Thursday August 16, 2007 FEATURES UL to start testing E85 dispenser products by year-end Underwriters Laboratories said that by year-end it expects to begin testing E85 dispenser products. The independent product-testing group, based in Northbrook, Ill., said early this month that it will accept requests now for "certification investigations" for gaskets and seals for use with concentrated ethanol-blended fuels such as E85. (Full Story) Exxon Mobil puts stickers on dispensers to explain 'hot fuel' Exxon Mobil Corp. has put stickers on its gasoline dispensers in California and Arizona warning motorists that the amount of energy they get from each gallon will change depending on the temperature. Tesoro had already taken a similar action in July. (Full Story) Sign up for a FREE subscription to NPN, the magazine that has been reporting news and trends in the petroleum and convenience store industry since 1909. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Get The Data That Drives The Petroleum & Convenience Industry Today! Order your copy of the 2007 NPN MarketFacts today! For a limited time only, take advantage of a special prepublication price and save more than 15% off the retail price. To order your print copy and/or CD version of the 2007 NPN MarketFacts edition, please click here NEWS ITEMS Phillips 66 gone from Charleston Phillips 66 has pulled out of the greater Charleston market effective Aug. 3, the last place in South Carolina where the company was still selling gas through its network, as covered by the Charleston Post Courier. (Full Story) California refiners throttle back gasoline production Refiners making gasoline for the California market, which accounts for as much as 11 percent of the nation's total gasoline consumption, cut back on the amount they made during the week ended Aug. 10, the California Energy Commission said late Wednesday, noted a report in the Central Valley Business Times. (Full Story) U.S. inflation nearly flat Falling gasoline costs held U.S. consumer prices nearly in check in July and industrial output rose, according to data that suggested the economy was sound despite financial markets' credit fears noted this Reuters article, published in TheStar.com. (Full Story) EIA -- Be careful when making assumptions Reporters have contacted EIA recently wondering why retail gasoline prices are falling in August. (Full Story) Gasoline up amid storm threat Gasoline futures in New York rose yesterday as a tropical storm grew in the Atlantic and analysts predicted a government report will show a decline in US inventories, reported Bloomberg News. (Full Story) Making gasoline from bacteria The biofuel of the future could well be gasoline. (Full Story) ExxonMobil, NTUC Fairprice roll out convenience store concept ExxonMobil and Singapore's largest supermarket chain, NTUC Fairprice, have successfully rolled out its network of convenience stores, reported Channel NewsAsia. (Full Story) Convenience store Deposits Gambled Away at Erie Casino Two Mount Vernon, N.Y. convenience-store employees were arrested and accused of having untaxed cigarettes, and one also of having marijuana in the store, as reported by Will David in The Journal News. (Full Story) DEP fines Sheetz for 2006 gas leak in College Township The state has ordered Sheetz Inc. to pay an $8,500 fine for a March 2006 gasoline leak in College Township, Pa. CentreDail.com reporter Adam Smeltz. (Full Story) Cenex store brings E85 fuel to Beaver Dam United Cooperative's Cenex Convenience store has brought E85 fuel to Beaver Dam, Wisc., reported the Daily Citizen. The station began pumping E85 earlier this week. (Full Story) Drivers flock to fuel up Jennifer Menster, of the Hickory N.C. Hickory Daily Record reported that cars line around the building at a local Pure gas station for gas at $2.47 - part of an ongoing corner price war. (Full Story) PRODUCT OF THE WEEK Power Integrity Corporation Offers Solution to Bring Florida C-Store Owners into Compliance with New Law As of June 1, 2007, many Florida c-store owners are not in compliance with a new Florida statute regarding generator connection capabilities. Florida's Department of Environmental Protection revisited this law last month and determined that 1,584 sites would need to be equipped for generator connection. In order to enable convenience store owners to comply, Power Integrity Corporation (PICO) along with Eaton Electrical has introduced the Quick Connect Double Throw (QCDT) Transfer Switch. These transfer switches are UL listed and have been approved by many Florida inspectors. Safety is the key benefit of the QCDT Transfer Switch. Key interlocks can possibly be defeated. Multiple keys can be made or the locks can be removed. The QCDT is 100 percent mutually exclusive. This means that both switches cannot be closed at the same time. This guarantees that the generator does not feed power back out to the utility. It also guarantees that there would not be paralleling of sources when the utility power is restored, which could damage the equipment and cause problems for the utility. Power Integrity www.pico.cc CALENDAR OF EVENTS NACS Leadership Executive Program Cornell University Ithica, N.Y. August 19-23, 2007 (800) 966-6227 www.nacsonline.com AWMA Distribution Summit & Business Exchange Ritz-Carlton Buckhead Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 10-13 (800) 482-2962, ext. 642 www.awmanet.org   Pacific Oil Conference and Tradeshow Grand Sierra Resort and Casino Reno, Nevada. September 17-20 (916) 646-5980 www.petroshow.com Pennsylvania Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association Fall Energy Conference The Nittany Lion Inn State College, Penn. September 17-19 (717) 902-0210 www.ppmcsa.org   Insight NACS Future of International Convenience Retailing London, UK September 24-28 Contact: Dan Munford +44(0)1936-556-090 www.nacsonline.com South Dakota Petroleum and Propane Marketers Association/South Dakota Association of Convenience Stores Annual Convention and Expo Ramkota Hotel Rapid City, S.D. September 25-26 (605) 224-8606 www.sdp2ma-sdacs.com   For a complete list of industry events, go to NPN's calendar web page.  Published By NPN Group |  © 2007 NPN Group | All Rights Reserved For more information on NPN MarketPulse, contact: Gary Bevers, group publisher M2MEDIA360 Retail Distribution Group Ph: 832-444-7675 Fax: 800-430-3446 Keith Reid, editor-in-chief M2MEDIA360 NPN Group Ph: 630-739-0280 Fax: 630-739-0321 This newsletter is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of M2MEDIA360.

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