As gas inventories run low, NACS is working with the Biden Administration to provide relief
By Paige Anderson
Special to The Auto Channel
NACS Online News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 12, 2021; For decades NACS and the convenience and fuel retailing industry have worked with government agencies and administrations during times of disaster—whether natural or manmade—to ensure our industry quickly responds to fuel supply and demand disruptions.
Unlike fuel disruptions caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters, the challenges fuel retailers are currently facing due to Colonial Pipeline shutdown are more about fuel transportation and the ability to move fuel to needed locations, rather than a production or refining issue. The industry is in a unique situation where it is transitioning from winter blends to summer blends of fuel, and consumer demand is increasing as Memorial Day weekend approaches and the summer driving season kicks off. To make matters more complicated, there is national labor shortage in the industry, including a deficit of truck drivers.