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Fuel kept disappearing from a family-owned gas station in Texas and, at first, they couldn’t figure out how or why, news outlets reported. That was until Jerry Thayil, manager of the southwest Houston gas station, took a closer look at surveillance video and spotted some suspicious activity outside the store. READ MORE

A Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to the Code for Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages (NFPA 30A) will be issued very soon that, if passed, would incorporate electric vehicle fueling systems at traditional motor fuel dispensing facilities. You can read the proposed language here. The TIA presented is on READ MORE

The convenience store industry has been closely watching events in Washington related to the Infrastructure bill and EV charging.  The recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests in the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure through a National Electric Vehicle Formula Program (EV Charging Program).  This program provides funding to READ MORE

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently announced a grant program covering DC Fast Charge EV chargers.  The grant monies are part of the Volkswagen settlement with the US government and are open to all business entities.  The grant will fund up to 70% or $600,000 of the project including READ MORE

The Technical Committee on Automotive and Marine Service Stations is responsible for writing the Code for Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages (NFPA 30A). The Code is used throughout the United States as the basis for legal regulations governing the storage, handling, and dispensing of flammable and combustible motor READ MORE

A controlled laboratory study conducted by the Coordinating Research Council (CRC), intended to provide clarity on the cause of corrosion of metallic components in tanks storing ultralow sulfur diesel fuel, was released August 2, 2021. This is what we learned from the 402-page study, available here. Background. Beginning in 2007, READ MORE