STATE OF MAINE

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General

PETROLEUM MARKET SHARE ACT

REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

TO THE MAINE LEGISLATURE

PURSUANT TO 10 M.R.S. § 1677

FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD

2017 – 2018

May 2019

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Retail Petroleum Outlets Concentration 10 M.R.S.A. § 1677

April 2019 I. INTRODUCTION

This report is provided by the Attorney General to the Legislature pursuant

to Maine’s Petroleum Market Share Act (“PMSA”), 10 M.R.S.A. § 1677. As

required by the statute, the report describes the concentration of retail petroleum

outlets. The concentration levels described in this report reflect conditions in

Maine as of the end of May 2018. The statute also requires the Attorney General

to make “a recommendation to the Legislature as to whether additional

legislation is needed to further limit or curtail the activity of refiners operating

retail outlets.” The Attorney General does not recommend any legislative

changes at this point.

The report focusses on markets for home heating oil and motor fuel oil. In

general, the geography of petroleum markets is local. In the case of home heating

oil, the market may encompass an urban area or a segment of a county. Motor

fuel markets tend to be smaller, in some instances limited to a single

neighborhood or one side of a busy street. For continuity purposes, our analyses

retain the longstanding geographic markets developed by the Attorney General

in the 1990s, when the PMSA reporting first began. The state is divided into 33

home heating oil (“HHO”) markets and Maine’s 16 counties are used as the motor

fuel oil (“MFO”) markets.

As required by the PMSA, home heating oil and motor fuel oil wholesalers

submit data annually to the Maine Attorney General indicating the annual

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gallons supplied to each home heating oil and motor fuel retailer located in

Maine. Using this data, the Maine Attorney General is able to determine the

number of retail competitors and their percentage market shares within the pre-

defined geographic markets.1 10 M.R.S.A. § 1673. Those figures, in turn, allow

us to calculate where each of the HHO and MFO markets falls on a concentration

index widely used by federal and state antitrust agencies to assess competitive

conditions (usually in the context of proposed mergers and acquisitions). The

Appendices to the Report show the concentration levels, and corresponding

maps depicting those levels, for each pre-defined market. The tables in the

Appendices also show concentration numbers for the same markets for the past

ten years for comparison purposes.

II. LEVELS OF CONCENTRATION

A. Methodology

The methodology employed by the Maine Attorney General to assess

levels of concentration in Maine’s retail petroleum markets, as reflected in this

report, is essentially the same methodology used by the U.S. Department of

Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other state Attorneys General in

evaluating the legality of a given merger or acquisition under applicable

antitrust law. The Maine Attorney General has employed a similar analysis

1 It should be noted that the Attorney General collects neither retail nor wholesale price information under the PMSA. Moreover, the data collected from individual wholesalers, which

is confidential by statute, is aggregated and not identifiable by wholesaler or retailer in this

report. 10 M.R.S.A. § 1675.

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enforcing Maine’s merger law for more than thirty years. 10 M.R.S.A. § 1102-

A.

The most important factor affecting competition in a particular market is

the level of concentration (how many sellers and the size of their market shares).

The retail level sales volume data the Maine Attorney General receives annually

from home heating oil and motor fuel oil wholesalers allow us to calculate market

shares of retailers within a defined geographic area.

1. Market Definition. The first step in a concentration analysis is to

determine the relevant product and geographic markets. This report focusses

on two product markets, home heating oil and motor fuel oil. Home heating oil

is defined as “#2 fuel oil sold for heating residential, industrial or commercial

space or water.” 10 M.R.S.A. § 1672(3). Motor fuel “means internal combustion

fuel sold for use in motor vehicles,” as more fully defined in 29 M.R.S.A. §

101(42). 10 M.R.S.A. § 1672(4).

Determining geographic markets for this report is less straightforward.

For the purposes of this report, we are not looking to identify the geographic area

within which two merging companies operate, as we would if we were reviewing

a proposed merger. Rather, we are dividing the state into a series of geographic

markets to obtain a very broad snapshot of competition in the petroleum

industry and trends across the entire state.

The Maine Attorney General has taken different approaches to defining

geographic markets for home heating oil and for motor fuel oil. At the time the

Attorney General initially began preparing these reports, we conducted a series

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of interviews with a number of persons knowledgeable in the petroleum industry

in Maine. On that basis, we divided the state into 33 separate geographic

markets intended to approximate economic and competitive circumstances

relative to home heating oil sales. Motor fuel markets are generally more

localized than home heating fuel markets. However, since our task is not to

analyze a specific local merger, but rather to portray broad trends in levels of

concentration across the state, we use county-wide markets. Markets are not

static, of course, and economic and competitive factors over time might lead to

slightly different geographic market selections today. Nonetheless, we have

retained the original geographic markets to be able to compare concentration

trends over time within consistent geographic areas.

Importantly, these geographic market depictions are not used to analyze

individual mergers or acquisitions in Maine. Each individual merger or

acquisition proposal will require an evaluation of the unique competitive and

economic circumstances in the areas within which both companies operate.

2. Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Market concentration is a well-

accepted tool for evaluating competitiveness within identified markets. As a

general rule, the fewer the competitors, and the higher those competitors’ market

shares, the more concentrated (and less competitive) the market. Federal and

state antitrust agencies (including the Maine Attorney General) employ the

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (“HHI”) to measure market concentration.2 The

2 DOJ/FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines (rev. ed. 2010)(available at

https://www.justice.gov/atr/horizontal-merger-guidelines-08192010).

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HHI concentration index is arrived at by squaring the market shares of all the

competitors in a given market. This simple mathematical device expresses the

insight that market power increases exponentially in proportion to market share.

Federal antitrust guidelines used by the Maine Attorney General in merger

enforcement indicate that a market with an index of 1000 or less should be

viewed as unconcentrated (and therefore likely to function competitively).3 A

market with an index between 1000 and 1800 is described as moderately

concentrated; while any index over 1800 is termed highly concentrated.4 A

market in the highly concentrated category is subject to a high degree of market

power, unless the effects of high concentration are mitigated by other factors,

such as ease of entry for a new competitor.

Our analysis of levels of concentration in home heating oil markets tracks

the categories reflected in federal guidelines. Thus, a home heating oil market

with an index below 1000 is “unconcentrated,” 1000-1800 is “moderately

concentrated,” and 1800-2500 is “highly concentrated.” Markets above 2500

points are referred to as “extremely concentrated.”

For our designated motor fuel markets, we have adjusted the

concentration index to reflect the fact that the large, county-level geographic

markets inevitably understate levels of concentration. Thus, for motor fuel, an

index below 500 is “unconcentrated,” 500-1000 is “moderately concentrated,”

3 For example, ten firms with market shares of 10% each would yield an index of 1000 (10 squared x 10). 4 For example, a market comprising five firms with market shares of 20% each would yield

an index of 2000 (20 squared x 5).

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and 1000-1800 is “highly concentrated.” Markets above 1800 points are referred

to as “extremely concentrated.”

Appendix A lists the geographic markets within which we measure

concentration at the retail sales level for both home heating oil and motor fuel

oil. The HHO markets map depicts the relative concentrations in the 33

designated home heating oil geographic markets, based on the latest analysis of

data from wholesalers. The MFO markets map depicts the relative

concentrations based on the latest analysis of county-wide retail motor fuel

markets. Again, these geographic market depictions are not used to analyze

individual mergers or acquisitions in Maine. The tables in Appendix B contain

the latest HHI concentration analyses within both home heating oil and motor

fuel markets, as well as concentration comparisons in those markets over the

last ten reporting years.

B. Overview - Retail Home Heating Oil Markets.

Overall, concentration levels in Maine’s home heating oil markets have

remained relatively consistent. We note that some variations from last year are

due to refinement/corrections made to the database compilation process (e.g.

the higher concentration in Market 19 for this report as compared to the last

report is due not to a substantive change in concentration but rather due

primarily to a wrong address for a retailer in the prior reporting period).

As was the case for the last reporting period, only one market achieved

the unconcentrated designation - this time in southern coastal Maine between

Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach. The greater Augusta area saw a slight

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decrease in competition, moving from unconcentrated to moderately

concentrated. Generally speaking, the more competitive home heating oil

markets (either unconcentrated or moderately concentrated) are located in the

more densely populated areas of the state, such as those in reasonable

proximity to the state’s major north-south highway (south of Waterville, at

least), including greater Portland, Lewiston/Auburn, Biddeford/Saco, and

Augusta. The greater Belfast coastal area is also among the more competitive

markets in the state, as is central Penobscot County.

The markets stretching from Waterville - Pittsfield – Bangor – Ellsworth

to the coast, as well as the southern Penobscot and Hancock County areas, are

moderately concentrated. These areas roughly follow the turnpike from

Waterville through Bangor/Old Town then southeast (through Ellsworth to the

coast. Similar to last year’s report, the least densely populated regions of the

state, such as Northern and Downeast Maine, generally fall into the least

competitive, extremely concentrated designation.

Multiple home heating oil markets bordering or in reasonable proximity

to New Hampshire remain depicted as among the most concentrated, or least

competitive. However, since we don’t collect data pertaining to retailers based

in New Hampshire who deliver in Maine, those regions may be more

competitive than our maps depict.

While, in general, concentration levels have remained relatively

consistent, there are several markets that have shifted noticeably. The most

notable shifts were improvements in two markets experiencing 2,000+ point

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reductions in concentration levels, namely Market 7 (around Old Town and

Orono), and Market 24 in the Gray/New Gloucester area.

C. Overview - Retail Motor Fuel Oil Markets.

The concentration levels for the county-wide motor fuel markets have not

shifted significantly since the last report. Three counties remain extremely

concentrated (Knox, Oxford, and Piscataquis), though Lincoln County improved

from extremely to highly concentrated. Piscataquis County bears note in that

it experienced a dramatic 2,500-point decline in concentration level, even

though it is still extremely concentrated.

All three southernmost coastal counties, namely, Cumberland,

Sagadahoc, and York became more competitive shifting from highly to

moderately concentrated since the last reporting period. Franklin and Hancock

Counties retain their relatively competitive moderately concentrated levels.

III. RECOMMENDATION

The Attorney General is required to recommend whether additional

legislation is needed to further limit or curtail the activity of refiners operating

retail outlets. We do not recommend any changes on that basis, since there

are no refiner retail operations in Maine in either home heating oil or motor fuel

oil. Further, we recommend no changes to the law because it works relatively

well for the Office as a starting point in merger enforcement. The ready

availability of sales data from wholesalers enables the Attorney General to

evaluate competitive conditions surrounding proposed mergers and

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acquisitions in the petroleum industry much more quickly than we would be

able to if the data were not required under the PMSA. This makes merger

enforcement in this area more nimble for the Attorney General, and less

burdensome for companies wishing to engage in merger or acquisition

transactions in the Maine petroleum industry.

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APPENDIX A

HHO MARKETS

1. St. John Valley

2. Ashland/Presque Isle

3. Houlton

4. Lincoln

5. Woodland/Calais

6. Cherryfield/Machias

7. Old Town

8. Ellsworth

9. Bangor

10. Dover-Foxcroft

11. Pittsfield/Newport

12. Belfast

13. Rockland

14. Mid Coast

15. Augusta

16. Waterville

17. Skowhegan

18. Jackman/Greenville

19. Farmington

20. Jay

21. Lewiston/Auburn

22. Bath/Brunswick

23. Portland

24. Gray

25. Paris

26. Rumford/Rangeley

27. Bethel

28. Bridgton

29. Limerick

30. Sanford

31. Biddeford/Saco

32. York

33. Mt. Desert

MFO MARKETS

Androscoggin

Aroostook

Cumberland

Franklin

Hancock

Kennebec

Knox

Lincoln

Oxford

Penobscot

Piscataquis

Sagadahoc

Somerset

Waldo

Washington

York

T6 R13 WELS

T5 R12 WELSChesuncookTwp

T6 R12 WELS

FrenchtownTwp TA R11WELS TA R10WELS

BigTwentyTwp

T10 R10WELS

T9 R15WELS T9 R10WELS

T8 R17WELS

T7 R18WELS T7 R7WELSTroutBrookTwp

SaintJohn Twp

T11 R15WELS ClaytonLake Twp T11 R13WELS T11 R12WELS T11 R11WELS T11 R10WELS

Big Ten Twp T10 R16WELS T10 R15WELS T10 R14WELS T10 R13WELS T10 R11WELS

T9 R18 WELST9 R17WELS T9 R16WELS T9 R14WELS T9 R13WELS

T8 R18WELS

T4 R5 NBKP

NortheastCarry Twp

T6 R6WELS

West MiddlesexCanal Grant Twp

T5 R19 WELST5 R18WELS

T4 R7WELST4 R9WELSPlymouthTwpPittstonAcademyGrant

HammondTwpT3 R10WELS T3 R7WELS

TB R11WELSTB R10WELS

Greenville

Bowdoin CollegeGrant East Twp

T1 R9WELST1 R11WELS

ShawtownTwp

T5 R17WELS NesourdnahunkTwpT5 R11WELSRussellPond Twp T5 R9WELS T5 R7WELST5 R14WELS

ComstockTwpT4 R17WELS

ElmStreamTwp

T8 R14WELS EagleLake TwpT8 R15WELST8 R16WELS T8 R10WELS T8 R9WELS T8 R8WELSSoperMountainTwp T8 R7WELS

T7 R15WELST7 R16WELST7 R17WELS T7 R14WELS T7 R12WELS T7 R11WELST7 R13WELS T7 R10WELS T7 R9WELS T7 R6WELST6 R18WELS T6 R10WELST6 R17WELS T6 R11WELS T6 R8WELST6 R15WELS T6 R14WELS

MountChase

T4 R15 WELSDoleBrookTwpT4 R14WELS T4 R11WELST4 R12WELST4 R13WELS

T4 R10WELS

T3 R13WELS T3 R12WELSLobsterTwpT3 R11WELSPrentiss TwpT4 R4 NBKP

HerseytownTwpT2 R9WELSTX R14 WELS

Days AcademyGrant Twp T1 R6WELSSpencerBay TwpLily BayTwp

BlakeGore AlderBrookTwpSoldiertownTwp T2R3 NBKP

T2 R8WELSRainbowTwpT2 R12WELST2 R13WELSBald MountainTwp T4 R3SandyBayTwpT1 R12WELST1 R13WELS

T1 R8WELS

T19 R12WELS MadawaskaFrenchvilleSaintAgatha

T17 R3WELS

T16 R5WELST16 R13WELS

T15 R14WELS T15 R8WELS

T12 R10WELS

WestmanlandT15R15WELST15 R6WELST15 R13WELS T15 R11WELST15 R12WELS T15 R10WELS WintervillePltT15 R9WELS

T14 R15WELS T14 R13WELS T14 R11WELS T14 R10WELST14 R12WELS

T13 R16WELS

GrandIsleFortKentT18R10 WELST18 R12WELS

T18R13WELSSaintFrancis

VanBurenSaintJohn Plt CrossLake TwpNewCanadaWallagrassT17 R14 WELST17 R13WELS T17 R12WELSAllagash CyrPltStockholmMadawaskaLake TwpT16 R6WELSEagleLakeT16 R14WELS T16 R8WELST16 R12WELS T16 R9WELS

NewSweden

T13 R15WELS T13 R14WELS T13 R12WELS T13 R11WELS T13 R10WELS

T12 R14WELS T12 R13WELS T12 R12WELS T12 R11WELS

T11 R16WELS

T12 R17WELS T12 R15WELS

T9 R12WELS

T8 R11WELS

T7 R19WELS

Big SixTwp

T5 R20 WELS

Little W Twp

T2 R10WELS

T1 R10WELS

T3 R8 WELS

PiscataquisCounty IslandBeaverCove

SeboomookTwp

Big W Twp

SinclairTwp

MountKatahdinTwp

T5 R15WELS

T8 R19 WELS

T7 R8WELS

East MiddlesexCanal Grant Twp

T14 R14WELS

T15 R5WELS

T14 R16 WELS

T18 R11WELS

Hamlin

T13 R13WELS

T12 R16WELS

T19 R11WELS

T11 R17WELS

T10 R12WELS

T9 R11WELS

Bowdoin CollegeGrant WestTwp

T8 R6WELS

T6 R7WELS

T5 R8WELS

Patten

Stacyville

SoldiertownTwp T2R7 WELSGrindstoneTwp

T4 R8WELS

WestForks Plt MoxieGoreLowerEnchantedTwp

JohnsonMountain Twp

FlagstaffTwp Bald MountainTwp T2 R3Caratunk

HighlandPltPleasantRidge Plt

SandwichAcademyGrant TwpHolebTwp

IndianStream TwpChaseStreamTwp

AppletonTwpHobbstownTwp MooseheadJunction Twp

CovePoint TwpT5 R6BKPWKR SquaretownTwp

MiseryTwpT5 R7 BKP WKR

UpperEnchantedTwp

ParlinPond TwpBradstreetTwp

MooseRiverDennistownPltForsythTwp

KineoTwpLongPond TwpJackmanAtteanTwp PiscataquisCounty IslandSaplingTwp

BigMooseTwp

ThorndikeTwp BrassuaTwp

T3 R5BKPWKRKing& BartlettTwp

EastMoxieTwpThe ForksPltBowtownTwp

CarryingPlace TwpCarryingPlaceTown TwpDeadRiver Twp

PiercePond TwpT3 R4BKPWKR

Taunton &RaynhamAcademy Grant

RockwoodStrip T1R1 NBKP SandbarTract TwpMiseryGore Twp

MayfieldTwpMoscow

TomheganTwpRockwoodStrip T2R1 NBKP

BigelowTwp

HarfordsPoint Twp

Ashland

T10 R8WELS BlaineCoxPatent

T11 R4WELST11 R9WELS T11 R7WELSWestfieldT10 R9WELS T10 R3WELSScopanTwpMasardisT10 R6WELST10 R7WELS ETwp

T9 R8WELST9 R9WELS BridgewaterT9 R3WELST9 R4WELST9 R7WELS T9 R5WELS TD R2WELS

WashburnWade

PresqueIsleMapletonNashvillePlt

WoodlandPerhamT14 R5WELST14 R9WELS T14 R8WELS T14 R6WELST14 R7WELS

FortFairfield

ConnorTwp

T13 R9WELS

T12 R9WELS T12 R8WELS CastleHillT12 R7WELSEaston

ChapmanT11 R8WELS GarfieldPltMarsHill

T13 R8WELS T13 R5WELSPortageLakeT13 R7WELS

LimestoneCaribou

Caswell

OxbowNorth Twp

Strong

SalemTwp FreemanTwpPhillips

Avon

CarrabassettValleyRedingtonTwp

NewPortland

WymanTwp

KibbyTwp

GorhamGore

SkinnerTwpMerrillStrip Twp

KingfieldMountAbramTwp

Eustis

Jim PondTwp

NewVineyard

MadridTwp

WeldFarmingtonTemple

NewSharon

Township6 Northof Weld

PerkinsTwpCarthage Wilton

WashingtonTwp

Industry

CoplinPlt

LowelltownTwpBeattieTwp

T4 R3 WELSLinneus

CaryPltAmityT3 R3WELS

Merrill Ludlow HoultonNewLimerick

TA R2WELSForkstownTwpSherman T3 R4WELS

DyerBrookHersey Hodgdon

T8 R3WELST8 R5WELS MonticelloTC R2WELSDudleyTwpT7 R5WELS LittletonHammond

MoroPlt

Oakfield

IslandFallsCrystal

HaynesvilleGlenwoodPlt

WestonUpperMolunkusTwpNorth YarmouthAcademyGrant Twp

OrientBenedictaTwp SilverRidge TwpT2 R4WELS

BancroftTwpReedPlt

Smyrna

T1 R5WELS

SaintCroix Twp

WebbertownTwp

Livermore

CantonJay

LivermoreFallsHartford

Chesterville

Lincoln

TA R7 WELSMolunkusTwpMedway DrewPltVeazieGore

Prentiss TwpT7 R3NBPPCedarLake Twp WebsterPltCarrollPltT2 R8NWP SpringfieldSeboeisPlt Lee

HopkinsAcademyGrant TwpLong A TwpWoodville

PukakonTwp

MillinocketT4 IndianPurchaseTwp

MacwahocPltT3 IndianPurchase TwpEastMillinocket

MattamiscontisTwp

Lagrange PassadumkeagEdinburg

T3 R1NBPPEnfieldHowland BurlingtonLowell

Lakeville

T2 R9 NWP

KingmanTwp

Maxfield

Mattawamkeag

WinnChester

Greene

Lewiston

Wales

Sabattus

MonmouthTurner

MinotMechanicFalls Auburn

Poland Lisbon

Durham

Leeds

Grand LakeStream PltT6 NDBPPSakomTwpCalaisT43 MDBPP

RobbinstonGreenlawChopping Twp

Crawford CharlotteT36 MDBPP CooperDennysville

ForestTwpT11 R3 NBPP

CodyvillePlt

T42 MDBPP

VanceboroBrooktonTwpT8 R3NBPP LambertLakeTwp

ForestCity TwpDanforthT8 R4NBPP

TopsfieldKossuthTwpWaiteTalmadge FowlerTwpT6 R1NBPP

T37 MDBPPMeddybempsT26 EDBPP

PrincetonBigLakeTwp

IndianTwpRes

CathanceTwp

WhitingTrescottTwp

EastportEdmundsTwp

Pembroke

Alexander

Lubec

BaringPlt

Baileyville

Perry

DyerTwp

PleasantPoint

TopshamBrunswick Bath

PhippsburgFreeport

BowdoinhamBowdoin DresdenWoolwich

WestBath ArrowsicYarmouthHarpswell Georgetown

Northfield

CentervilleTwpT19 MD BPP

T19 EDBPPWesleyBerryTwp

DevereauxTwpT28 MDBPP T25 MDBPP MarionTwp

MachiasJonesboro MachiasportColumbia

WhitingMarshfieldWhitneyville

RoqueBluffsJonesport

ColumbiaFallsHarringtonMilbridge

WinterHarbor

Addison

Gouldsboro

Cutler

T24 MDBPP

Beals

Beddington

SteubenSullivan

CherryfieldT10 SDBPP

T18 MDBPP

T30 MDBPP

EastMachias

DayBlockTwp

T22 MDBPPDeblois

T9 SD BPP

T16 MDBPP

T7 SD BPP

YarmouthCumberlandFalmouth

Westbrook

FreeportPownal

Portland

ChebeagueIslandLongIsland

NorthYarmouth

SouthPortlandCapeElizabethScarborough

GreenfieldTwpGreatPondT32 MD BPP

T39 MD BPPArgyleTwp T40 MDBPPAlton

GrandFalls TwpSummitTwp

MilfordOldTown

Greenbush T41 MDBPP

Amherst

T35 MDBPP

OqitonTwpT3 NDBPP

IndianIsland

Bradley AuroraOrono

T34 MDBPP

FryeIslandStandish

Gray

Windham

NewGloucester

Buxton

Raymond

Gorham

Ellsworth

OtisDedham Eastbrook

OsbornMariaville

SorrentoTrentonSurryPenobscot

VeronaIsland

Sedgwick

Castine

TremontBrooklin

SwansIslandNorthHaven

Vinalhaven

Frenchboro

Brooksville

DeerIsle

Isle au Haut

BlueHill

Stonington

Bucksport

OrlandFletchersLanding Twp FranklinHancock

Lamoine

Waltham

Clifton

WestParis

Hebron

BuckfieldParisNorway

Sumner

Oxford

Hermon Bangor Eddington

Kenduskeag

Newburgh

VeazieCarmel

HampdenBrewer

HoldenOrrington

GlenburnLevant

RangeleyAdamstownTwpRangeleyPltRichardsontownTwp

Tim PondTwp

DavisTwpLowerCupsupticTwpParkertownTwp

LincolnPltSandyRiver Plt

CoburnGore

LangTwp

MerrillStrip Twp

AlderStreamTwpParmacheneeTwp

Chain ofPonds TwpBowmantownTwp

StetsontownTwp

SevenPondsTwp

TownshipEMagallowayPlt

CSurplusAndove

r NorthSurplus

TwpRoxbury

TownshipDTownshipCByronUpton

AndoverMexico

Rumford

Peru

Dixfield

UpperCupsupticTwpLynchtownTwp

MassachusettsGore

DallasPlt

OxbowTwpDover-Foxcroft

Sangerville

Sebec

CharlestonWellington GarlandDexterHudsonCorinthHarmony Exeter

Katahdin Iron Works TwpElliottsvilleTwp

Bradford

T4 R9NWP

ShirleyBarnardTwpBowerbankWillimantic

CambridgeRipley

GuilfordAbbot OrnevilleTwpKingsburyPlt

Monson MedfordBlanchardTwp

Corinna

Milo

Atkinson

LakeView PltBrownville

EbeemeeTwp

Parkman

WilliamsburgTwp

T7 R9NWP

Bethel

MasonTwpWoodstock

RileyTwp Hanover MiltonTwp

BatcheldersGrant Twp Greenwood

Gilead

Newry

GraftonTwpAndover WestSurplus Twp

StonehamAlbanyTwp

PlymouthDetroit

HartlandPalmyra

StetsonNewport

DixmontTroy

Etna

Unity Thorndike

Burnham

SaintAlbans

Pittsfield

Denmark

HarrisonBridgton

Stow Lovell

OtisfieldFryeburg

Sweden

Brownfield

Porter

CascoNaples

SebagoHiram

Baldwin

Waterford

MorrillWaldo

Knox Brooks Swanville

Belfast

WinterportMonroeJackson Frankfort

MontvilleFreedom

Prospect

SearsmontLiberty Belmont

StocktonSpringsSearsport

NorthportIslesboro

Parsonsfield

NewfieldLimerick

Limington

Waterboro

Cornish

Hollis

ShapleighActon

HopeUnion

Appleton Lincolnville

SouthThomastonOwlsHead

RockportRockland

SaintGeorgeMuscleRidge Twp

Friendship

CriehavenTwp

Thomaston

NorthHaven

Vinalhaven

Camden

Washington

Cushing

MatinicusIsle Plt

Warren

LymanAlfred

Sanford

Dayton

Lebanon

DamariscottaNewcastleAlna Nobleboro

Waldoboro

Whitefield

Bremen

Georgetown

MonheganIsland Plt

Bristol

BoothbayHarbor

Dresden

Edgecomb

Wiscasset

BoothbayWestportIsland

SouthBristol

Jefferson

Perkins Twp Swan Island

Southport

Biddeford

KennebunkportArundel

Kennebunk

SacoOld OrchardBeach

Manche

ster

Augusta

ChelseaFarmingdaleHallowell

Fayette

Rome

Vassalboro China PalermoReadfield

Randolph

WindsorWinthrop HibbertsGore

LitchfieldRichmond

Belgrade

Somerville

Pittston

SidneyMountVernon

Vienna

GardinerWestGardiner

Wayne

SouthBerwick Ogunquit

Kittery

NorthBerwick

Eliot

Berwick

York

Wells

FairfieldBenton

AlbionWinslowWaterville

UnityTwpOakland

Clinton

SouthwestHarbor

MountDesertBar HarborTrenton

CranberryIsles

Tremont

Gouldsboro

SolonEmbden

CornvilleMadison

ConcordTwpLexingtonTwpAthens

AnsonCanaanSkowhegan

Norridgewock

MercerSmithfield

Starks

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0 - 500 Unconcentrated501 - 1000 Moderately1001 - 1800 HighlyOver 1800 Extremely

APPENDIX B

HHI DATA TABLES

HHO & MFO Concentration by Market Area 2008 to 2017

HHO MARKET CONCENTRATION

Home Heating Oil by HHO Market

Market Area 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

inc/dec from

previous yr

01. St. John Valley 3736 3624 3388 3889 3834 4134 3434 3242 3391 3455 64

02. Ashland /Presque Isle 3147 3041 2905 2962 3618 3707 3348 3351 3751 3808 57

03. Houlton 4200 4074 3762 3338 6568 3917 3725 3168 3194 4092 898

04. Lincoln 1767 1502 1431 1576 1776 1594 1584 1490 1316 1593 277

05. Woodland /Calais 4507 2759 2893 3353 4491 3167 3071 3154 3103 2821 -282

06. Cherryfield / Machias 3616 5040 3002 2918 2568 3198 2444 2625 2012 2544 532

07. Old Town 1886 1892 2025 2427 2680 1725 1564 3822 4439 1952 -2487

08. Ellsworth 1954 1668 1139 1894 1812 1664 1536 1487 1446 1817 371

09. Bangor 1156 1030 3046 1524 4153 1701 1063 1741 1538 1831 293

10. Dover-Foxcroft 3447 3042 3152 4528 3838 3680 3791 2819 3242 3399 157

11. Pittsfield / Newport 1826 1834 1777 2215 2167 2216 3687 1947 2172 2394 222

12. Belfast 1994 1962 1634 1916 1230 1100 1398 1007 1486 1109 -377

13. Rockland 1576 1889 1947 2340 2088 1728 1721 2647 2157 2104 -53

14. Midcoast 1931 3001 2525 3101 2886 3366 3163 2755 1972 1880 -92

15. Augusta 987 1010 1449 1144 995 849 857 911 850 1370 520

16. Waterville 1621 1647 1865 1758 1881 2190 1950 2231 2275 2311 36

17. Skowhegan 3536 2688 2255 2397 2485 1863 2162 2525 2688 2724 36

18. Jackman /Greenville 3298 5694 6328 5938 5441 5450 8681 8002 8214 8305 91

19. Farmington 2594 2220 3796 3618 2305 2531 2702 1654 2404 2110 -294

20. Jay 5382 6205 5000 5200 5128 5913 5190 3282 4137 4436 299

21. Lewiston /Auburn 1500 1249 1139 2327 2013 1846 2212 2247 1574 1553 -21

22. Bath / Brunswick 2056 3191 2505 1661 2361 4064 2258 2214 2138 1918 -220

23. Portland 1212 964 1140 1261 1234 1420 1772 1520 1250 1186 -64

24. Gray 1974 2321 2397 2868 3922 1585 3061 3429 4043 2018 -2025

25. South Paris 3893 5806 4542 4152 3958 1684 3982 3492 3498 3532 34

26. Rumford /Rangeley 1752 1850 1427 1789 1861 2295 1541 2565 2638 2016 -622

27. Bethel 5014 2882 4072 3869 4550 2330 8022 10000 10000 10000 0

28. Bridgton 2774 2728 2507 2126 2123 2550 2297 1182 1132 1936 804

29. Limerick 2187 2467 2463 2602 2953 2833 2760 2237 2813 2543 -270

30. Sanford 3571 4930 3043 6273 4146 3102 2999 3377 3191 2485 -706

31. Biddeford /Saco 2004 2150 2228 1932 1582 3805 1204 1601 1236 915 -321

32. York 2626 3550 3632 5098 7906 4574 7654 4428 5420 5071 -349

33. Mt. Desert 4320 3339 2432 2942 3664 9234 3635 3030 2714 3554 840

0 - 1000 unconcentrated

1001 - 1800moderate

1801 - 2500high

over 2500 extreme

MFO MARKET CONCENTRATION

Motor Fuel Oil by County

Market Area 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017(rev)

2017-2018 inc/dec from

previous yrAvg Median

Androscoggin 1077 745 694 796 897 2051 872 1399 989 1528 539 1105 1474

Aroostook 1375 1477 1146 981 1285 1137 1021 1301 1480 1642 162 1285 1211

Cumberland 741 537 447 493 697 693 644 1103 748 874 126 698 695

Franklin 991 887 932 1060 1027 988 874 819 840 944 104 936 1008

Hancock 820 657 452 570 797 661 640 925 915 830 -85 727 729

Kennebec 1015 619 750 740 767 709 768 895 889 1093 204 825 738

Knox 1459 2445 1850 2082 2256 2020 2279 2417 2319 3102 783 2223 2138

Lincoln 1899 900 846 931 858 816 762 1966 1459 1579 120 1202 837

Oxford 2060 1775 1628 1534 2014 1724 1702 2012 1815 1995 180 1826 1869

Penobscot 1157 667 581 1098 804 591 824 1148 959 1045 86 887 698

Piscataquis 3046 3917 8135 5149 4552 3868 3387 5516 5599 3038 -2561 4621 4210

Sagadahoc 1364 3337 1136 1120 998 991 992 1027 929 966 37 1286 995

Somerset 769 556 588 547 440 436 577 1576 1314 1097 -217 790 438

Waldo 819 804 404 621 775 548 590 1461 1125 1200 75 835 662

Washington 1042 500 489 558 621 617 610 1455 1299 1222 -77 841 619

York 1240 606 690 820 774 878 768 1135 1058 871 -187 884 826

(year = July 1 - May 31; example: 2017 = July 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017)

0-500 Unconcentrated

501-1000 Moderately

1001-1800Highly

Over 1800Extremely

PMSA Letter of the AG 5.1.2019PMSA Report of the AG - May 20191 - Annual Report Cover PMSA 2017-2018 (002)2 DRAFT 2017-2018 report narrative 2 (002)3 - 2019 PMSA Report to Legislature5 2 APPENDIX A for RPT 20196 HHO markets w highways7 MFO 2017-2018 map w highways8 APPENDIX B for rpt 20199 Copy of 2008-2018 HHO Indices of Concentration10 Copy of 2008-2018 MFO Indices of Concentration