PUC - Fuel Dealer Annual Registration

State of Vermont

Public Utility Commission

If your business sells heating fuel into or in Vermont, you've come to the right place to register.

30 V.S.A. § 8124(b)(1) requires that each entity selling heating fuel¹ into or in Vermont register annually with the Commission.² Pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 8124(f)(6), failure to register with the Commission is a violation of Vermont law, 9 V.S.A. chapter 63.

While this form allows for the capability to save and return to this form at another time, please keep in mind that the deadline to submit is January 31, 2024. The data you provide should pertain to the last calendar year, January 1 - December 31, 2023.

Per the Commission's 1/26/24 Order Establishing Grace Period for Annual Registration, "we wish to communicate to would-be registrants that neither the Commission nor the Vermont Attorney General’s Office will seek enforcement action on the basis that a registration is filed late, so long as a registrant submits its annual registration form by February 29, 2024."

¹Heating fuel is defined in 30 V.S.A. § 8123(11) as "fossil-based heating fuel, including oil, propane, natural gas, coal, and kerosene."

²Public Act 18 (2023 Vt., Bien. Sess.) (“Act 18”) is a bill that became law in May of 2023. Act 18 includes many requirements that are effective now, including that entities who sell heating fuel into or in Vermont register with the Commission by January 31, 2024.

For more information and an overview of the Commission's work done to date on the potential Clean Heat Standard, please see the website linked here.

Registering Business Information

This section tells the Commission about your business that sells heating fuel into or in Vermont.

Legal name of business

Doing-business-as-name (DBA) of business (if different from above)

Country where business is located Value is not selected

City/province/territory where business is located

City or town where business is located

State where business is located Value is not selected

Please enter the email address you would like associated with the submission of this form

Note: If you happen to skip a required question (indicated by *), the form will guide you back through every subsequent page to ensure that all necessary information is provided.

Primary contact person information

This section tells the Commission about the person with whom we should communicate if we have questions.

First name

Last name

Email address

Phone number

Please certify that this individual has been designated by the registering business as the primary contact person.

Yes

Secondary contact person information

This section tells the Commission about another person with whom we should communicate if the first person is unavailable.

First name

Last name

Email address

Phone number

Please certify that this individual has been designated by the registering business as a secondary contact person

Yes

Heating Fuel Overview

This section will help the Commission determine whether your business is an obligated party and whether you need to fill out the rest of the form. The calendar year is January 1 - December 31, 2023.

In the past calendar year, did you have title to any heating fuel at the time that it was imported into Vermont?

Yes

Please indicate all types of heating fuel that you imported. Check all fuel types that apply from the list.

Heating Oil

Propane

Natural Gas

Coal

Kerosene

Other (e.g. fuel blend)

If you selected 'other' in the choices of heating fuel imported above, please provide more information in the text box below (i.e. what fuel type or blend and the relevant circumstances)

In the past calendar year, did you produce, refine, manufacture, or compound any heating fuel in Vermont?

Yes

In the table below, please provide the exact quantity of fuel (by type) that you produced, refined, manufactured, or compounded in Vermont in the last calendar year.

	Quantity
Heating oil (gallons)
Propane (gallons)
Natural Gas (Mcf)
Coal (short tons)
Kerosene (gallons)
Other (indicate units)

In the past calendar year, did you sell any heating fuel in Vermont?

Yes

Please indicate all types of heating fuel that you sold. Check all fuel types that apply from the list.

Heating Oil

Propane

Natural Gas

Coal

Kerosene

Other (e.g. fuel blend)

If you selected 'other' in the choices of heating fuel sold in Vermont above, please provide more information in the text box below (i.e. what fuel type or blend and the relevant circumstances)

Was any of this fuel purchased from a supplier within the state of Vermont?

Yes

Please indicate all types of heating fuel that you purchased. Check all fuel types that apply from the list.

Heating Oil

Propane

Natural Gas

Coal

Kerosene

Other (e.g. fuel blend)

If you selected 'other' in the choices of heating fuel purchased in Vermont above, please provide more information in the text box below (i.e. what fuel type or blend and the relevant circumstances)

In the past calendar year, did you import into Vermont, or produce, refine, manufacture, or compound any heating fuel in Vermont that you did NOT SELL in Vermont (e.g. consumed for heating use, stored)?

Yes

What did you do with the heating fuel that you imported, produced, refined, manufactured, or compounded but did not sell in Vermont? Check all that apply from the following:

consumed for heating use

consumed for non-heating use

sold outside Vermont

stored

other use

If you answered “consumed for heating use”, what quantity of heating fuel was consumed? List types of fuel and gallons/Mcf/short tons for each type consumed.

	Quantity
Heating oil (gallons)
Propane (gallons)
Natural Gas (Mcf)
Coal (short tons)
Kerosene (gallons)
Other (indicate units)

If you answered “consumed for non-heating use”, what quantity of heating fuel was consumed? List types of fuel and gallons/Mcf/short tons for each type consumed.

	Quantity
Heating oil (gallons)
Propane (gallons)
Natural Gas (Mcf)
Coal (short tons)
Kerosene (gallons)
Other (indicate units)

If you answered “sold outside Vermont”, what quantity of heating fuel was sold outside Vermont? List types of fuel and gallons/Mcf/short tons for each type sold outside Vermont.

	Quantity
Heating oil (gallons)
Propane (gallons)
Natural Gas (Mcf)
Coal (short tons)
Kerosene (gallons)
Other (indicate units)

If you answered “stored”, what quantity of heating fuel was stored? List types of fuel and gallons/Mcf/short tons for each type stored.

	Quantity
Heating oil (gallons)
Propane (gallons)
Natural Gas (Mcf)
Coal (short tons)
Kerosene (gallons)
Other (indicate units)

Please explain your "other use" in the text box below.

Note: 30 V.S.A. § 8123(12) defines "Obligated party" as "[a] regulated natural gas utility serving customers in Vermont, [or] [f]or other heating fuels, the entity that imports heating fuel for ultimate consumption within the State, or the entity that produces, refines, manufactures, or compounds heating fuel within the State for ultimate consumption within the State. For the purpose of this section, the entity that imports heating fuel is the entity that has ownership title to the heating fuel at the time it is brought into Vermont."

30 V.S.A. § 8123(11) defines “Heating fuel” as “fossil-based heating fuel, including oil, propane, natural gas, coal, and kerosene.”

Thank you for completing this information, you do not need to continue filling out this registration form. We appreciate your time.

Details about the heating oil that you imported into Vermont

Please fill out fuel information for the HEATING OIL that you indicated you imported into the state of Vermont. Please provide information about every business from which you bought heating oil to import into Vermont in the last calendar year, January 1 - December 31, 2023. The Commission will use this information to determine whether you would be an obligated party.