energy future through renewable propane
Scholarships Available Through PPGA
PPGA's Dick Start Scholarship Program is for graduating seniors whose parent is employed by a PPGA member. The program is for PPGA members, their employees and their families who are attending or planning to attend any community college, university, vocational or technical school. Application deadline for the 2021-2022 academic year is March 25, 2022.

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