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Harvest & Hurricanes…

                                          Time to Use PLAN!





                        orried about waiting in line at supply   email plan@npga org
                        points during natural disasters or peak        PLAN is available online at https://plan
                        demand season? NPGA’s Propane           npga org and through an update to the NPGAc-
           WLogistics Analysis Network (PLAN) can               tion app  To get the NPGAction app, visit the
            help!                                               Apple App Store or the Google Play Store  Please
                   PLAN is a tool designed to show the status   note PLAN does not represent supply levels,
            and wait times at propane supply points around      pricing, or other market variables, and may be
            the country   It is a crowd sourced online tool,    subject to error
            which means it relies on user reports from people          With your help and continued use, this tool
            like you -- marketers, drivers, dispatchers, terminal   will grow and provide timely information to the
            managers, and wholesalers  It takes less than a     industry  Please contact us at plan@npga org with
            minute to submit a wait time from your mobile       any questions.■
            device or desktop computer
                   Before PLAN, there was no centralized
            tool to help drivers maximize their hours of service
            when there is a wait at a
            supply point  If an hours-of-
            service waiver is applicable
            it will appear on that state                       DEALERS LP EQUIPMENT
                                                               An Affiliate of R.E. Michel Company, LLC
            in the app   NPGA devel-
            oped PLAN with the support
            of NPGA’s Propane Supply                  Your  SINGLE SOURCE  for
            & Logistics Committee and
            with the assistance of indus-
            try members and state and
            regional propane associa-
            tions
                   Since launching
            in late 2019, more than           ...and ALL your propane equipment needs!
                                                       ALL
            2,100 wait times have been
            reported to PLAN at supply
            points around the country           Check us out online at dealerslp.com
            with more than 4,100 users!                        and follow us on
            Your use of PLAN will en-
            courage others to use it too
            If a supply point is closed just         1405 Sinnett Avenue • Dothan, Alabama 36303
            contact the administrator                         800-433-8925
            through the support page or



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